Glissade Research Paper

The crowd is on their feet, roaring as the American flag is being raised high into the air. Peggy Fleming, an incredible ice skater, is beaming because she has won America's first winter Olympic gold medal at the Grenoble, France 1968 Olympics. Grenoble is packed with cultures, such as how there are still aspects of Germany and Italy! This city is home to the Alps and is a huge place for skiers around the world. Grenoble is a fantastic place to travel because they have unique culture and history, there is amazing skiing, and my family has a past there.

Martha Graham’s production of Night Journey is a unique and symbolic contemporary dance work. Graham bases many of her dance pieces on Greek myths and this is seen in her work Night Journey. Graham has manipulated elements of contemporary dance to communicate the emotion of the main character, Jocasta. Graham’s previous work focuses on depicting both the power and struggle of female idols in history. Graham has choreographed Night Journey to explore the perspective of Queen Jocasta, the main protagonist in the piece rather than the story of Oedipus. (Mueller, 2007) Graham has skilfully choreographed significant symbols and motifs to convey Jocasta’s emotions of grief, pain confusion and love through the manipulation of motifs and

Sigurd is more heroic then Gunnar because Sigurd was able to defeat a dragon. Also he accomplished the task of riding through the fire wall surrounding Brunhild’s castle when Gunnar couldn’t do it. Most of Gunnar’s heroic acts were from winning battles in wars. Gunnar would have been heroic like Sigurd if he had accomplished Sigurd’s deeds. This is because being able to ride through a wall of flames and killing a dragon are more impressive heroic acts then winning war battles.

The belief that dancers can utilize their bodies and movements to express their feelings is passed on from this dance. I think Graham took some movements from European ballet while she created this dance because the sharp clean movements of dancers’ feet are similar feet movements in European ballet. Except this similarity, this dance does not share much commons and that is why I think this dance is so unique: The movement was less ‘dancy’: It was more like the way we acted during our daily life. Dancers tend to hold a posture for a short period of time instead of moving all the

“Indeed, Gnaritus espouses many of the mores and conventions of the Native American Indians,” Stefan deduced. “For example, the Native Americans Indians maintained no boundaries to their villages or any concept of land ownership either. They considered the Earth as a living consciousness with connections binding everything together in a whole. However, Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492 ushered in a new era. Soon the settlers claimed ownership of the land and carved boundaries, borders, and divisions in stone and blood. They severed the threads that connected people to each other and the land. As a result, the new boundaries served only to separate and isolate individuals even more. In essence, these immigrants failed

Utilizing Chapter 14 of your Goolsby and Grubbs text, select two common and two different diagnoses for the Musculoskeletal System. Describe how you would be able to differentiate them from each other on an exam.

The melody sounds somber and serious and the energy of the dancers suddenly changes. A spoken word takes place and all of the dancer begin to tell their stories of pain and struggle through movements. The spoken word talks about the journey of men and women who overcame social injustice. In the dancer's movements you could clearly see how they correlated together. Movements were powerful and restraint at the same time giving the audience the idea of the women were pushing through something that was bearing them down. There was a lot of expansion in the chest, back, and arms followed by contractions in the body. As soon as the spoken word was finished the mood of the piece change again and the pianist began to play a upbeat tune that brought the dancers back in to a more positive and high spirit. A lot of polyrhythms take place as the dancers jump high and move their arms back and forth moving throughout the space. This happens in unison at first and then solos, trios, and duets happen in this section of the dance. The expression on their faces add charismatic charm to this piece. Their expressions continue to move them into different emotions and feelings that are relatable to everyday

The events that took place during G.O. weekend were fun, informative, and beneficial. The events that were most impactful for me were the faculty and department meetings and the informational skits. The faculty and departmental meetings stood out to me because it was very exciting to meet the faces of your major’s department before the first day of classes. The informational skits were impactful because it displayed real, scary issues that take place frequently on college campuses across the nation and provided ways to handle these situations.

Mrs. Farrell’s book is quite technical when it comes to the lengthy descriptions of the dances she rehearses and performs; from a dancer’s view these varied conclusions of the types of movements she was dancing is quite astonishing. In fact, it adds a whole new level to the imagination that can come alive in a person’s thoughts when they read an expressive book. Although the technical explanations will excited, astound, and reveal how much passion and deep meaning ballet had in Suzanne Farrell’s life, but a reader, who may not be involved in the arts will be unfamiliar with the ballet and musical terms in

Becky Gulsvig Begins Her Fall Appearance in the 'School of Rock ' on Broadway .

During my first day in DTD, and after visiting the NCO Heritage and Education Center, I came up with an idea that could be a little bit crazy but some students from this class can be part of our NCO history.

“I’ll try to explain the history of Gnaritus in brief,” Pars began thoughtfully. “At the dawn of the space colony a hundred years ago, the World Governing Body named the planet “Earth Colony” and assigned a governor to oversee it. The governors from Earth never lasted more than two or three years at a time. Some fifty years later, as the space colony matured, it became increasingly apparent that these rotating governors could never fully appreciate all the events shaping Gnaritus or be that much invested in its future. Hence, at the behest of the New World settlers, Earth eventually divested itself from governing Gnaritus. Once free from the colonial tutelage, the space colonists immediately changed the planet’s name to Gnaritus by a

Dance critic Théophile Gautier states, “Nothing resembles a dream more than a ballet...” (Anderson 77). The effortless technique of the ballerina paints most ballets as exactly this. Consequently, there is more to a ballet than technique and dancing. Different types of ballets and their structural components separate one ballet from the next. It is important to understand the difference between the two main types of ballets: Romantic Ballet and Classical Ballet. Romantic ballet in the 19th century differs from Classical ballet in the 20th century structurally, technically, and socially. The two dance forms also vary in costumes and narrative. However, with all of those differences, they both use ballet technique for a specific purpose.

At the age of three, I was exposed to the wonderful art form of dance that is shared by so many around the world. It is questioned as to how dance, specifically Ballet, is still relevant in modern culture. The simple reason is that it is loved by so many artists, who have shared their passion for ballet on to generations of students who are eager to understand and master this complicated art form. I was lucky to be immersed into the dance world at such a young age. It is difficult for me to imagine a life without it.

When I saw the piece, named, “Lapa’s Lament, I thought it was very unique and interesting. When the dancers were doing several movements with it, I got very confused. As a result, this confusion caused me to draw all the attention towards the dancer and to their performance. After a dance progresses, dancers were trying to tell a story with their movements. I think some of the dance movements, they were doing was very fascinating to watch. As a result, I was trying to make the whole story in my mind, as it was very unclear for me, what they were doing, but when Randy James came and talk little bit about the dance, I would able to understand what the dance is about. The way his dancers performed by showing their emotions, I thought it was incredibly performed. I felt that this dance was not losing its limelight throughout the performance. That is, the way they were communicating with each other through their body language and physical contact was just amazing. It shows their effort, as the dance steps included twisting and tumbling. Some of the dance steps, I have never saw in any of the dance companies who came to performed. I felt the dance was full of body movements, and I thought it would require a lot of physical strength to perform this kind of