After watching the documentary “Ballerina,” the training methods took me by surprise because they put in so much work for the craft. I’ve done ballet before all the way from when I was little to my high school years, and seeing how much dedication the dancers put in is amazing. They center their whole lives to perform at a theatre like the Marinsky and they work towards it every day. I believe that the training methods at the Marinsky Theatre are not extreme. It is really just what it takes to become
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Vegas. The orchestra was arranged like a typical classical orchestra. However, the music being played was contemporary popular culture songs that had been rearranged to fit a classical style. From the very first note, I was captivated with the performance. The music was arranged so beautifully. It was amazing hearing songs that I was familiar with played in a new
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THEME IN THE MOVIE, SINGING IN THE RAIN BY GENE KELLY Introduction and thesis The film Singing in the Rain is an American musical humor film that was directed and also composed by Gene Kelly as well as Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and also Debbie Reynolds. It provides a lighthearted portrayal of Hollywood in the late years of 1920s, having the three stars that are portraying performers caught up in the evolution from soundless films to "talkies, (Donen, S., G. Kelly page 7).Checking
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Concert Report Qiujie (Blair) Pan I went to see a wind band concert that was played by UTSA University band on Oct 1, 2017. The concert was extremely impressive. Even though it was my first time listening to the live wind band playing, I enjoyed it very much. The band played six songs in total. All the songs were composed in the 20th centuries. Among these songs, I really like the song named Ride by Samuel Hazo (1966). It is a fast song and I did have a feeling that the tempo of this song is taking
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body in a safe and healthy way, at the same time as developing a wide-ranging vocabulary. The use of different dance techniques developing different kinds of skills and abilities and can be an effective way to build vocabulary. Each individual performance develops and enhances the foundation of a technical dancer. Another important skill to becoming a dancer is the posture. Posture and alignments are the key to balance and leaping into space. Learning how to hold and move the body in alignment
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The room was pitch black, with an eerie glow of glow sticks. The music started. The base was pulsing so loud it vibrates my skull. I waited for my cue, and when I heard my part, I jumped on stage and slid gracefully to the right with the music. I looked out into the audience and saw hundreds of kids cheering us on and trying to mimic the same dance that we had taught them earlier. No this was not a party, this was Vacation Bible School. After I got off of the stage, my sheep of 6th graders came
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“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in” (Henry Green). Martin McDonagh’s productions display a reoccurring theme of violence. McDonagh’s films and playwrights contain an overload of violence but also includes humor. McDonagh’s choice of themes and how he introduces them attracts a specific audience. First, the uncensored graphic violence described in McDonagh’s production The Pillowman tends to shock the audience. Secondly, Martin McDonagh’s film Three Billboards Outside
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The sun dance is a ceremony performed in honour of the sun that is followed by some indigenous people of the United States of America and Canada. It includes family gathering to pray for healing, some make sacrifices on behalf of the community, participants prove that they are brave by overcoming pain and going through obstacles to help them prove that they are brave. The sun dance is really religious and an important ceremony of the Plains Indians (member of any native American) of North America
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Quarter 3 Concert Review I decided to go to a Jazz Ensemble Concert at Seminole State College. The performances that were given were excellent. Each of their songs had an interesting aspect that kept me very intrigued. They had a special guest named Major Bailey, a major trombonist for the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band. He performed in in the Seminole State Jazz Combo and transcribed a song called “Makin Whoopie”. He was given the oprotnity to direct this to the ensemble and have
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Directed by Sharon Graci and written by College of Charleston Alumni David Nelson, the play Folly Beach was produced and showcased at the PURE Theatre. David Nelson explores real life circumstances such as marriage, infidelity, and forgiveness. Although these are serious and sensitive subjects, Nelson reveals problems and solutions to these ideas in a comedic manner. I believe Nelson’s objective was to keep the audience engaged and filled with laughter. Nelson presents subjects that the majority
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