...Director-choreographer Bob Fosse forever changed the way audiences around the world viewed dance on the stage and in the film industry in the late 20th century. Visionary, intense, and unbelievably driven, Fosse was an artist whose work was always provocative, entertaining, and quite unlike anything ever before seen. His dances were sexual, physically demanding of even the most highly trained dancers, full of joyous humor as well as bleak cynicism — works that addressed the full range of human emotions. Through his films he revolutionized the presentation of dance on screen and paved the way for a whole generation of film and video directors, showing dance through the camera lens as no one had done before, foreshadowing the rise of the MTV-era of music video dance. Robert Louis Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 23, 1927. Bob was the youngest of six children and quickly learned to win attention from his family through his dancing. It was not long before he was recognized as a child prodigy. His parents sent him to formal lessons, where he immersed himself in tap dancing. A small boy who suffered from nagging health problems, he nevertheless was so dedicated that by the time he reached high school, he was already dancing professionally in area nightclubs as part of their sleazy vaudeville and burlesque shows. The sexually free atmosphere of these clubs and the strippers with whom Fosse was in constant contact made a strong impression on him. Fascinated with vaudeville’s...
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...Cabaret is a musical that originally opened on Broadway in 1966 (“Cabaret (musical)”). Since then, there have been several rivals, such as those done in London and on Broadway, as well as a film version made in 1972 (“Cabaret (musical)”; “Cabaret (1972)”). Throughout these revivals, small changes were made, such as the addition of songs, changes in lyrics and different costume concepts, all of which affected the development and portrayal of various characters within the musical. Based on the book The main message that I got from this production is that we should be accepting of everyone no matter what their beliefs or actions are. This was well communicated, particularly through the staging and the way the actors portrayed the characters. The Emcee was the most interesting character to me as the audience was given hardly any context as to who he was and why he was a part of the Kit Kat Klub. I was also curious why he had developed his viewpoint on how life should be lived. I wasn’t very interested in the character Herr Schultz. He seemed like a basic character to me that didn’t have any personality traits that set him apart from other characters. His actions never strayed from what you would expect from him and he didn’t really develop or change as a character, other than perhaps a small growth in his love for Fraulein Schneider. The guy who played the Emcee did a really good job. He seemed really into his character and enthusiastic, which was appropriate to the character....
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...Experiment 4 Projectile Motion Introduction We examined projectile motion by observing a ball rolling down then leaving the ramp, thus becoming a projectile with a horizontal initial velocity. We measured the horizontal initial velocity using the photogate and computer. We measured the horizontal and vertical distances that the projectile traveled from the end of the ramp to when it hit the floor my using a meter stick to measure Experimental Set-Up In our experiment, we used the following: ramp, photogate, steal ball, plumb bob, meter stick, and vernier caliper. Experimental Procedure 1.At the edge of our lab table, we prepared the ramp. 2.Exactly below the launch point, we marked a point on the floor by using the plumb bob. 3.We determined the vertical distance that the ball fell (mm) from when it was launched from the ramp and fell on the floor. We then entered this in our data table. 4.We positioned a piece of paper on the floor to where the ball would land. We put the carbon paper above the paper and taped them to the floor. 5.We fixed the photogate so the ball rolled out and the light beam was blocked and unblocked. The photogate was plugged into the LabPro Dig/Sonic1 port. 6.We opened up the One Gate Timing from the Logger Pro folder. 7.We measured the diameter of the ball with the vernier caliper and recorded it in the computer so that it could calculate the ball’s launch velocity. 8.We launched the ball from a specific height from the ramp so that the ball...
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...officer expresses interest, asking why they had been in contact so seldom over the past twenty years. The man briefly explains that he has been busy in the West trying to make his fortune. He checks the time on his watch, which is adorned with diamonds, indicating that he has been successful in his business endeavors. The time is three minutes before ten o'clock, the precise moment that they are scheduled to meet. The officer stays a few minutes more, and it is after ten o'clock when he says goodbye and leaves. The man waits twenty minutes more. Finally, another man approaches, bundled up against the light rain that has started to fall. The new man calls the man in the doorway Bob and answers to the name of Jimmy Wells. As they chat, Jimmy points out that he has not done as well financially as Bob: he has a position in a city department. He suggests that they go to a place that he knows of nearby, where they can get out of the rain and have a long talk about old times. When they pass through the light emanating from the window...
