Pot Belly Video Analysis

Imageries are formed when a composer uses the past experience of themselves or other to engage those audience that had a similar experience or understanding as the responders are able to view themselves if they were in that situation. Eminem uses second person throughout the song until verse three were he reveals the truth of what happened in his life. ‘His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy… to All the pain inside amplified by the fact that I can’t get by with my nine to five and I can’t provide the right type of life for my family.’ The listeners can relate to this situation also modern day society every parent is working to provide for their family needs and the pressure they have been through helps in defining there past experiences.

Jaspreana Tobias, a young girl born in the vibrant city of New Orleans, Louisiana, was a child who had grew up around music and rhythm and soul. Born to a family where the last person who was not from New Orleans was born two generations ahead of her, one could assume the rhythm was in her blood. Since she was little and could feel the music, the young Louisianan danced and did so with passion. Though her family loves music and all its counterparts, Jaspreana is the only dancer in the Tobias family tree. In high school, Jaspreana, a determined dancer, tried out for her school’s dance team. Unfortunately she did not make the cut. As any young woman would be, she was disappointed in herself; heart-broken actually. In her mind, she had a great chance at making the team, due to her skillful footwork and elegant grace as a dancer. In her own words, the result of her not making the team was “devastating” as it shook her confidence to the core. On that day, Jaspreana swore she would never try out for another dance team ever again. After months and months of sulking and great disappointment, her love and passion for the art of dancing returned. Not only had it returned, it returned with a new fire which burned deep in her soul. Dancing was her passion and being a professional dancer had been her dream since she could ever even two step to the sound of a simple beat. Jaspreana practiced and practiced. She would dance and think about dancing from the break of dawn until dusk. Finally

Tiana Woods is an ambitious second-year undergraduate student studying Political Science and Dance. She is currently attending Columbia University as a Kluge Scholar. Tiana started her learning journey in the East Orange School System at the Little Ones Preschool. Her Preschool teachers cultivated in her a passion for reading. Ever since then she has loved to tell stories through different art forms. Dance being her favorite platform through which to do so. For Tiana, there is something magical about being able to instantly connect with people of different backgrounds through movement. That's the beauty behind artistry in dance—movement can be interpreted in so many different ways, by so many different people. But it will always inspire. Tiana

In the story the ballerinas are broadcast live on television, and the viewers are able to see when the ballerinas are affected by the handicaps (1). The ballerinas are also later mentioned when one of them was wearing a most hideous mask and very heavy handicaps to hide her beauty and her grace. She also had to change her voice because it sounded like a “warm, luminous, timeless melody” (3). It is seen that the dancers symbolize freedom and their masks were used to represent the lack of freedom and censorship of art and freedom of thought. Ballerinas are a good choice to use as a symbol because ballerinas dance but also show beauty.

The speaker thinks highly if the dancer. This is displayed in the statement “To me she seemed a proudly-swaying palm grown lovelier for passing through a storm (926) and her voice was like the sound of blended flutes blown by black prayers upon a picnic day” (926). Both if these statements reveal that the speaker had a deep appreciation for the dancer, he in a way amazed at her work. The audience, however, does not seem to have the same admiration that the speaker does. Even though the speaker is considered a part of the audience, there are two different perspectives the have about the dancer. At the beginning of the selection, the speaker states “applauding youths laughed with young prostitutes” (926). What I grasped from this statement

I have danced every year of my life since. I am humbled to say, that through long days and nights in the studio, sacrificing time with my friends and family, all of the blood, sweat, and tears, I have accomplished what I have been working for since I was a little girl waddling around swallowed in a big pink tutu. I was chosen for the lead role of Cinderella in the Danscompany of Gainesville’s “Cinderella Ballet.” This accomplishment is a reflection of my consistent and sustained work ethic. This tenacity is reflected in other areas of my life and will be a defining characteristic that I carry to

Michaela, at such a young age didn’t know how to handle all the pressure that was being put on her so she cried and cried day after day. Soon enough, she came to understand that crying wasn’t going to help her, so she had used the hate and pressure to become determined. In the book, Michaela wondered, “Often upon learning that I am a dancer, someone one will ask me, what kind of dancing do you do...hip hop? This makes my ballerina friends laugh. We all look alike: lean, long-legged, hair in buns, and because of the rotation of our hips, our toes point out like ducks. Why are they pre assumed to be ballerinas, but I am pre assumed to be a hip-hop artist?” (DePrince 119) Michaela was often prejudged by people because of her race. After hearing rude comments all the time, Michaela slowly started to fall down as a dancer and cry almost everyday. The young girl would always feel left out if she were with her group of ballet friends because of the way she looks. Because of this, Michaela felt as if she had to hide who she was. When Michaela went to dance, she would force herself to wear hot, long-sleeved leotards, so no one was able to see her

“I had waited for six long years, and now I was ready, not just to show the world that I was a gifted dancer but that I was a true artist as well” (231).

