Salsa Dancing Salsa Dancing Orgins Derived from the Spanish word for “sauce”, the dance is aptly named for the flavor or spicy technique upon which it actually centers upon. Salsa dancing has origin from Cuba where the blending of African drum rhythms and Spanish guitar evolved into a variety of Latin American music. Out of this music came the dances we know today as: Son, Danzon, the rhythms of Carnival, Cha, cha, cha, Mambo, Tango, and Salsa. Salsa is based on Cuban styles that had developed
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jokes around the campfire or singing acappella, I thought about trying my dance skills. I liked dancing and I have always enjoyed music videos like Janet Jackson’s “Miss you much”, so I thought why not? What did I have to lose? With the support of my parents, particularly my mom, I went for the gusto. Like any first experience we remember all the details of the event. I remember my first dance class at J in Jazz Dance Studio. I was under the instruction of Julie Pederson who was one of the young
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to organize a musical-dance show titled “Borshar Raag-Anuraag” performed by our own professional classical fusion musical dance team “Kheyal” on 12th of August, 2015 in Public library Auditorium. This event is placed to gather all dance and music lovers, celebrities and respected personalities in relevant sectors under same roof. This event is expected to get huge response from the people who want to witness a completely different presentation of live music with live dance based on classical fusion
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Running Header: AFRICIAN ANCIENT MASKS African Ancient Masks Kie Morrison Hum 111 Professor Dodson AFRICAN ANCIENT MASKS In African masks can be traced back to well past Paleolithic time from 1875 to 1925. These art objects were, and are still made of all kind of material; included are leather, metal, fabric and various types of wood. African masks are considered amongst the finest creation in the art world today. Many of these African masks pieces can be viewed in museums and art galleries
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Defining and Experiencing the Humanities Tim Williams HUM/100 July 22, 2014 Dierdre Finnegan Defining and Experiencing the Humanities I define Humanities as simply how we as humans live, think, love, communicate, and why we do it the way we do it. We can trace our cultural history for insight about whom and why we are, and why we intertwine the humanities within our modern lives. In this paper, I will provide a first-hand account of my experience attending the Zulu Ball in New Orleans
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Diamante Colon 06 December 2015 DNCE 111 01 Wells Final Paper Pina Bausch’s “Rite of Spring” Pina Bausch was German choreographer who was one of the greater influences in postwar European dance. Many of these pieces didn't look like dance works, in that there was little "dancing". Instead, the performers often dressed as for some formal event, to sentimental tunes, or enacted dream-like scenarios, which often involved sexual violence. Bausch's 1975, Rite of Spring, dancing to Stravinksy's
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what could be a happy moment, father and son dancing, we see that it's kind of tricky for the son to hold on to his drunken father. Also, if the waltz of this poem is a metaphor for their father-son relationship, this could show that it's not easy to dance between loving and fearing his father's power. We romped until the pans; Slid from the kitchen shelf; this is not a quiet, stately waltz, but a romp! Quite the hoot! This pair is making so much commotion that the pans are falling off the shelf, probably
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inauguration by Mr. Tika Upreti (Vice Principle) and Mrs. Durga Rijal (Director, Student Affairs) followed by National Anthem and an opening cultural dance. It was a day-long event groomed with many programs such as Fresher’s pageant, Music & Dance performances, Interactive audience games, Masquerade Mask Party, Band Performance, refreshments concluded with Dance Party. Approximately, 500 guests participated in the event. Our wonderful MCs drive the crowd into roars of laughter. Mr. and Ms. Fresher was
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Centuries of Song and Dance Festivals Everyone in their lives should be witness to the amazing scene of tens of thousands of people who belong to various choirs standing and singing together or dancing folk dances during a song and dance festival in Riga, Latvia. The participants are a mix of small children, teenagers, young adults, middle aged adults and even senior citizens. They continue even today and are held every four years. Song festivals usually begin with a grandiose parade where people
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"You feel bad about yourself when there is no reason to" - Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey was an inspirational person to all who encountered him. Before the performance I had no knowledge of his work prior to now. I feel that by not being experienced to his work it made the actual performance even more breathtaking. Before visually partaking of this event I did not know what to expect, I thought it was going to be something like the movies where couples go to see the ballet and we're bored the whole
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