procession began at the deceased person’s house where the relatives begin their journey to the designated tomb. If the deceased person was wealthy‚ the family would afford professional musicians‚ dancers‚ mourners and priests to take part in the funeral procession. The procession was lead by musicians and dancers followed by the mummified person in an anthropoid coffin which was pulled on a sledge by oxen with relatives on either side. They were joined by two female relatives or priestesses acting as
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some dances were lost. A few pioneering Korean dancers such as Choi Seung-hee (최승희 崔承喜 1911-1969) created new forms of Korean dance based on traditional dances and kept many of the traditions alive in secret. Traditional Korean Dance Today Traditional Korean dance is enjoying a vibrant resurgence. Numerous universities in Korea teach Korean traditional dance. Some universities abroad now provide instruction in the forms. Top dancers are recognized as "Living National Treasures"
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fantastic‚ and my eyes cannot keep up with the fast body movements of the dancers. Some of Martha Graham accomplishments are that she was the first dancer to perform at the White House; she received the highest civilian award of the US; the Presidential Medal of Freedom‚ the key to the City of Paris‚ the Japan’s Imperial Order of the Precious Crown. Her unique style made her famous‚ she taught too so many other famous dancers who follow up her
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Benin. Ancient African rituals vary largely in their performance and meaning. The term Egungun often refers to all masked figures found among the ritual‚ which are those targeted by Leonce Raphael Abgodjelou in his art exhibit. The Egungun ritual is a performance funeral‚ marking the passage of the deceased to the spirit world . These gatherings are community-wide‚ drawing both dancers and audience members to participate. According to Dr. Charles Fore‚ senior lecturer in the history of African art
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Hopi personify these impersonal spirits in the form of kachina dancers and carved‚ handmade kachina dolls so that they can better interact with and please these powerful spirits in their daily lives. Hopi members impersonate the some of the over four hundred different Kachinas in their religious rituals by dressing up in their costumes and masks. The Hopi tribe holds kachina spirits in such high regard because
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adherence to tradition. Dancers have recently stepped into the world of social media. Social Media has greatly changed the dance world‚ and raised the standards for future dancers. Dancers often fit to a mold when performing uniformly onstage. Social media offers dancers an outlet to show their own personalities offstage. It also allows dancers to show who they really are to their fans. Ouellette states “ In a world of online oversharing‚ it may not come as a surprise that dancers are using visual expressions
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is holding wild parties inside the castle; his country quickly begins to depopulate. As time goes‚ so does the feeling of “worry” or thinking it is “going to be all right”. This seems to take effect upon Prince Prospero and he decides to hold a masked ball‚ in seven rooms in the castle. Instead of creating a long room‚ he chooses a unique style for the rooms: the first room is blue; the second room is purple; the third green; the fourth orange; the fifth white; and the sixth violet. However on
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it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers‚ for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred pound men.” This is important because using descriptive language restrained the dancer so that she couldn’t perform her talents. By being covered with a mask and having handicap bags that are worn by two-hundred pound men‚ restrains her from being a beautiful and talented dancer. Another piece of descriptive language shows jealousy and anger to cause this
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witches as he is. He is captured into the prophecy of the witches and so is Lady Macbeth. She might look kind and loyal to the king but above that‚ she is masked with greed and ambition. Lady Macbeth’s duplicity is also shown through the black permitting from behind her body. This displays her real true self that is covered by the cracked‚ masked bewitched image on the top. This was created through the witch’s interpretation of fate. “…look into the seeds of time…” (I‚ iii‚ 56) Lady Macbeth is holding
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saddened America with his tragic death. Valentino appeared on stage for the first time‚ lead him to road to fame. Valentino was a dancer before he started to work in the film world. Gregg says‚ “He got a job at Maxim’s Restaurant as a dancer. Went on tour but soon got tired of dancing so he turned to farming”. (Gregg 17) He was first appeared in a play named The Masked Model and toured around the west coast but unfortunately it closed down but Valentino got paid with a ticket to go to San Francisco
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