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In this essay I will be discussing how dance has a close relationship with early jazz music. I will be mentioning dances such as the Charleston and Lindy Hop from the 1920s to the 1940’s, along with jazz dancers such as Jack Cole. Jazz dancing developed alongside jazz music in New Orleans. Beginning in the 1930’s onto the 1960’s jazz dancing transformed from the vernacular form to a theatre based performance form that used trained dancers. Choreographers from modern dance and ballet began to experiment

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County residents met Tuesday to learn more information about payments from a court settlement related to the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. Details were released April 27 regarding the settlement of a class-action lawsuit between plaintiffs and West Virginia American Water and Eastman Chemical Company. Out of the $151 million settlement, $76 million would be set aside for direct payments for claims. More than 300,000 residents across 9 counties were affected by the January

browsing through his favorite E-paper The Charleston Chase, A newspaper that usually covered stories on crime, but this made for quite an exception. The Article’s title caught his eye, Alien Life found, Intelligent or Not? Joshua thought it was most likely a ‘bacteria’ but found it read, Last Friday, some form of alien life was found for the first time in history, and on our own Planet. The Extraterrestrials were found 150 miles Northwest of Charleston, in a pasture. Here’s what the owner of the

is that my mother at thirty-four weeks broke her own water bag by drinking a laxative and walking down the street. It was then that my mother knew she was in trouble and had to get a neighbor to call the EMS. Once she arrived at Roper hospital in Charleston South Carolina, she was given an extra shot that was not an epidural to help push me out of her womb. Apparently, I was so comfortable inside my mother’s tummy that when it was time to push, little ole me was not ready to come into this world. My

The quotes “For most people, social dancing begins in pleasure,” and “Of course, people sometimes feel pressure to dance in ways that are otherwise associated with pleasure; social dancing can serve many functions in a society,” from Chapter 4 of Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement (Jonas 2003), peaked interest in me when thinking of all the various dance forms that we have talked of in class and even those outside of class. One in particular that has interested me the most is swing

There are so many styles of dance that came together to eventually evolve into what swing dance is today. In the early 20's and 30's there was the Lindy Hop, Balboa, Shag and the Charleston. Some of these dance forms such as the Lindy Hop and the Charleston started as an eight count done in four steps then it evolved in the 1930's to an eight count with 10 steps. During this time swing dance had some substantial changes due to music and regional influences.   At the start of the 40's the era of

After the past tragedies that have hit the Mountaineer community this fall; I consumed myself in wondering what could’ve been done to change the outcome. What if your best friend read the directions wrong and took something s/he shouldn’t have, wouldn’t you want to know how to save them? “Nearly 40 percent of college students engage in binge drinking,” heavy drinking such as this is directly related with injury, health problems, and a decline in academic performance (Random Control). This is so

dance (Guarnino and Oliver). Jazz dance is blended with tap and musical theatre. It has exciting body movements, percussion techniques, tap steps, and ballet. New forms of jazz dance evolved as different types of music were coming out such as the Charleston, swing, Caribbean reggae, and hip-hop (Guarnino and Oliver). In the 1840’s, minstrel shows were developed from the European traditions of masks and carnival (Guarnino and Oliver). The blackface phenomenon was known as the white and African Americans

Charleston has amazing views, awesome food, and a whole lot of history. There are plantations, water taxis, and horse drawn carriage rides. We have explored countless county parks, some that are worth the drive and some are best left to the locals. We recently ventured to downtown Charleston and walked and walked for miles. This is partly because it was gorgeous out and partly because I got lost

Purpose The brief that follows provides an overview of Benefitfocus, Inc. and highlights the business performance, competitive landscape, prospects, and challenges facing the company. Conclusions At first glance a prospective investor might be turned off by the fact that Benefitfocus' net income seems to be headed in the entirely wrong direction. Losses have ballooned from -30M in 2013 to -62M in 2015. However, it is important to note that the company's net income as a percentage of its revenue