American Ballet Theatre

Merce Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was very dedicated to his work. In the video it states that he exercises before he starts to choreograph and dance, despite that fact that he feels pain in his body. According to a dancer, the intent of his work is a mystery and yet there is a confused familiarity. Merce was a dancer and choreographer who was interested body’s shapes and angles. He also gives precise steps. An example as to why Merce was into the shapes and angles

Throughout this course we discussed the Jazz Age, cultural appropriation, racial and gender differences, and African Americans and Parisians during the interwar years. We looked at many African American performers and performances that had a huge impact on France’s cultural identity. After learning about all of this in class, I wanted to take my research further. I decided to research female foreign performers who have had a major influence on the Jazz Age in Paris. I decided to focus specifically

that involves the religious aspect of culture. Fashion and clothing are most definitely a necessity in life, but also a work of art. What people wore in the past to what we wear today is all inspired by culture. Taking a look at the past Native Americans belonging to over five hundred groups with one of a kind traditions and ways of life dressed according to their belief systems and culture. Some tribes had worshipped the sun and in order for them to show their respects for the sun they wore very

The Rise of the Melodrama in the 19th Century In the nineteenth century, many movements arose in the field of theatre both in the United States and in Europe. Some of the movements that took place in the west together with the melodrama includes the plays o naturalism, Romanticism, well-made plays of scribes and Sardou, Wilde’s drawing-room comedies, symbolism and the farces of Feydeau as depicted in the late works of Henrik Ibsen. Melodrama is a collective name to refer to open group of films that

contribution to dance was her exploration of how to express abstract emotions through movement and giving a definition to an “American” form of dance. Martha saw dance as a platform to communicate raw emotion and meaningful social and political ideas with her audience rather than a form of mere entertainment, and in her effort to demonstrate how dance is a language, she also redefined American dance as it’s own genre rather being a melting pot of other cultural influences. Although she came from humble beginnings

driven, whether that drive comes from parents -- such as freshman pianist Zak, who seems almost forced into performing by his father and sees jazz stardom as a means of escaping borderline poverty, or in spite of them -- like Grace, whose Korean-American

Music in Society 1 14 November 2015 Assessment 1 Case Study Part 1 First organised in 1994 with the purpose of filling the gap in the Royal Concert Hall’s schedule after the Christmas period, Celtic Connections is a music festival that takes place every year in January in Glasgow, Scotland. The festival centres on traditional Scottish music and its connections to different cultures across the world, featuring Scottish and international artists in events such as concerts, workshops, ceilidhs,

interested in raising awareness of the military dictatorship during the 1970’s and 80’s but also of exploring more universal ideas of political injustice and human rights, to his audiences. During the 1970’s Bruce was a dancer and choreographer for the Ballet Rambert, now known as Rambert. He was becoming known for creating works with social and political issues. For example in 1972 he created For those who die as cattle, based on World War I poems by Wilfred Owen that explored the futility of war. Later

orphan survivor from West Africa who has a skin condition called vitiligo. Michaela Deprince became a professional ballerina, starting off on a scholarship for a dance education at Rock School, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre. Also, Deprince starred in the documentary First Position and landed in more talk shows and the well-known dancing show Dancing With the Stars. Co-author Elaine Deprince is Michaela Deprince’s foster mother. She is the author of Cry Bloody

1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Gershwin’s original title for it was American Rhapsody. But, by chance, Ira had been to an exhibition of Whistler’s paintings and saw the painter's Nocturne In