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...GLOBAL HIPHOP In Hishaam Aidi's "Leveraging Hip Hop in US Foreign Policy" Aidi makes it evident that hip-hop has grown to become such a global upfront form of expression. To the extent where hip-hop has become America’s main resource to connect with the youth and give the struggling youth of America and all over the world the aspiration to dream. Hip-hop along with any other genres of music such as jazz all serve a purpose in this world, which is for the artist to share their story and for the listeners to relate. However hip-hop has become mostly known to be more of a self-expression for those who grew up in low-incoming areas and have lived the life of poverty. This is the main reason why the revolution of hip-hop holds so much power and the reason why so many young people support hip-hop globally. As a hip-hop head myself, we fall in love with this idea of self-expression, even if it means having to be rebellious and disrespectful at times if that is what it takes to get our point across. However, as Aidi said in "Leveraging Hip Hop in US Foreign Policy,” “But the role of music should not be exaggerated: Hip hop did not cause the Arab revolts any more than Twitter or Facebook did.” In this statement, Aidi displays how hip-hop can only hold such an unbelievable power of self-expression, however, does not hold responsibility nor enough power to cause any global revolts as seen in Saudi Arabia. Yet due to these revolts, its gives hip-hop artists from these countries...
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...Influence of Music Paper The different types of music genres have helped shape American culture and society and its social behavior of Americans. As time moves on and cultures change, so does the music and what it stands for. Music may sound and be different around the world, but its most common purpose it’s to bring individuals together. It seems that music, more than anything else, ties people together and tears them apart. Each culture around the world has caused music in general to evolve uniquely to each society. As society changes and grows, so will our music and what we believe in. Music has given American culture its values, the way that jazz, blues, and R&B created rock & roll, music created American culture that naturally has an influence on other cultures. It is an argument of whether music affects society or if society is reflected through music towards social behavior. It can also be said that any one type of music can influence society. For instance, a society can become more modernized such as individuals expanding their methods of playing musical instruments. Or as technology becomes more advanced with the digital era, individuals can listen to music on MP3 players, Ipads, cell phones or radio’s anywhere and anytime becoming more convenient. In today’s society, people have the right to choose what they want to listen to. This includes wide variety of styles or to even focus on one genre, depending on the musical qualities that appeal to them. Media, such as radio...
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...The Red Line The short story ”The Red Line” written by Charles Higson’s in 1993, takes place in the centre of London. The story deals with three extremely different people who all happens to meet each other while riding the tubes of London, which takes a dramatic turn. Furthermore I will analyse and interpret the short story with special focus on narrative technique and the creation of suspense. In this short story we are introduced to an Italian man, named Berto. He used to live in Venice, where he met a girl who he believes to be his “girlfriend”, Cathy, who is English. They met in Venice where they had a “relationship”, but they spent most of their time in bed, partly because of Berto's lacking skill of speaking English. Furthermore Berto seems to be a very naive and persistant kind of person. He's naive in a way because he believes that he and Cathy actually were in a relationship, he may not have understood the things that Cathy told him back in Venice, because when he arrives in London he finds that Cathy is in this “open relationship” with another man, with whom they spent a lot of time with. Berto is persistent because even when finds out that Cathy is in this other relationship and has been, even before the two of them met each other, he still keeps on trying to be with Cathy, he clearly seems to be in love. One last thing we can tell about Berto from hos behaviour is that he is very shy. The only to why he keeps sitting in the tubes is because he is way too afraid...
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...the list has been exhausted and the director, Bob Watts, is considering a membership drive to fill unexpected membership vacancies. Alice Smith was thinking about her modeling job on her way home that evening. Today had been dandy. Ted Ellis, the athletic director, had fired Pat Franklin, who had worked for Sundale for nearly nine years. The Problem The whole mess started five months ago when Ellis hired Chuck Johnson to become the men’s activity manager. Shortly after Johnson arrived, rumors started that he was a homosexual. Two of the members complained to Frank Havens, the assistant athletic director, that Johnson had made verbal passes at them. Ted Ellis and Johnson were close friends, so Havens was reluctant to approach his boss with this problem. During the next few years more incidents involving Johnson’s behavior were reported by various staff members to Havens, in addition to complaints from club members. Havens could sense that his staff was wondering why he had not done something about the situation, and he was aware that seven of the male members had withdrawn from the club. Finally, he requested a meeting with Ted Ellis. The Meeting The meeting with Ellis did not go well. Ted Ellis was extremely defensive about Johnson and shouted, “Chuck Johnson has more savvy about this business in his little finger than the whole bunch of you put together.” That night, Frank decided to go over Ellis’s head and talk to Bob Watts. Watts was due to retire next year, so...
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...Romaine Smith Susan Doody ENG 111 02/14/13 Outline The positive impact music has on one’s identity In his musical lyrics, Bob Marley, a singer, songwriter and musician, motivates people across the world with his positive and encouraging music. In his biggest hi “One Love, One Heart, Let’s Get Together and Feel Alright,” created an atmosphere of love and exhilaration 2among people of different backgrounds and culture. After his death, Marley was venerated by people all over the world for his outstanding work and role model to the society. An icon had died. The positive influence of a song can reflect one’s character in different ways. One’s culture, attitude and appearance create an identity that can leave a positive impact on society. The cultural identity is those attributes, behavior patterns, lifestyles, and social structures that distinguish a person from another. Culture is learned and passed through generations and includes the believes and value system of a society. If we can examine the role of culture in a group formation, for example. If participants are told they share musical taste with an individual, they are more likely to appraise them positively and want to become their friend….. All these components of culture have an effect on one’s character. Music can have both positive and negative influences on one’s attitude. For example, a child that tends to listen more positive and...
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...http://altohio.com/mirror-traffic Mirror Traffic, the fifth release from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is the glorious distillation of the S.M. oeuvre. Produced by Beck Hanson, the album maintains the lanky looseness of former Jicks-backed offerings even as its songs are condensed down to their respective essences—several tracks clock in at less than three minutes, a stark contrast to previous records where 10-minute guitar odysseys were becoming common. Much like Bob Dylan’s twenty-first century output, Mirror Traffic digs through the past to repurpose musical styles, from psychedelic LA country to first-wave British punk, twisting them into new but familiar shapes. Beck’s role as producer seems split between tightening up the performances and curating the palette of stylistic overlays drawn from the Rock History vault. On “Long Hard Book,” reverb-soaked slide guitar evoke desert midnight, while the chorus’s pedal steel pairs with Joanna Bolme’s spot-on Emmy Lou Harris impression to create an afterimage of some long-lost Grievous Angel outtake, until a fuzzed-out guitar outro pulls the listener back into unmistakably Malkmusian territory. “Tune Grief” is the song the Buzzcocks might’ve recorded if they’d grown up in southern California, a short punchy track complete with single-note guitar solo and beach-bright backing vocals. All of Mirror Traffic’s influences have surfaced in Malkmus’ previous work, from Watery, Domestic onward, but here, arguably benefitting from its...
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...The Tale of Coach Knight It is difficult to identify the leadership style of coach Bobby Knight among all the tirades and temper tantrums, nevertheless one will try; indeed this author remembers where she was the very day that Coach Knight hurled the notorious chair in response to his anger (Puma, 2007). As the bell rang for 2nd hour P.E. class, the conversation of the day surrounded the actions of Coach Knight and the inactions of Indiana University to discipline him. Coach Knight appears to lead by position power with his aggressive, controlling behavior; of the big five personality traits identified in Trait theory, he appears to be high on neuroticism due to his open hostilities (Northouse, 2010). He manages more than he leads as he micro-manages every area of his player’s lives both on and off the field (Puma, 2007). He also appears to be high on extraversion, although he does not appear to be either sociable or have a positive energy, he is very high on assertiveness (Northouse, 2010). He seems to be high on openness as he is highly informed about his players and his game, and high on conscientiousness due to his decisiveness and his infatuation with being in control (Northouse, 2010). The article painted a picture of an agreeable Knight from the University perspective because the University believed that he was loyal and cared deeply about his players but all other evidence points to low on the agreeable scale (Northouse, 2010; Puma, 2007). It was the position...
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...Anglo American Folk Music is considered as the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community and passed on through generation. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. Folk music arose, and best survives, in societies not yet affected by mass communication and the commercialization of culture. It normally was shared and performed by the entire community (not by a special class of expert performers), and was transmitted by word of mouth. My observation included listening to folk songs and stories of Woody Guthrie. Woody Guthrie was one of those workers who headed to California in search of gainful employment. Woody wrote hundreds of songs between the 1930s and his death in 1967 of Huntington’s Chorea. The traditional American folk singer/songwriter, Woody Guthrie tells stories that often don’t even appear in history books. Woody Guthrie set the precedent for the breadth of issues and subjects about which an American folk singer could sing. His original tunes often put to work traditional melodies, as well as melodies to songs that were popular at the time. His lyrics encapsulated all the important issues of his time and of America in general, in plain and simple language that put words to what so many people were thinking and feeling. Quote from Woody Guthrie: "I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for...
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...Watergate Paper 03/19/2012 His/145 Cynthia Grant Watergate Paper By 1968 the unpopularity of Lyndon B. Johnson due to the Vietnam War, ushered in yet another American President, Richard M. Nixon. Thought the United States was in the middle of a cultural revolution the change was welcomed. President Richard Nixon could relate to the average American. A product of the hard working middle class, President Nixon rose to prominence through his own will and determination. While not the ideal time to become the President of the United States of America, President Nixon would project a stern image that supported traditional Values. President Nixon inherited the Vietnam conflict and an economy that was weakening the greatest scandal that would send an American President packing. was about to unfold. An obscure break in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington D.C. in 1972 would create one of the most serious crises in the history of the United States Presidency’s. In 1961 we learned that the first presidential debate was televised live so media coverage of the scandal would surely steer up the American People. The Watergate Scandal would occupy the American Nation for the next two years beginning in 1972; and ultimately, in the summer of 1974. On June 17, 1972 police arrested 5 men who had broken into the offices of the Democratic National Committee’s Headquarters and would eventually arrest 2 additional men who were responsible for the break in. The Washington...
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...The Red Line, By Charles Higson Analysis In this short story by Charles Higson we are introduced to three characters (four, including Cathy) that have nothing in common whatsoever. They come from different environments, backgrounds and families. However, as the story proceeds we discover how fragile, weak and alike they become when their fears take over their lives. I will therefore do a thorough analysis focusing on fear of the unknown as the main theme. In order to do that, I find it important to do a characterization to gain an insight to the four protagonists’ personalities. Berto, Denise and “the nameless guy” are all sitting in the same cabin in The Tube in London. Berto is visiting London trying to find the love of his life, Cathy, an English girl who has visited Berto in Italy where they have had an affair. To his disappointment he comes to find out that she is in a relationship. She leaves him in the Tube after an argument. He feels very self-conscious about speaking English. He has asked for directions and he hasn’t been able to make himself clear, so the man just laughed at him and it has been very humiliating. Another obstacle for him is his pride. He is on the platform and he is deciding whether he should ask anybody for directions and he keeps making excuses of why he shouldn’t. The old women are deaf, some of the men seem drunk and so on. Nobody is good enough. He is actually ashamed of asking for the cherub’s help. (“Why was he ashamed to ask...
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...BOB GALVIN AND MOTOROLA, INC CASE STUDY MAT OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Bob Galvin and Motorola, Inc. Case Study Analysis At the age of 61 Bob Galvin, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Motorola, Inc., was moved to action from the increasing complaints as he “walked the halls” and the growing threats from Japanese manufacturers. On April 24, 1983 at the biennial meeting of the top 153 officers of Motorola, Inc. themed ‘Managing Change’, Bob Galvin issued a challenge to senior managers to consider structural changes to strengthen the corporation long-term. Motorola History Founded in 1928 by Paul V. Galvin, Galvin Manufacturing Company the Chicago-based firm began with alternating electrical current converters and automobile radios. Soon after dubbing the car radio as the “Motorola” in 1947, Paul Galvin changed the name of the company. Paul Gavin along with his brother Joe tried to create a humane and democratic work environment. Part of this process involved the everyone including the Galvins to be addressed on a first-name basis; “the Galvins had replaced the typical time clock in the plant with an employee honor system; and by 1947, Paul Galvin established a profit-sharing program” for it now 2,000 employees. It was decision such as this that allowed Motorola to remain union free (Jick & Peiperl, 2011, p. 121). From its modest beginnings of less than $1500 in working capital and equipment, Motorola has enjoyed 55 years of growth and success...
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