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    never received the package due to sudden death. Loyal, even after death, Korsakov arranged to have Stravinksy’s pieces used for a performance. This gave him the opportunity to enter into the world of music. Upon the request of a patron, he created the ballet, The Firebird, and it opened in Paris in 1910. Audiences loved it and his popularity skyrocketed. Then in 1911, he wrote Petrouchka, and following that, The Rite of Spring in 1913. The latter caused controversy because of its departure from Romantic

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    Acting, Music and Yoga training for all ages, along with an all youth company, Tulsa Youth Ballet. Tulsa Youth Ballet is the complete multidiscipline program with community service and leadership as its foundation. OPA’s programs and presentations are provided through the following: T.U.L.S.A. (Talented and Unlimited Leaders Spreading the Arts) established in 1999. TULSA cultivates the talent of Tulsa Youth Ballet members to present complete works in different disciplines. These productions are then

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    (1882-1871) The Firebird Suite (1910; version from 1919) Introduction - The Firebird and its Dance Round of the Princesses (Khorovod) Infernal Dance of King Kaschei Berceuse Finale The first of Igor Stravinsky's three famous early ballets, The Firebird is the most traditional and derivative. While The Firebird, similar to Petrushka and The Rite Of Spring, is unquestionably one of Stravinsky's masterpieces, if considered strictly historically it can be, with some justice, viewed as

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    I close my eyes and everything seems so calm that it is as if time itself has stopped altogether. A wave of peacefulness rushes over me. New York City, I still cannot believe it. I begin to hear a soft hum in my ears that quickly increases in volume. I open my eyes and I am suddenly brought back to reality as the train rushes by, its horn blowing loud and strong. The train slows to a stop and the doors open. All at once a massive crowd of people rush off of the subway. Those of us standing on the

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    The spring show Broadway and Connections was on April 20th and 21st. My ballet class was in the first act, Broadway. We did our variation to the song “Music of the Night” from the musical Phantom of the Opera. We were the corps de ballet for the pas de deux. This paper is my critiques on my performance in this show after performing and seeing it on video. First, the focus is on my performance as a whole. Here is what I thought of my performance. Starting with my technique, which was great at times

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    “The Firebird Suite” is a ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1910. I am particularly fond of this piece, and place it in my personal top five greatest musical compositions of all time. I first listened to this piece back in 1999 when Disney’s, Fantasia 2000 was released. While I do not remember the visuals of the film, I recall the music quite clearly. I have forgotten about, “The Firebird Suite” until I recently bought the CD, Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite (1999) at Barnes and

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    Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote numerous musical compositions during his lifetime, but his works for ballet truly connected all of the fine arts. The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66 was composed in 1889 and premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia on January 15th, 1890. During this time in history, Russia was seeking to solidify itself as a major world power which included establishing itself in the fine arts. Tchaikovsky’s composition was met with both praise and criticism upon its release. “Ironically, given

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    Igor Fyodorivich Stravinsky was a pioneer in his time. He was one of the most renowned composers and contributors to music in the late 1800's and early 1900's. I picked Igor Stravinsky for my composer research essay, because I was intrigued by his famous works and I was not very familiar with the other 20th century composers. Moreover, the Firebird and the Rite of Spring caught my attention, while I was listening to the Listening Assignments on Connect. The variety of the instrumentation was awesome

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    Giselle is a 14 year old who leaves everyone speechless with her personality. Even her name story can surprise you, she was named after an actress on Despierta America! Her friends call her Gigi, and they all describe her as a loud, extremely talkative, funny, and a person who is shy at first. She loves listening to music and babysits in her free time. Talking about babysitting, she believes to have a talent at scaring little children into doing what they need to do. She truly desires to be gifted

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    Space, the boundless three dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In an unknown realm of darkness and floating asteroids, a hooded figure known as Thanos, was sitting on his throne looking at a glowing feminine figure with resplendent multi-colored hair, with a silver color on top. She had a mischievous, yet vain glint in her maroon colored eyes. "So, do you agree to our terms, Thanos?" the glamorous woman smirked. Thanos was sitting on his throne pondering

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