Martha Ballard

Dancing is a recreational activity that has been enjoyed by millions of people for centuries. There have been countless styles of dance and thousands of memorized steps that have been performed in front of people or even just simply enjoyed alone without and audience. When a handful those thousands of steps come together, it creates a routine. Even though there are countless dancers that are breathtaking when they perform the routine in front of and audience, most dancers cannot be proficient without

career as a performer and choreographer, leading her to evolve into one of the world’s most renown and innovative modern dance influences of the time. A rich history followed with the birth of other significant and revolutionary individuals such as Martha Graham in 1894 (Terry, 2017) and George Balanchine in 1904 (Walker, 2017). These pioneers of dance, introduced the world to a new style of choreography, originally derived from and based upon romantic classical ballet. The Oxford Dictionary (1989)

throughout their careers that dealt with family issues, public and media criticism as well as negative encounters with the law. With a variety of business approaches and personalities, Martha Stewart, a highly successful businesswoman, turned everyday household activities into a multi-million dollar empire and Martha Billes, also a richly successful businesswoman, fought hard to take ownership of Canadian Tire at the age of 61. Both entrepreneurs faced the adversities of being women growing up in the

Semiothic of the kitchen is a video art produced by Martha Rosler in the 1975. This video is a classic piece of feminist art work. During 1960s , women was expected to marry in her 20s. They were expected to follow this path and devote their life to homemaking. This make the wives spending an average of 55 hours a week of their times on domestic chores. For some reason, this feels unfair and make them feel unwelcomed and limited in every respect. Martha rosler remarked about this work that “when the

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Rising into the mainstream in the early 1960’s, Motown music gained popularity as it produced a wave of African-American musicians who successfully integrated their music, creating a newly unified musical culture between White and Black Americans. Simultaneously Motown provided musical backing for an extensive battle of cultural change in the USA; the American Civil Rights Movement. Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records produced music with the aim to sell to anyone despite their age or colour

Silva Laukannen is a mixed abilities dance teacher who works at a company called Dance Ability. She grew up trained in dance, but was really seeking a career in community dance. She was able to study a community dance program in college and even worked in a mixed ability dance company while in South Africa. Besides working at Dance Ability, she teaches classes for children with special needs, incarcerated women, senior citizens, children with a history of trauma, and parent child dance classes. Tanya

Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, recounts the tale of the revolutionized American dance by consolidating advanced customary dance to make another brave work of art. The Joffrey Ballet was an group that effectively went out on a limb that changed the dance form for eternity. As the title indicates, the film depicts the organization as a nonconformist – the principal American dance company to coordinate current dance moves into its traditional expressive dance base, and one that was so associated

Martha Graham: dancer, teacher, choreographer, mother of 20th century dance. Martha is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. Her dance technique and style was constantly growing and expanding through experimentation of what the body could do based on its own structure. “’I wanted to begin,’ she said, ‘not with characters or ideas, but with movement’” (World Biography). She believed that the purpose of dance was to create an increased awareness of life

Martha Graham was born May 11th, 1894 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania United States (Terry, 2016). Martha was a noteworthy dancer, teacher, and choreographer who specialized in ballet. “Over more than 50 years she created more than 180 works, from solos to large-scale works, in most of which she herself danced. She gave modern dance new depth as a vehicle for the intense and forceful expression of primal emotions” (Terry, 2016, pg. 1). As the daughter if an esteemed physician this sparked her interest