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In the story The Osage Firebird, Betty Marie wants to be a ballerina. The structure of the text is based on the ideas that were in this passage. The passage describes the girl that wants to be a ballerina but has some challenges to face before she is a professional ballerina. Some of this story deals with the background of the girl. She is a Native American and because she is a Native American, people treat her differently because she comes from a different culture than others. They even pick on

Holding Onto the Air an autobiography by Suzanne Farrell takes the reader backstage in the dramatic life of the world-renowned Balanchine ballerina. From her childhood in Cincinnati to her retirement from ballet in 1989, Farrell's story is truly a remarkable one. The book describes at length her time with the New York City Ballet as well as her complex relationship with the legendary Balanchine. Although Mrs. Farrell goes a bit too far into the ballet descriptions, her beautiful imagery allows reader

girl on her Father’s Commodore James Norrington (Jack Davenport) Ship and first meet William Turner (Orlando Bloom). Elizabeth Swan (Knightly) sees a pirate necklace around William Turners (Bloom) neck and she takes when he is unconscious. During the next scene, it shows Elizabeth Swan (Knightly) and William Turner (Bloom) around ten years into the future where Elizabeth Swan (Knightly) still has the necklace and William Turner (Bloom) is a swordsmith. During William Turner (Bloom) and Jack Sparrow’s

someone may take time because we have to know each other first and then see if it is a good person to consider to tell them our worries and struggles we had or have in our lives. In the book Swan Song, there were groups that where together by trust to help each other survive. Groups like Macklin’s Army, Swan Song, and Sister’s group needed to trust and help each other to save their lives. Working in groups can cause problems because everyone has different

Logline and Synopsis THE FIGHT AGAINST TIME is a documentary that follows the life of Janet Davis, a soon to retire prima ballet dancer from a small company in Maine. The documentary will essentially explore the passionate routine of a dancer and how a trained professional dancer passes on their wisdom to others as they face injury and old age. Ballet is an art form that can be your best friend but also your worst enemy. A dancer strives for perfection every day and has to put complete passion

In the two excerpts from the book Summer of the Swans there is a boy named Charlie you has an illness that causes him to not able to speak and write. He has a sister name Sara and she protects her little brother like anyone else would. Sara takes Charlie to visit the Swans and he falls in love with them so he goes back in the night and falls. He probably bumps his heads and he forgot where he was and he is lost in the forest, and very frightened. Firstly, when Charlie goes of into the forest which

William Butler Yeats’ poem “Leda and the Swan” is a dark tale originating from the Greek myth, in which Zeus takes the form of a swan to seduce the beautiful woman, Leda. Traditionally, the swan is a symbol of beauty and grace in Greek culture (“More Animal Symbolism”). Yeats uses the representation of a swan as an illusion to set the tone of the poem. Though the readers would expect the swan to be the protagonist, contrarily, the swan is revealed to be the antagonist in the poem. The speaker uses

If I could be any animal, I would be a swan. Swans are simple, elegant creatures, but can have a powerful "punch" if messed with. Swans are great swimmers, but they also live and eat on land. During the summer, I live in the pool, but I come to eat and sleep. Swans are large, aquatic birds. They are known for their fierce temperant and have powerful wings that can be fatal to any animal that it feels threatened by. Swans build their nests on land from twigs and leaves. They nest near water

the Swan” by William Butler Yeats was inspired by the story from Greek Mythology, in which the daughter of King Thestius, Leda, is raped by Zeus, Father of the Gods. Yeats mixes the epic tale with his original approach, thus aspiring to question mythology. Zeus, the most powerful Greek God, is attracted to mortal women. Therefore he transforms himself into a swan, so that the mortal Leda does not fear him and even more so, that she would be attracted to the stunning presence of the swan. The

The composition called The Swan performed by Yo-Yo Ma, the poem called The Dying Swan by Alfred Lord Tennyson, and the ballet of Le Cygne (The Swan) by Anna Pavlova connected to each other clearly and meaningfully by describing how The Swan’s experience connects to human being’s life cycle. The compositions musical elements connect to the poem because it starts with a depressing and miserable sound as how the poem starts in the first stanza. Then, the composition gives an inspiring emotion to the