Every year‚ thousands of young girls inflict permanent damage on their feet by dancing en pointe‚ a ballet tradition dating back to the 19th. This subject holds particular significance to me. I have danced for most my life‚ and as a young girl I desperately wanted to dance in pointe shoes. Pointe work seemed like the pinnacle of achievement for a dancer‚ and I waited anxiously for my instructor to allow it. When I eventually began to dance on pointe I realized two things. One: pointe work requires
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consumer to ‘less is more.’ When hearing this phrase and applying it to fashion‚ I think it can be viewed in two ways. The more literal interpretation can be restated as it is preferred to have either a more minimalistic and simple outfit‚ or that it is en vogue to wear skimpier clothing. Both of these descriptions can be seen in 90s fashion. Minimalism was a widely accepted trend of the 90s‚ as shoulder pads and off-the-shoulder sweaters became outdated and were replaced with cleaner lines and sleeker
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Kelli R. Peed 4/17/12 Final Draft Development of Ballet and Pointe Beginning its development in the 1500’s-1600’s‚ the concept of dance emerged into a beautiful art‚ known as ballet. Ballet now proves itself the basic structure to all dance genres‚ and new styles of dance continue to surface as history continues to write itself. Ballet also represents a new age for women‚ tired of being in the background and wanting to make a name for women in the arts. Having great success‚ women now
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GE2402: English for Business Communication Week 7 Supplementary Exercises _____________________________________________________ For each question‚ circle the letter (a‚ b‚ c‚ or d) which corresponds to the most suitable answer. 1. To overcome any possible reader resistance‚ you should a. make your request immediately. b. bribe your reader. c. lay a logical foundation before the request is delivered. d. state very clearly the negative consequences of not doing as you
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The Cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues. Modern Interpretations in the Russian Music GABRIELA VLAHOPOL Musicology Department University of Arts “George Enescu” from Iaşi 7-9 Horia Street‚ Iaşi‚ 700126 ROMANIA gabriela_vlahopol@yahoo.com Abstract: Although the pair prelude-fugue is naturally associated with Bach ’s Well-tempered clavier‚ modern treatments applied to fugues and to other forms belonging to the Baroque were relatively common in the 1920s and the 1930s. The waning interest for the imitative
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Every day we read newspapers and magazines. Every day we watch television news broadcasts and hear short news briefs on the radio. Every day we are influenced by the media. The U.S. press has almost always delivered the facts‚ or at least what it perceives to be the facts‚ to the people. I do not dispute this. But are we‚ the general public of the United States‚ seeing all sides of issues? Are we‚ the consumers of American journalism‚ always told about both sides of the dispute? Or does one
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International GAAP Holdings Limited Model financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013 Contacts IFRS global office Global IFRS Leader Veronica Poole ifrsglobalofficeuk@deloitte.co.uk Global IFRS Communications Director Mario Abela ifrsglobalofficeuk@deloitte.co.uk IFRS centres of excellence Americas Canada LATCO United States Karen Higgins Fermin del Valle Robert Uhl iasplus@deloitte.ca iasplus-LATCO@deloitte.com iasplusamericas@deloitte.com Anna Crawford Stephen Taylor Shinya Iwasaki
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evolve. These were made of leather soles and usually pink silk and fit like a child’s glove. The first pointe shoes were not structured like the ones worn today‚ rather they were only darned on the sides and bottom (reflections). Because of this‚ dancing en pointe was much like dancing barefoot. Around the 1800’s the modern pointe shoe went into development. Satin‚ leather‚ paper and paste were and still are the primary components of a blocked pointe shoe (history of ballet). The change in shoe forced
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Dance is something that everyone knows about‚ but not many people understand. As an avid dancer and competitor for over ten years‚ I’ve learned to embrace the many forms of dancing in this world. It’s hard to put a single definition on dance – ‘it is graceful‚ it is feminine’ – because there are just too many types of dancing‚ each with a unique style. What I can say right now‚ is that dance is a discipline that requires immense control of the body to accurately communicate the intent of the dance
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Wheeler1 Miranda Wheeler Ms. Riser English 101 September 25‚ 2014 Dance Classes Have you ever taken dance? I have been in dance for twelve years. Three examples of my favorite dance classes are tap‚ ballet‚ and pointe. Dancing has been one of my favorite hobbies since I was five years old. One example of my favorite dance classes is tap class. The reason it is one of my favorites is because my dance class has high heel black shoes with metal taps on the heel and
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