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me to meet new people with an interest in ballet, but I never thought that it would have a larger impact on myself. For instance, I did not believe that I would relate the world of ballet to my economics and statistic class that I am currently enrolled in as well, but that is exactly what I began to do. During these past 15 weeks I have learn much about myself, life, and ballet. The class is not what I ever imagined; however I would not change a thing about the class overall. Ballet like everything

amazing as any gazelle or swan, Mikhail Baryshnikov is a household name even to non balletomanes. After having career with the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he came to the West New York City in 1974, settling as principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre . In 1979 he joined New York City Ballet and he was appointed artistic director of ABT where he introduced a new generation of dancers and choreographers. Baryshnikov explore other professional opportunities and he was nominated for an Academy Award

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: Ballet. Despite its

others the brass, and still others woodwinds or percussion but by creating a visual analogy in space that restates the musical structure with the trained dancer's body. He claimed that "Ballet... should not be an illustrator of even...the most substantive of literary sources. It will speak for itself. The ballet is flowers, beauty, poetry...I am, if you please, an advocate of pure art."

The Nutcracker is an 1816 ballet with a symphony created by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky who was a Russian composer, conductor and pianist mostly knew in Europe and the United States. The performance of his work in New York City, 2016 is displayed by the Music Director of the New York City Ballet Andrew Litton. Last year, Litton was in charge of conducting the work, and, was also part of the performance as a pianist. In the visual performing such as choreography and conduction was developed by the

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) defines modern dance as ‘a free expressive style of dancing that developed in the early 20th century as a reaction to classical ballet.’ Classical ballet has a rigid style, it requires supreme discipline and structured movement. Modern dance was established as an alternative

Dumilâtre as Myrtha. The ballet was immediately declared not only a worthy successor to La Sylphide but also “the greatest ballet of its time”, a triumphant reception. Giselle remained in the Paris Opera repertoire until 1849. When it became outmoded the ballet was completely dropped (after 1868); it would only be seen again in Paris decades later as part of the Ballets Russes’ second Paris season, with Karsavina and Nijinsky in the lead roles.” (The ballet bag) As The ballet bag article previously

did not care if they did not have talent, Mitchell only cared about their desire to dance. Furthermore, Mitchell broke down boundaries in dance by: …battl[ing] the sissy stigma attached to male ballet dancers by consciously not using the word “ballet” in the name of his organization. He relaxed the ballet dress code, so that instead of wearing tights, boys could attend class in cutoffs or jeans. Their classes, too, were less traditional… (Hawley). Arthur Mitchell challenges preconceived ideas about

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

modern classical Russian ballet. He directed many of the greatest artists in Russian ballet and developed ballets that retain an important position in Russian dance repertoire. Petipa and his brother Lucien (later principal dancer at the Paris Opéra) were forced to recieve training from their father, Jean, a ballet master long active in Brussels. After Marius’ debut in Nantes, France, in 1838, he danced in Belgium, France, and the United States (he appeared in New York City in 1839) before accepting