Ending Movement “If you live in the elite world of dance‚ you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let ’s face it.” –Alvin Ailey. Alvin Ailey was an African American dancer and choreographer‚ born in 1931 in Rogers‚ Texas. Ailey was responsible for creating one of the most popular dance companies of the twentieth century‚ known as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The forming of this company began due to Ailey’s life long passion for dance‚ and his dream to give African American dancers
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The 1920s had seen robust economic growth in the United States. Mass-production techniques and the growing availability of electricity allowed industries to increase their output—and profits—dramatically. Employment levels surged‚ and many workers saw improvements in their standards of living. Consumer demand for new products also drove creation of new loan programs: for the first time middle-class Americans were able to purchase such goods as refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ and automobiles by making
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directly detached from his roots in the Philippines and alienated by the young Filipinos and Filipinas who have arrived in his new found land in Chicago. Nevertheless‚ Fil still pursued his love and admiration for the young dancers. He recorded the dance troupe’s performance on his old portable tape recorder in hopes of inspiring Tony‚ who was not as excited as he was the day the dancers came. The Day the Dancers Came ended with Fil in despair. He lost his memories of the dancers as he mistakenly
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Entertainment in the 1920s By Joshua Boonstra Movies Movies back in the 1920s usually had sound. They were shown with piano or organ accompaniment‚ sound effects‚ and subtitles. Comedy was the most popular type of movies during this time of films. The humour in these films were very slapstick-meaning people thought it was funny when someone fell on a banana peel or got a custard pie in the face. Buster Keaton‚ Laurel Hardy‚ and Charlie Chaplin were some famous comedians. Many Canadians regularly
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Characteristics of the 1920s Technology had a significant impact on the 1920s. Because of the development of assembly lines and other innovations‚ cars became one of the most important industries in the nation. This stimulated growth in the industries of steel‚ rubber‚ glass‚ tool companies‚ oil corporations‚ and road construction. As a result of the mobility of individuals that was made possible by the automobile‚ the demand for suburban housing began to boom. In the early 1920s‚ commercial aviation
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The 1920s were an age of dramatic political‚ economic and social change. For the first time‚ more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929‚ and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” People did not have to worry about struggling with money. People had to rely on physical labor in the farm life but that changed when everyone started to move to the urban city with no physical labor
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John Markman Dance Seminar Dance Philosophy Dance is the reason I exist and as cheesy as it sounds its true. In 1982 my father met my mother at a dance club. He said after watching her dancing with her friends he had to talk to her. Dance has the power to cross boundaries and touch one’s soul. As a form dance can be anything. Rain falling into a pound‚ an individual tying their shoe‚ a swan boureeing across a stage or man rolling across a stage can all be dance. Dance is a series of movements
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The period of the 1920s has a complex social and cultural history. From this history‚ derived the popularity of the upbeat Charleston Dance. Most people will associate this dance with the flappers and the speakeasy‚ despite its origins‚ because many young women used it as a way to mock the people who supported the Prohibition. As a result‚ the Charleston was considered to be a provocative and immoral dance during its time. In this paper‚ I want to briefly explore the dance’s history‚ its characteristics
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quite hesitant because of the amount of work that will be expected to be completed in just a few weeks. However‚ I learned a lot about the different artist and how they use hip hop‚ poetry‚ dance art to express their feelings in their work. I also learned the meaning of dance‚ according to Camille Brown dance is a language. While dancing‚ it becomes a way of communicating through movement without words. I also learned about two important African American women‚ Gertude and Bessie Smith and their
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ONE PERSON IN EVERY TEN THOUSAND met a violent death in the 118 leading cities of the United States last year. To Chicago went the doubtful distinction of having the most homicides—510; New York City‚ with approximately twice the population of Chicago‚ had 340. In twenty-eight of the leading cities the rate was 9.9 per 100‚000‚ as against 11.0 in 1925. "Slight as it is‚ the reduction is encouraging‚" observes the collector of these statistics‚ Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman‚ writing in The Spectator‚
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