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    My response to Carole Feuerman’s pieces Dress Rehearsal and Splash at first was overall shock because it looked like that pieces of the body where physically cut off of a live person’s body and put on display as art. The reasoning for being drawn to this particular piece of art was because of the substantial amount of detail that this artist put into these three distinct pieces; the life like feel of the artwork was astounding. From my close viewing of the work of art‚ I realized how much time and

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    of Gelsey Kirkland Jaclyn Repice LA 211-301 Professor Goldberg April 30‚ 2012 According to many skilled dancers‚ knowledgeable critics‚ and essential lovers of ballet‚ Gelsey Kirkland is one of the most well-known and admired American ballerinas of our time. She was born on the 29th of December in 1952‚ in Bethlehem‚ Pennsylvania‚ to Jack Kirkland and Nancy Hoadley. Her father Jack was a play writer‚ known for his production‚ Tobacco Road. During the making of Tobacco Road‚ he met his fifth

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    Imagine being placed in the year 2081 and see people with athletic or intelligent abilities being handicapped with masks‚ weights‚ and ear radios. That’s was a ho people with gifts or talent were treated in “Harrison Bergeron”. This leads to the assumption that everyone in “Harrison Bergeron” wasn’t equal To start with‚ the more skill or talent someone has‚ the more or worse the handicaps that person will have. For instance‚ the short story told me that Hazel had a “perfectly average” intelligence

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    INTRODUCTION In this dissertation‚ I intend to explore how East European drawing and animation styles can be successfully incorporated into Western cinema‚ as there have not been too many animations or live-action movies that liberate themselves from the conventions of Hollywood. The ones that do subvert Hollywood conventions may either stand out with praise from critics or alienate the audience. This dissertation will examine a few of the most influential European animation artists‚ including

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    Ballet in France Ballet is an art form that had its origin from France. Ballet is a way to tell a story‚ express an emotion‚ or simply move to music. In the 1600’s ballet was in its early stages of development. It was more ceremony that artistic expression. Ballet later took on a public dimension and instructional techniques were developed by many. The first ballet school opened in France in 1661. Louis XIV was the founder of the school. The school was called Académie Royale

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    while the Black Swan is portrayed as dark and seductive. Nina Sayers‚ a ballerina in New York City‚ auditions for the part of the Swan Queen. While she perfectly fits the part of the White Swan‚ Nina struggles to portray the Black Swan and its dark characteristics. She is pressured by the ballet director‚ Thomas Leroy‚ who continuously tells her to loosen up and give up her reserved act. Nina also feels threatened by a new ballerina‚ Lily‚ who could possibly take her role as the Swan Queen. Gradually

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    work that makes subtle allusions. The style each dancer’s movements were very graceful‚ soft and controlled. Baryshnikov was dressed in business casual clothing with white socks. Kudo and the rest of the ballerinas were dressed in cocktail dresses with pointe shoes and hair in a bun. The ballerinas were gracefully in the background as Baryshnikov and Kudo danced. The music would change the tone and harmony with the dancers every movement. There props used was candles‚ long drapes and a screen in the

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    impressed the director and made him changed his mind about the ballerina and gave her the lead role. This decision started the pressure and stress on Nina’s part and often found herself experiencing strange situations and has returned her bad habits of scratching her back. As the preparation went by‚ the director sees how hard it was for Nina to dance the role of the Black Swan‚ he then orders her to touch herself in order for the ballerina to experience her sexuality that will help her in the role.

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    at the age of 14. At the present day George and Hazel are relaxing watching some restrained ballerinas perform poorly when a government announcement interrupts the show. Harrison has escaped prison‚ and surprise surprise‚ he’s at the ballerina show. He rips of the hundreds of pounds of restraints‚ his mask‚ and all of the other restraints‚ and he declares himself emperor. He then claims one of the ballerinas as him empress and they dance together in an unbelievably beautiful fashion‚ culminating with

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    k.a Caronna Adela Giuseppina Maria Grisi was born June 28‚ 1819. Her birthplace was Visinada‚ Istria‚ Austrian Empire which is today’s Vizinada‚ Croatia. She died May 29‚ 1899 in Saint Jean near Geneva‚ Switzerland. Carlotta Grisi was an Italian ballerina of the Romantic era. She had a great influence on choreographer and dancer‚ Jules Perrot and poet Théophile Gautier. She created the title role in Gisselle which is ballet by the French composer Adolphe Adam. She received early training for ballet

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