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    Misty Copeland

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    Copeland Brown Ballerina Beautiful, ballerina, or courageous are three words that people often think of in connection with Misty Copeland. Many people may know that Misty Copeland was just an ordinary ballerina that was just like the others but really, she was so much more. Misty Copeland changed the world by working hard to become one of the first brown ballerina/soloist. She showed America that anyone can dance and achieve their goals. She left legacy as one of the first brown ballerinas in the world

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    One day when Hazel and George were watching TV they saw ballerinas who had hideous masks to cover up their beauty. Hazel started crying but she didn't know why. One day Harrison saw the opportunity to break out of his atrocious cell and that's exactly what he did. He went to the TV studio where the ballerina and the musicians were doing the news. He broke off his impediments and called himself the Emperor and asked a ballerina to be his Empress and then he strapped off her handicaps. Soon

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    exhibition focuses on Degas fascination with motion, and shape and his influences from Greek and Roman art. It consists of oil paintings, charcoal and pastel drawings, and bronze replicas of his works. Most of the pieces are inspired by horses, ballerinas and everyday women. He traditionally used line, color and texture in his paintings to convey the poise and grace of the figures. He also used asymmetry, imbalance and dramatic angles to give the dancers a more naturalistic feeling. In his sculptures

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    looks. In the beginning, Vonnegut began by explaining how everyone was equal to each other, and nobody was smarter, better looking, stronger, or quicker than anybody else. This plot is introduced by George and Hazel starting off by watching ballerinas on the television: [George] tried to think a little about the

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    symbolism effectively reinforces the main idea of the story. Throughout the short story “Harrison Bergeron”, ballerinas along with their masks were used as a symbols. Vonnegut writes, “[The ballerinas] were burdened with sashweights and bags of

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    wear hideous mask, the intelligent must listen to deafening noises that impede their ability to think, and the graceful and strong must wear weights around their necks at all hours of the day. George and Hazel Bergeron are trying to watch the ballerinas on TV. However, they are both having trouble concentrating. Hazel can't remember anything for more than a few minutes. "There were tears on Hazel's cheeks, but she'd forgotten for the moment what they were about" (1) George is extremely intelligent

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    they are kissing the ceiling and each other. If they saw the gun they wouldn’t have been that calm and unbothered by it. Situational Irony occurs when a character holds a position or has expectations that is reversed or fulfilled unexpectedly. The ballerina states, “He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be

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    this ballerina in a major scale of the artwork (Martin, 2003). On the other hand, Degas painted two objects in Waiting, and the artist divided the space into two section for each of them (Martin, 2003). There are numerous techniques to place features into different positions. Seated Dancer in Pink Tight, Lautrec’s painting, focuses on the single object at the center of the painting, which is a ballerina. On the other side, Degas’s painting illustrates several features, which is a ballerina and a

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    Perfection In Dancing

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    disorders may initially be a choice not to eat but it becomes an addiction, similar to how smoking or drinking becomes addictive. Ballerinas are more likely to dislike their body because their body may not fit their body goals. “Body dissatisfaction is present among 37% to 84% of ballet dancers” (Ringham). Similar to how some teens idolize celebrities’ rich lifestyles, ballerinas idolize professional dancers’ body physiques. In the dancing world, having a skinny body is praised. It is seem as a necessity

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    Pot Belly Video Analysis

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    she has always been controlled by something other than herself. Looking at Lindsey Stirling’s music video, it is seen that Lzzy Hail is not the ballerina, but Lindsey Stirling is. Immediately seeing this, a perception of a ballerina is encountered. The ballerina is seen as poised, confident, perfectly positioned, and composed. In light of this, the ballerina is imprisoned by her own perceptions and

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