How Did Andrew Lloyd Webber Contribute To Dance

Born on November 25, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland to William and Margret Carnegie, Andrew’s childhood began as a simple one. His father was a weaver in Dunerfermline and, although successful, his earnings allowed his family to live a basic but comfortable life. William hoped to pass down his trade to Andrew when he came to age, so he began to expand his business in anticipation of the additional labor, but this dream was not to be.

In 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber, transformed the original The Phantom of the Opera novel (written in 1911 by Gaston Leroux) into a dialogic, emotional masterpiece. The prologue starts at the end of the story, in an auction in the Paris Opera House, in 1905. Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny is buying a papier-mâché music box,

To start off, The Phantom of the Opera, musically composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, arrived in Broadway in 1988 and preformed on the stage of the Majestic Theatre. The Phantom of the Opera tells a the story of young Christine Daae who takes center stage as leading soprano. The opera's supposed phantom cuts the rope, which connects the stage lights, causing the old lead singer to quit after nearly being killed by falling lights. Christine claims to have had lessons from an angle of music that her late father had promised. Unknown, the angle is the supposed phantom. The phantom is just a man named Erik who

Alvin Ailey was an accomplished dancer and choreographer whose African-American heritage influenced his works in the 20th century. His successful dance career has gained international recognition and acclaim thus rendering a significant legacy. Ailey’s background as a dancer and choreographer had many strong influences from social, cultural, economic and political aspects during his early life. His African-American heritage has greatly influenced his works. Alvin was the founder of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1958-), galvanized and stabilized an African American presence in theatrical dance. An outstanding performer, choreographer, company director, and mentor to scores of dance artists, Ailey oversaw the growth of his small, pick-up group of seven dancers into a large, carefully managed, internationally-renowned enterprise including several ensembles of dancers and a thriving school in New York City housed in the largest building devoted to dance in the United States. Along the way, Ailey changed the landscape of modern dance by developing new audiences for its performance through a consistent combination of exceptional artistry and wellcoordinated community outreach programs. In all, Ailey invigorated the art of dance with his distinctive creative imagination, his “blood memories” of cultural formations he witnessed as a child-- including the jook joint and the black church --and the strong survivalist ethic he learned as an African American man born in the

Lin-Manuel Miranda, a person who has won countless awards for his music, creating the Broadway hits In The Heights and Hamilton The Musical

Gustav Holst, born in Cheltenham in September 1847, is still today considered to be one of the greatest music composers of all time. He was not very fond of music when he was younger, but he enjoyed the piano. He was sent to Cheltenham Grammar School and forced to take long music lessons, even though he had neuritis in his hands.

Fred Astaire, known best for many of successful musical films was born on May 10, 1899, in Omaha, Nebraska, he is said to be the greatest music dancer of all time. Astaire is remembered for his dances with Ginger Rogers. Fred Astaire revolutionized the movie musical with his dance style. He made dancing look easy, but he was a perfectionist and his dances were the product of endless practice. He began performing as a child with his older sister Adele. They toured the vaudeville circuit together before Broadway in 1917. The brother-sister team starred in the musical "Funny Face".

Because of his parents’ professions and his earlier talents and hobbies, O’Donnell was inspired to study classical music and composition at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music. In the early 1980s, O’Donnell earned his Master’s degree cum laude in music composition from the University of South California.

The English composer, Gustav Theodore Holst, was one of the most important people with great contributions to English music.He was born on 21 September 1874 in Cheltenham, England.Inspired the love for music from his musician father, Adolph von Holst, Gustav began playing musical instruments at a very young age.He played both the piano and the violin.However, he was not as interested in playing violin as playing the piano although he was troubled with neuritis.Gustav also took up the trombone due to his father’s suggestion when he turned twelve.Having such a great talent and an inspiration for music but Gustav’s childhood was not really full of happiness.His mom was very weak so she died after giving birth to the second child.At that time, Gustav was only eight

Richard Strauss, one of the most iconic classical composer during the 1900s, has been known by his music such as Don Juan and Thus Spake Zarathustra. His music style plays a major role in the mid 1900s, creating new music elements while looking back, and have even influenced modern film music. He himself is also a successful conductor, with successful recordings especially in Mozart and his own pieces.

Phantom of the Opera broke Cats’ record of 18 year Broadway run. It is considered to be one of his most accomplished musicals. He wrote the play based on an old French novel, Le Fantome de l’Opera, by Gaston Leroux about a beautiful soprano and her relationship to the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius. The shows opening was the highest grossing entertainment event of all time making 3.3 billion and with 80 million in attendance. Lloyd Webber was so nervous that he didn’t attend the opening show.

Composers from all generations are unique in some way. Tchaikovsky, a popular Russian composer, and Persichetti, a 20th century composer, were very popular during their time frames. The composers Tchaikovsky and Persichetti differ in many ways including time period, musical style, and popularity. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840 in a small Russian town called Votkinsk, which is located in central Russia. His mother is Russian while his father is French, but Tchaikovsky is well known as Russian.

Dance is an ever evolving form of art; in much the same way that one can categorize and differentiate between eras and styles of architecture one can also do so with dance. These eras at times have sharp delineations separating them from their antecedents, other times the distinction is far more subtle. Traditional forms of dance were challenged by choreographers attempting to expand the breadth and increase the depth of performance; preeminent among such visionaries was Seattle born dancer and choreographer Mark Morris. Mark Morris' began as one of the millions of hopeful individuals attempting to simply make a career in dance; he not only succeeded but managed to have a lasting effect on the entire landscape of dance.

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948. He composed many musicals throughout his lifetime including; “Evita”, “Phantom of the Opera”, and “Cats”.

The prolific Canadian pianist, Glenn Gould, was immersed in music early on in his life. Even before Gould’s birth his mother, a musician herself, played him music during her pregnancy. When he was still an infant he was known to hum along to music and wiggle his fingers in apparent chord patterns, leading a doctor to say he would end up ”either a physician or a pianist”(Ostwald 40). When Glen was three his mother realized that he possessed tremendous musical talent, including absolute pitch as well as the ability to read staff music notation. Gould was taken to his first live musical performance, a concert by pianist Josef Hofmann. As Gould described the experience in a 1959 CBC Radio Broadcast: “...it was a staggering impression. The only thing I can really remember is that, when I was being brought him in a car, I was in that wonderful state of half-awakeness in which you hear all sorts of incredible sounds going through your mind. They were all orchestral sounds, but I was playing them all, and suddenly I was Hofmann. I was enchanted”. This performance clearly had a lasting impression and led him to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto at age 10. While there he studied music theory, organ, and piano.