American Theatre Wing

Despite all the difficulties , racial setbacks ,and stereotypes, we see many strong women overcome these problems. The audience sees not only Misty, but other powerful African American figures accomplish their aspirations. The viewers can interpret that setbacks do not determine how successful a person is in the long run. This documentary overall does a wonderful job of depicting Misty’s Life. It is interesting, insightful,

The Nutcracker: Live On the 26th of November, 2016, I had the wonderful opportunity to witness the Colorado Ballet Orchestra perform the nutcracker live. The concert was at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, and the phenomenal symphony was led by Adam Flatt. This was my first ever classical concert as well as concert, and I was not disappointed. The performance was wonderful, and the opera house was beautiful. The Nutcracker performance was one hour and fifty minutes long, therefore

If someone in the world doesn’t already know, I love to dance, more specifically I love to do ballet. There is never a day that passes where I don’t do something ballet related, like actually going to class, or on my “off days,” dancing around in my kitchen waiting for my chicken nuggets to become golden brown. I have been through some arduous times with ballet, but it is what helped me learn to become a better dancer. If there is one thing I would let anyone know about ballet, regardless if they

At a very young age my mother asked me “do you want to do dance or gymnastics?” and I remember my reply was instantly “dance!”. From that moment forward I completely fell in love with ballet, and a couple of years ago I decided I would like to see myself grow up to become a professional ballerina. Before researching my topic, I already knew ballet was very hard on the body and is a very demanding art form. I also knew everything about the different movements, technique, and posture but I didn't

Stripping the Emperor: The Africanist Presence in American Concert Dance “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

Renowned choreographer Alonzo King is the Balanchine of a new style of dance, his style of dance, a style shying away from the expected and catapulting its audience into a state of wonderment. Alonzo King uses sharp lines intertwined with severe movements all engaging a classical technique in order to create movements, unseen to the dance world. King’s impressive résumé includes having trained with a number of world-renowned ballet companies, and setting works on an even more substantial number of

Introduction In this essay I will analyse and contextualise the work of 3 key practitioners who are currently active and influential within the classical ballet industry. I will discuss and develop key qualities of my three chosen practitioners and identify the main objectives that have allowed them to achieve their current high status within the industry. I will also identify, analyse and contextualise the main performance qualities of the key practitioners work and analyse ways in which I can incorporate

Unsuccessful employees are products of unsuccessful employers (Draft 2) As a child, I believed I would pirouette my way to become the top ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre, but I was unaware of my title as the worst dancer in the studio. My pride, and my dream, was soon destroyed as I watched myself fumbling across the stage on tape. I was thus under the cognitive bias of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. This effect also exists in other environments besides in a children’s dance class, such as work

Ballet is an art form born out of the expressionism and creativity of the Renaissance period (Kraus 63). From the first ballet performed in 1580 to the present, women have been portrayed as fragile and dependent on men. One such ballet is The Nutcracker in which the girl-heroine Clara relies on the Nutcracker to save her from the evil Mouse King.      The first production of The Nutcracker was performed for critics, public figures, and members of high society and received

On-going battle of Art VS. Sport: The Ballet world Ballerinas are extremely competitive with each other and the ballet world has a hint of a barbarous culture. However, ballerinas are competitive with each other in the same way artists, musicians and actors are. Ballet itself is not a competitive sport; it is an art. In 2016, the International Olympic committee recently voted to restore wrestling to the Olympic games (Robb, Para 1). One activity that has never been brought to the committee’s attention: