...Leaping and kicking. Their legs cutting through the air life a knife through butter. Hard dance shoes on their feet banging against the floor. Filling the room with rhythmic bangs. Arms staying still at their sides. Never moving. Curly wigs attached to their heads. The curls bouncing with every step. Dresses filled with multi colored gems and fabric. Light bouncing off them making them shine. The sound of a violin playing fast in the background. Each step they take to the rhythm. This is the world of Irish Dance. The world of the Corda Mór Irish dance school in Edina, Minnesota. Corda Mór Irish Dance is one of many Irish dance schools located in the Twin Cities. Teaching kids from age five all the way to twenty. This school has been a big part of my family for years. Both my younger sister, Clare, and my older sister, Kennedy, have been a part of it. My father, Joe, is even the emcee for the school. As Kennedy got older she moved onto other things, like college. Clare however is still very actively involved in the community and will be for some time. Dancing her heart away. Only in seventh grade Clare has been dancing all her life. Ever since she was five she has been on that dance floor. Tapping away to the beat. After...
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...holidays, music, dance, and artifacts. The differences between cultures can be drastic. Learning different cultures is interesting and essential if one plans to go into the business world. You may have employees under you that are of a different culture, or you may end up conducting business deals with different cultures. One could make or break a business deal with how much or how little he knows about the country. They other country is going to want to feel confident in choosing you to do business with. So now we will discuss a few different aspects of the Ireland culture. Variety of foods and beverages are important in any culture. When discussing Ireland, they are know for the freshness and quality of their ingredients. When Irish make homemade dishes, they usually do not use a lot of spices but only salt and pepper. They do not serve the dishes with sauce or gravy either. Common foods found in the Irish diet would be potatoes, grains, and dairy products. Newly add would be seafood and meat such as lobster, salmon, beef, pork, and lamb. Ireland also has about fifty types of homemade cheeses, which are considered delicacies. Popular beverages would consist of tea, irish coffee, and alcoholic beverages such as whiskey, beer, and ale. Music and dance strongly influence the Irish culture. Popular instruments played in Ireland would be the harp, the uilleann bagpipe, and the bodhran. The banjo is considered to be the intruder of intruments in the musical world. The Irish is know for...
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...Danceable Fashion or Fashionable Dance: Either way, it works! A Concept Paper Presented to Prof. Robert Rodriguez Division of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Course in Communications 2 By Nohr Malynne Tabares February 5, 2013 There’s an exciting fashion trend happening – dance. The dance and fashion industries seem to be increasingly joining forces, with dance companies commissioning high profile designers and fashion labels turning to dancers to optimally show off their clothes. The collision of the worlds of fashion and dance creates alchemy beyond the reach of either one alone. Fashion is made to move in the world, and dance is extreme motion. The interaction between dance and fashion inspires new ideas for stories and forms of expression, and brings new audiences to both art forms. This season, as the fashion industry becomes more competitive, a string of in-demand models with serious dance backgrounds literally have a leg up. At the same time, as the pages of this fall’s set of weighty magazines attest, professional dancers are influencing fashion in ways never seen before. The pathway to becoming a dancer may vary, but most people start by taking classes at a local dance school. If the goal is to become a professional dancer, this is followed by auditioning for an organization that specializes in full-time dance training, completing an accredited...
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...regain some memories. It has also been discovered that they can bring language and speech back into the service users’ life who struggles to speak. (Wergerer 2013) The Elderly: Therapies like dance movement, drama and art when used recreationally can help improve the positivity, physical and mental health of the elderly social care service users. Engagement with art therapies can further the emotional progression and psychological well-being of these individuals. (Zeltzer et al 2003) The elderly can enjoy the arts and being creative just as much as service users younger than them. In art for example, water colour painting can be used as a more mature version and method of paining rather than finger painting which can be used for younger service users. Water colour painting is more complex and more of a challenge. Young children: There is so much evidence now-a-days about how children’s brains develop and the effect of creativity and the arts on this...
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...English 12 12 December 2011 Paper Assignment #6 James Joyce Strangled by Spiritual Paralysis Stanislaus Joyce once wrote “Ireland [is] a country which has seen revolutions in every generation” (Joyce 510). But what happens when these revolutions seem to come to an end? The Irish defeated British to become an independent nation of devout Catholics. They worked harder than those beside them to keep their families out of poverty, when Ireland became over populated as a result of the Napoleonic Wars. They suffered through the Great Potato Famine, losing many loved ones in the process. The country struggled to recover after each of these tragedies, but with their triumphs brought improvement. Through their devotion to Catholicism, their loyalty to Ireland and their hard work for their family, they survived, but they settled into an unchanging society engulfed by a form of spiritual paralysis as author James Joyce identifies in his writings. Many literary critics have taken an interest in his writings because of the underlying theme of spiritual paralysis in Dublin. Joyce’s brother, Stanislaus wrote “James Joyce: A Memoir”, in effort to defend and explain Joyce’s motivation for using Dublin as the heart of his writing. He describes Joyce as an independent person, often excited by multiple “enthusiasms”, which he was quick to share with the world (Joyce 488). Joyce was not afraid to criticize his homeland if he felt it would bring improvement, which can be seen in his impulsive...
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...Martha Graham wasn’t just an ordinary dancer, but an extraordinary choreographer and artist. You would expect an artist to just draw with pen and paper, but Martha wasn’t a regular artist, she was different. She didn’t go by the rules of classical ballet, but created her own movements that showed internal feeling through movement. In addition to Martha’s creativity, she was also a critical modern dance figure in history and created a modern dance movement. Martha, full name of Martha Graham was born in Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Friday May 11, 1894 and was talented from the start. Growing up with her Irish father, Dr. George Greenfield, Graham, who was also a nervous disorder doctor in addition to her father,born in the year of 1856. Was the one to encourage her, her whole life and was the one who told her to speak up. In addition to her father, her mother, Jane Beers Graham, was born 1870 also pushed her to do her best in everything, except dance which she later made a big impact in dance history. Martha grew up with three younger siblings Mary, Georgia, William and also Lizzie Prendergast, who might as well have been her sister because she supported and grew up with Martha (Dr.Graham saved Lizzie's life after being attacked by dogs. She...
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...can be marked with a family gathering after the mother has given birth. A welcoming home party may also be carried out. Birth can also be celebrated later on in life with Birthdays. Birthdays also mark a significant date in a persons life. For example, birthdays can effect the person and the legal system. Examples of this are when a person turns 18 they are considered an adult, legal to vote, legal to purchase alcohol, consent to sex, to marry and to obtain a drivers license. The next milestone is puberty. Puberty is marked in various different ways in different cultures. Puberty marks the change of when a child becomes a teenager and matures. Puberty in a vary of different ways in different cultures. For example, puberty in the Irish catholic culture is celebrated with a ceremony called '' Confirmation ''. Confirmation marks the person as having completed one og the seven sacraments. Confirmation is usually carried out by a prayer service includint the laying of the hands, annoiting, a prayer and the receivement of the '' Gift of the Holy Spirit ''. After the service, the people usually go to a pub or reception and have an after party involving alcohol, music and food. The puberty ritiual in Japan is celebrated by both men and women is known...
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...The broad painting of indigenous peoples as cannibals wasn’t restricted to just the French in North America. The English conquerors of Ireland regularly referred to certain Gaelic leaders as “the canyball”. Furthermore, one English commander claimed that the Gaelic Irish were “little better than Cannibals who do hunt one another.” The comparison of indigenous peoples to heathens only increases as the story continued. In the next phase of torture, Le Jeune refused to even describe the action, simply writing, “It is said that they perpetrated another act of cruelty upon him which would make this paper blush.” In refusing to name the “act of cruelty” the priest indicated that his morals were so superior to those of the natives that he wouldn’t succumb to their level of barbarism, even in writing. According to Le Jeune, even the French colonial government responded to the act. When informed, the colonial Governor of New France, scolded the Natives and demanded, “they should go somewhere else, not to wound the eyes of our French people by these acts of barbarity, to our eyes...
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...American West Development Student`s Name Institutional Affiliation Submission Date Gold rush in America west [pic] Retrieved from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1363522/How-American-West-really-won-C19th-images-early-settlers-Deadwood.html Above is a photograph of miners washing gold. The photo was taken in the nineteenth century at Deadwood town. The discovery of gold in American west spread like a bush fire, and within no time, a huge number of people had already camped in the mining fields ready to mine the gold and get rich. Many people left their families, jobs and moved to the goldfields’ (Limerick, 1998). During that time American west state experienced a large number of immigrants, all coming to try their luck in the fields. Those who managed to get gold became richer while those who didn’t become poorer. The gold rush brought about huge environmental changes in the country’s landscape (Limerick, 1998). There were very deep holes that were dug in search of the gold. Trees were cut down to clear the fields and to take care of the huge demand for wood that was used to power the steam engines that ran the lifting cables. The rapid destruction of the forest triggered soil erosion in the fields. The miners were less concerned with the consequences of their acts to the environment, for them, America was a place to exploit gets your wealth and leave. There was a rapid population growth in American west; this...
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...strolling on our dusty and old street in the most graceful and elegant ways. The sun had never grinned at our road. It had always punished the street with its aching and unforgivable heat. As I went to see what valuables he had in his wide pockets, I saw that he dropped an envelope of some sort. I went to tell him; however, I waited and thought for a second... I had thought to myself that maybe on the floor was a cheque or an envelope full of money so I waited as he passed and then I swooped down to the floor like an eagle and took the envelope. Feeling relieved I opened it... As I felt its rough texture on the palm of my dirty hands, I gasped in shock to find... A piece of paper? I read it and I saw my dream had finally come true: this piece of paper told my destiny; that piece of paper was none other than a ticket for America! I could finally travel to America in style by ship!!! When I read the name of the ship I gasped in amazement. It read: “Titanic, the Unsinkable Ship”. My heart was pumping like an athlete winning a gold medal, I had never been happier in my life! As I read the date and time of the ship I was devastated: the ship was going to leave in thirty minutes!?! I ran as fast as my skinny legs could carry me to the harbour. My heart was pumping faster than that of a cheetah hunting for its prey....
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...Ruby keeler. Start typing paper here. Keeler was born in Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia in 1909 to Ralph Hector and Nellie (née Lahey) Keeler, one of six siblings in an Irish Catholic family. Two sisters, Helen and Gertrude, had brief performing careers. Her father was a truck driver. When Ruby was three years old, her family packed up and moved to New York City where her father could get better pay. But it was not enough: there were six children, and although Keeler was interested in taking dance lessons, the family could not afford to send her. Keeler attended St. Catherine of Siena arochial school on New York's East Side, and one period each week a dance teacher would come and teach all styles of dance. The teacher saw potential...
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...setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Race |African Americans are better at |African American men are well |Caucasians have no rhythm and | | |sports. |endowed |cannot dance. | |Gender |Women are not as strong as men. |Women are not politicians. |Women are supposed to be | | | | |submissive and do as they are | | | | |told. | |Disability |People with disabilities cannot |Having a mental disability means |People with disabilities are | | |work. |you’re crazy. |menace to society. | Part...
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...reference to the dominant pattern of masculine chest-thumping as well as the aggressive and explicit portrayal of male sexuality. Later scholars also used the term hegemonic masculinity to sustain this viewpoint. Besides hegemonic masculinity, Frith and McRobbie (1990: 375) identify ‘the soft sentimentalist’ as another form of masculine sexuality, essentially a subtle evolution of the former. Sentimental masculinity appeals more to female vanity and the need for affection. The sentimentalist is charismatic and charming full of sensual flirtation aimed at luring the superficial audience. Critical observation indicates that both forms of masculine sexuality are still present in the world of Hip Hop today. In a detailed overview on the same, this paper tackles the issue of hegemonic and sentimental masculinity as evidenced in the world of Hip Hop today and the pervasive trend of aggression and sexuality in popular culture. Sexuality in Popular Culture The issue of sexuality continues to dominate the world of popular music since the inception of hip hop culture in the late 1970s to date. In fact, observers note that rap music was then as it is now ‘an expression of hyper-masculinity’ as evidenced in violent music videos and strong worded song lyrics that seem to reaffirm the perceived superiority of the male gender. Writing in the wake of the birth of hip hop culture, Frith and McRobbie (1990: 374) noted an...
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...The universally acclaimed rock band of the last 30 years. No band has been able to reach the heights of success that U2 has had over their storied career. They have 22 Grammys to their name spread across 13 studio albums selling over 170 million records. But how did these Dublin, Ireland natives get to this point? What took them from school boys with very little musical training to being some of the most successful musical acts of all time? How have they stayed relevant for over 30 years through changes in Western musical tastes and recording technologies? This paper will specifically examine what defines U2’s sound and how evolutions in recording technology have influenced the direction in which U2 took their musical stylings. Initially...
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...composer Arthur Schoenberg. He began writing in his own musical system, often using techniques similar to those of Schoenberg. In 1937 he moved to Seattle and took a job accompanying a dance company. During the late '30s, Cage also began experimenting with musique concrète, composing the landmark Imaginary Landscape No. 1, which employed variable-speed phonographs and frequency tone recordings alongside muted piano and a large Chinese cymbal (Steinem 1964). He also invented the "prepared piano," in which he placed a variety of household objects between the strings of a grand piano to create sounds suggesting a one-man percussion orchestra. It was at this time that Cage fell under the sway of Eastern philosophies, the influence of Zen Buddhism informing the random compositional techniques of his later work; obsessed with removing forethought and choice from the creative model, he set out to make music in line with the principles of the I Ching, predictable only by its very unpredictability. TYPE OF MUSIC COMPOSED Cage organized an orchestra in Seattle in 1938. In 1940 he moved to San Francisco, where he and Lou Harrison gave concerts of performance based music, and in 1941 he went to Chicago to give a course on music at the Chicago Institute of Design. He accompanied this with dance classes of Katherine Manning and organized several expression concerts. In the spring of 1943, he went to New York, and this remained as his home base. A program of percussion music...
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