Mary Wigman rejected ballet technique in her dance style, perceiving classical ballet technique as artificial and confining. Wigman believed that the emphasis should be on the transcendent nature and spiritual purpose of the dance, while embodying essentialism (pg. 6, Newhall). She knew she was not the best dancer in the room, but she knew how to be in touch with her emotions while dancing. She drew upon sources from what was going on in the world during the early 1900’s from war to the rebellion against the authoritarian tradition of the church, monarchy, and feudalism (pg. 73, Newhall). Wigman freed dance from its slave like overtone with music and reestablished its independence of an absolute language (pg. 7, Newhall). Wigman choose to look within and present the mind, spirit, and imagination to the audience through essentialism (16).

People should really take the time to identify what kind of songs are either bringing positivity or negativity towards the audience and see whether or not it’s even worth watching. And that’s exactly what this paper is going to discuss about. It will talk about how music videos such as “God Made Girls” inadvertently supports the racial stereotypes in our society and how it contributes to the way females are treated. The way all the girls are moving around so happy like they couldn’t give a care in the world as long men are still around, except the idea is twisted around and made into something demoralizing. This piece of information tells what a positive or negative influence a certain song bring and how gender stereotypes are still present daily.

The song have a metaphor which is compering two things by using an object; for instance, ‘’the same energy, Now's a dead battery”, she is comparing their energy to an object which is the dead battery. There is also uses of simile in the song which is comparing two things by using as or like. For example,” you change your mind like a girl changes her clothes”

Picture a line of tall slim models clad in lingerie with the slogan “The Perfect Body”. This was a tagline of a Victoria’s Secret ad campaign (Bahadur, 2014). Every day we are bombarded with messages of inadequacy and feelings of insecurity. Body Love –a dance piece choreographed by Shannon Mather and performed by the Mather Dance company – sends a strong message in support of self-love and acceptance in a sea of self-doubt and body anxiety. This message can be found in the many layers that make up the piece: not only in the overall performance, but in the selected song and choreography themselves. Looking at each of these components both individually and together as a whole, it will become evident that Body Love is an empowering work that

Pilates was the group fitness culture and physical activity that was chosen. This video exercise was very intense and I had to take many breaks to keep up with the elements of this exercise. Breathing and getting into correct positioning were areas of the Pilates exercise that I definitely needed improvement on. Portions of this exercise were difficult for this slightly overweight man to do. I had a hard time with lifting, stretching, and moving my legs while lying on my back. I could see potential in this exercise for improving the back pain of individuals. I stretched my back and stomach muscles often and felt a slight improvement of the back pain I usually feel from time to time. The instructor in this video explained the exercise

A Ballerinas Tale directed by Nelson Turner, focuses on a young girl who longs to become a successful ballerina in a world that is extremely competitive. Despite the trials and tribulations that she faces she refuses to give up, and continues to aim for her long term goal. By utilizing video clips, photos, and interviews the documentary conveys emotional appeal. This allows viewers to experience the struggles that the main character goes through. This documentary focuses on showing viewers that, experiencing hardships is a way of life, and it is what an individual learns and makes out of their setbacks that determine how successful they will be.

The protagonist in Black Swan, prima ballerina Nina Sayers, faces a similar ignition to her mental instabilities through the pressures of society. In this case, Nina is naturally a perfectionist who tries to strive in the highly competitive ballet industry, which takes a huge toll on her physically, mentally, and emotionally. It is evident that throughout the course of Nina’s training for her big debut as Swan Queen in the ballet company’s annual production, she is obsessed with the idea of perfection to live up to society’s expectations of what a prima ballerina should be. When the former prima ballerina of the company, Beth McIntyre, unexpectedly retires, the director, Thomas Leroy, introduces her to the entire ballet industry at a gala. He announces, “But as we bid adieu to one star, we welcome another! We're opening our season with my new version of Swan Lake. Taking the role of our new Swan Queen, the exquisite, Nina Sayers” (Aronofsky). This puts Nina under the spotlight and creates very high stakes for her, possibly ones that are too heavy for such a young girl to handle, as she is now pressured into filling the shoes of a legendary prima ballerina – a symbol of