In October 1928, John D. Rockefeller Jr. signed a lease for a large amount of land in Manhattan to build a new metropolitan opera house. The stock market crash of 1929 put the opera house plans at a halt. Rockefeller then decided to build a city within a city, today known as Rockefeller Center. He took one undesired strip on land that ran along Sixth Avenue and turned it into Theatre No. 10, which later became Radio City Music Hall. This grand theatre featured a block-long, six-story Grand Foyer, a ceiling of eighty-four feet, over 6,000 seats, and a magnificent 144 –foot-by-66-foot stage. In order for Rockefeller’s theatre to be the greatest of its time, he needed to hire the greatest showman. Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel was just the man for the job since he was famous for revitalizing vaudeville theatres across America. (Roxys design in theatre.) Early in his career, Rothafel encountered a group of precision dancers by the name of the Missouri Rockets, originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Created and directed by Russell Markert, the Missouri Rockets were composed of girls with diverse dance styles, long legs, and the ability to perform high kicks. Once Roxy saw them perform, he immediately fell in love the group’s technique and showmanship and invited them to perform as the “Roxyettes” at Radio City Music Hall’s opening night. Radio City Music Hall’s opening night performance didn’t go as planned. A torrential downpour and traffic jams delayed many of the
“Stripping the Emperor: The Africanist Presence in American Concert Dance”, and excerpt from Moving History/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader, was written by Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Gottschild is a well-known author, dance historian, performer, and choreographer as well as a professor of dance studies at Temple University. She has also written multiple books including The Black Dancer Body, Waltzing in the Dark, and Digging. In her article “Stripping the Emperor: The Africanist Presence in American Concert Dance”, Gottschild explores the similarities and differences in the characteristics of Africanist and European technique, and how they draw from each other.
Every musician definitely dreams about one day performing at Carnegie Hall because it is one of the best concert halls all over world. Since it first built, it keeps providing good shows and performances to audience. According to this article, Carnegie Hall decides to add more events in the next couple years, and despite classical music events, they want to provide more modern musical events to audience. Also, in the next following years, they will more focus on education and try to bring more children and students get involved into live performances (Cooper, n.p.).
From getting their name on a sewing machine AC/DC was a pretty good band. AC/DC wore school uniforms when they performed. When their lead bon scott died everyone thought AC/DC was done but AC/DC pulled threw and kept going. AC/DC had a huge impact on rock’n roll. AC/DC won 14 awards, and was inducted into the grammy hall of fame. This is why they were one of the best bands of the 20th century.
Both the radio and records have had significant impact on the development on rock n’ roll. Similarly, the radio and records gave musical artists an extended ability to stretch their audiences. Strongly intertwined, while they both gave listeners the ability to find artists they like, there are some clear differences between each the developments of the radio and that of records. In the years prior, the music industry was built on the “Tin Pan Alley” system that strictly controlled musicians and popular music (Schloss, Starr, and Waterman, p. 2-7). And much like the spirit of rock n’ roll itself, people within the industry eventually grew tired of conformity and no longer felt the need to follow the rules. Radio stations started forming separate licensing companies (BMI), which allowed them to play what they want (Schloss, Starr, and Waterman, p. 7). With an “open door” policy that allowed broadcasters to play music they wanted, radio stations had the important job of sharing a variety of music that could be heard all across the country. The radio began to function as a way of transporting records and genres of music all over the country from the traditional cultures they formed, which includes R&B, blues, and country. This reshaped the music industry by expanding its reach to new audiences. This, “allowed songwriters working outside of mainstream pop to claim royalties on the use of their songs on broadcasted
The “striptease” is still very much relevant and alive today as it was when it was first introduced to the world nearly 80 years ago. This timeless and provocative dance was the product of Gypsy Rose Lee, but by no means should one refer to her as a “stripper”. Doing so would be a great injustice to this iconic figure; it would be sacrilegious. Gypsy, born Rose Louise Hovick, brought more than sensual allure to the stage; Gypsy was intelligent, funny, and witty. An example of her immense wit and improve skills can be seen in how the striptease came into being. When the strap to Gypsy’s costume came undone during a performance, rather than run off stage in embarrassment, Gypsy noticed the positive audience reaction, causing her to implement the act into the focus of her performance.
