Martha Graham was an American dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. She was the first dancer to perform at the White House, travel abroad essential Medal of Freedom as a cultural ambassador. She receive the highest civilian award of the US. Martha Graham was recognized as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. She created a movement language based upon the expressive capacity of the human body. It all began in
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On the Alvin Ailey Dance, I saw that ballet movements in the choreography because their movement is the same to the ballet dance. For example, the way they are expression of their face, classical ballet walk, and first position feet/arms, second position feet/arms, third position arms, fourth position feet/arms, fifth position feet/arms. I do not see that this dance is like the jazz dance because it is more serious of that. For instance, this magnificent work, created by Alvin Ailey in 1960, is a
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America at the emergence of the 20th Century had differing conventional values to what they are today; both in society and through the means of dance. Isadora Duncan challenged these conventional values to become one of the greatest pioneers of movement, and is still labelled today as the ‘Mother of Modern Dance’. Not only did her personal life show an alternative to what society considered to be normal, her style and philosophy of dance was completely different to what was assumed in the early 1900s
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Misty Copeland is a California raised American ballet dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, which is one of the three top ballet companies. Born the fourth out of six siblings, life was not easy. Her mother had several marriages and boyfriends causing the family to pack up and move under harried conditions at times. Her tumultuous home life led her to develop a love for movement, she began her studies in ballet at the age of 13, which is considered a late age to begin learning ballet. She studied
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This semester of modern has been extremely beneficial to me as a whole. I have made discoveries about myself and ways to keep exploring them as well. When I think of what kind of modern dancer I am, I really struggle with a specific answer. I truly believe I am still trying to figure out what my style is and how I am able to know that is actually the right answer. I have certain aspects of dance that I enjoy exploring and working with, but I am unsure if that is what identifies what kind of modern
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"In my whole life I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who did not read all the time – none zero. Investing requires a broad knowledge. My children think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out” - - Charles Munger I had been trying to get this in order but it never seemed to end. I am not a bookworm who reads a new book every week. I would rather go back to my old library and read any of the books or a chapter from a book rather then read something new. I must
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took place in the year of 1998, a year in which technology was on the up rise. So as the reader or the audience you must sort of “time-travel” and imagine yourself in that time period. Billy Graham states that this is not the only technological revolution that America, let alone the world has featured. Billy Graham gives a biblical example of such a technological revolution with the reference to King David of Israel. King David had virtues of strong leadership, he was a good poet, a great philosopher
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Frantic riffs, motorik grooves and "perverse sounds" define Blur guitarists eighth solo album... A series of heavy squalls rather than a settled spell of fair weather, Graham Coxon’s eighth solo album travels many miles from the serene, crafted almost-folk of his last release, 2009’s The Spinning Top. That record was a long, themed exercise in sustained mood and atmosphere featuring guests as venerable as Danny Thompson, Martin Carthy and Robyn Hitchcock. In contrast, A+E is short, loud and brattish
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God’s Own Heart Franklin Graham, son of Billy graham, wrote Rebel with a Cause an autobiography about his life as a well known evangelist’s son and how difficult it was growing up in his shadow. In the early stages of his life Franklin was considered “The Rebel” of the family, not wanting much more in life than guns, alcohol and Rock ‘n’ Roll. After many sinful years Franklin turned his life over to The Lord and pursed to follow in his father’s footsteps. Billy Graham is a world renowned spiritual
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Hello Ms Shaw and fellow students today I am talking about the events of Cathy Freeman’s life that made her famous. Cathy was born in the Queensland town of Mackay on the 16th of February 1973. She is the daughter of Norman and Cecelia Freeman and had 3 brothers and an older sister named Anne-Marie who died of cerebral palsy in 1990. Cathy Freeman took up athletics at the age of 2 years old and was coached by her step-father. Cathy exploded onto the athletics scene at an early age winning her first
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