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    have to sleep in the same room with his brother. Also‚ the Elliot’s lack of income was only getting worse since Jackie and Tony were on strike. This financial situation would have been stressful for Billy in his education of ballet. Since he desired to go to the Royal Ballet School‚ the process of being accepted came at a high financial cost. This put a lot of pressure on Billy’s performance‚

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    a concentration camp and the other was in hiding. According to Martin Gitlin‚ “she had witnessed firsthand man’s brutality against her brother during World War II.” During this time Audrey had been secretly helping the Dutch Resistance by dancing ballet to raise money. She was very lucky to have not been caught‚ if so she would have been executed by the Germans. Hepburn and her family had gone through famine and other rough times during World War II. She had suffered several illnesses. Once she was

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    HIV/AIDS. I grew up during Racial Segregation so I pretty much had a hard time. I attended George Washington Carver High School and Later‚ Thomas Jefferson High School. I also attended a dance school called Horton’s School that thought us Classical ballet‚ jazz‚ and Native American dance. This school was the first multi racial- dance school in the U.S.A. I also studied Painting‚ acting‚ music‚ set design‚ costuming and other forms of ethnic dance. Horton died in November 1953 so the company did not

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    The Juilliard School Juilliard accepts 24 students each year (Juilliard Web). There are many requirements to get into Juilliard and it is said to be very tricky to get into. Personally‚ one of my main goals is to get into Juilliard. I have been dancing ever since I was a little girl‚ and I have always loved it. I feel very happy whenever I’m dancing and it’s just like magic‚ but when it really hit me that I wanted to go there someday was when we went to New York City to visit. I saw the Juilliard

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    She took part in ballet lessons; although at first she was incredibly incompetent and clumsy‚ she kept practicing and did not abandon her goal which her parents thought unrealistic. Q3: I think Toshimi has a high level of social interest. A person with a high level of social interest implies her characteristic of respect and consideration for all human beings. She is altruistic‚ trustworthy‚ socially adjusted‚ nurturing‚ and helpful to others. In this case‚ she started her ballet school to help other

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    A recent film that I have studied in class has managed to unsettle me‚ to change my views about major issues such as gender and family I found Billy Elliot to be a moving and uplifting film about motherless Billy fulfilling his dream of becoming a ballet dancer‚ in the process overcoming the objections of his father and brother. By setting the movie in the context of a mining community‚ and more specifically against the backdrop of the 1980’s miners’ strike they were able to refer to gender and class

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    What is a Festival ? A festival or gala is an event ordinarily staged by a local community‚ which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival. Festivals‚ of many types‚ serve to meet specific needs‚ as well as to provide entertainment. These times of celebration offer a sense of belonging for religious‚ social‚ or geographical groups. Modern festivals that focus on cultural or ethnic topics seek to inform members of their traditions . Lebanese Festivals:-

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    Social Exchange Theory: This theory is based on the idea that in relationships benefits must outweigh cost to have a compatible relationship. In the movie of Billy Elliot‚ this is extremely obvious in the relationship of Billy and Mrs. Wilkinson. These two put in time and effort so that they can reap the benefits later in the movie‚ Mrs. Wilkinson teaches Billy how to dance for free during her free time. She wishes nothing more then for him to succeed and in turn he lives out the dream she never

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    March 6‚ 2012 Professional Dancing “There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good.” Edwin Denby. Dance has not left behind identifiable artifacts that prove when dance was created. It is not possible to place a date on when it became part of human culture. For billions of years people have expressed emotions and feelings through movements. Over the years dance has transformed into an art of great proportion in our daily life. Everyone dances for a different

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    of Billy’s boxing coach. He informs the boys that half the boxing hall is being used for ballet lessons and warns them to stay away from the girls‚ “No hanky panky is that understood?” This rhetorical question acts as an overlay to jump shorts between the girls in their tutus and the boys in their boxing gloves. The composer’s use of these techniques together is suggestive of the notion that only girls do ballet and only boys do boxing and as a result alludes to gender stereotyping. Further into the

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