As ballets were about telling stories or formulating movements, modern dance broke the rules and started to focus more on individual expressions. Loie Fuller (1862 – 1928), Doris Humphrey (1895-1958), and Ruth St. Denis (1877-1968) were pioneering women who took a stand and used their dance performance to speak up for women’s rights. Using dance, they significantly contributed to the Feminist movement in which they embraced self-expression and creativity so that women could be acknowledged in the dance field and in the society as a whole. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, they found for women’s rights by “taking dance to a new form, and creating dances to speak directly and intimately to the viewer” (Au 89). Loie Fuller, Doris Humphrey, and Ruth St. Denis demonstrated the transformation of dance with their innovation of costumes and stage lighting, incorporation of foreign cultures into performance, and creation of natural movements and individual expression that rejected the formal structures of ballet to deform a woman’s body, allowing women to be free from stereotype of a traditional woman.
“Stripping the Emperor: The Africanist Presence in American Concert Dance”, an excerpt from Moving History/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader, was written by Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Gottschild is a well-known author, dance historian, performer, and choreographer as well as a professor of dance studies at Temple University. She has also written multiple books including The Black Dancer Body, Waltzing in the Dark, and Digging. In her article “Stripping the Emperor: The Africanist Presence in American Concert Dance”, Gottschild explores the similarities and differences in the characteristics of Africanist and European technique, and how they draw from each other.
Broadway Tours are a gift to the Great White Way lovers that, unfortunately, don’t live in traveling distance of New York City. With me being one of those people, hear that the popular musical of Kinky Boots was coming to the Music Hall I knew I had to see it. This musical has had many people talking about it because of the music and lyrics done by the legendary Cyndi Lauper. With a unique plot, I didn’t know exactly what to expect. From the opening number about shoes, I knew Lauper’s music deserved all the recognition it has received. How Harvey Fierstein wrote such an emotionally, moving story over a shoe factory I will never be able to figure out but every element of this show added to me almost in tears during the finale. This story follows
Admission to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, has been postponed for the current week, apparently so Republican National Convention-goers can unreservedly visit the "Louder Than Words: Rock, Power, and Politics" show shortly possessing its upper floors. This appears like a smart thought. For quite a long time, Republican crusades have profoundly misjudged, regularly in clever ways, the most developmental and vital belief systems of rock music, as prove by their unending avoiding of restraining requests from performers who don 't need their dissident hollers related, even incidentally, with preservationist motivation.
RAR performed at the bandshell from 1979 through 1986 and the city received multiple complaints about the noise on several occasions. So, this time, the city wanted to do the things right and wanted to get to an agreement between the interest
Sally Banes is an American writer and dance historian and critic. She is also a professor of theater history and dance studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Banes has written multiple books and contributed to many documentaries and films. The book Moving History / Dancing Cultures, which Banes contributed to, includes the article “Choreographic Methods of the Judson Dance Theater”. This book was published in 2001.
On Sunday, May10 2015, a concert was held in The Broad Stage. The concert was played by Santa Monica College Symphony Orchestra, whose conductor is Dr. James Martin. For this concert, I would identify myself as a referential listener at this concert. I say this because I am not an expert in music, therefore it would be hard for me to be a critical listener. I wouldn’t be able to tell what went wrong with a performance even if some incorrect notes were played. I was more of a referential listener because the music was soothing and brought my mind to peaceful thoughts. This essay will tells my experience of the concert in order to persuade my friend to attend a classical music concert with you in the future.
Its distinctive architecture, outstanding tenants, and numerous amounts of facilities and services separate it from other buildings created during that period. The Rockefeller Center reminds developers and designers that the design of individual buildings did not need to be exquisite to be functional and an improvement to the city. The Rockefeller Center was an innovator in providing a place complete with service facilities and shops for its tenants and visitors. It was designed with users in mind to attract people 24 hours a day for business, shopping, sightseeing, and for dining, theater or just plain promenading on its tree shaded esplanades and flower-filled plazas. The users of the Center could be credited for the success of the Center, as they are vital for the practicality of what was envisioned the Center would be used for. This was different as other buildings during this time were built to house as many tenants as possible explaining why architects strived to construct buildings as tall as possible. Architects of these other buildings did not take urban planning to the extent that the Rockefeller Center
The history of American music begins with a fundamental process of exchange through all different social lines, where diverse cultures meet, and mix. Music has and always will be defined as sounds that are arranged in a particular pattern that are played to be meaningful and pleasurable. The chronology of music began in the Medieval period, when chanting was introduced into the Church. Music has then moved its way through many stages: renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic and leading up to 20th century American music. American 20th century music is made up of a diverse number of styles that are reflected by cultural traditions and the era’s of the past. Immigrants from Spain, France, England, Germany and Ireland all contributed and brought their own unique styles to the forefront, hence creating American music. African Americans created influential musical traditions that include rhythm and improvisation that were later combined with European traditions and other indigenous music.