1. What happened after Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest opened? 2. ( T or F ) Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has one set: a courtroom during the HUAC hearings. 3. ( T or F ) Ballet companies of today are afraid the public will boycott The Rite of Spring. 4. Calling a wife "the little woman" and saying that certain minorities exhibit recognizable traits such as laziness or stinginess are examples of: 5. Identifying closely with minorities was Edmonia Lewis‚ whose talent
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Journal #1 P.E. “ACTIVE RECREATION” For the last three weeks‚ I didn’t understand the real essence of fitness‚ but as those weeks passed by I can now see and feel its importance to us. Fitness is the condition of being physically fit and healthy according to Google‚ and for me it’s not just being physically fit‚ but also mentally‚ socially‚ emotionally‚ and spiritually. Because when say that someone is fit and healthy‚ he or she must be healthy in all aspects. Every Tuesday‚ we meet with our MAPEH
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Name _________________________________ Date __________ Period ___________ Researching Russia Directions: Using the reference materials (including but not limited to the Internet‚ almanacs‚ atlases‚ encyclopedias‚ and books)‚ research the answers to the following questions. The Internet is a useful source but you should make use of other resources should it not be available! 1. On November 1‚ 1993‚ the parliament of the Russian Republic of the USSR granted Russian President ______________________
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Vaslav Nijinsky the most famous dancer of the early 20th century‚ celebrated for his spectacular leaps and sensitive interpretations. Nijinsky was born in Kiev‚ Ukraine‚ on March 12‚ 1890. His parent’s were famous dancers and they had their own company. Nijinsky spent most of his childhood dancing with his parents and with his brother Stanislav and his little sister Bronisława. His father‚ noticing the child’s great talent for dancing‚ gave him his first lessons. At the age of eight‚ Nijinsky entered
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43 - Romantic Era Musical Nationalism. (S. F. Performances‚ Producer) Retrieved October 9‚ 2013‚ from http://youtu.be/jn8RthvEBEA Robert Greenberg‚ P. (2011‚ September 20). Lecture 46‚ 47 and 48 - Early 20th Century Modernism‚ Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ Arnold Schonberg. (S. F. Performances‚ Producer) Retrieved October 18‚ 2013 Robert Greenwood‚ P. (2011‚ September 13). (San Fransisco Performances) Retrieved August 8‚ 2013‚ from Lecture 3‚ The Middle Ages: http://youtu.be/tps9cbR28d8 Robert
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into great depth and detail to portray the subject of human sacrifice. The choreography has been carefully thought out and you can see this by watching the piece‚ it has a phatic semiotic level. The music accompanying the piece is composed by Igor Stravinsky (1882- 1971) the piece has three sections: (Introduction‚ Omens of Spring--Dances of the Youths and Maidens‚ Ritual of Abduction). There are many instruments used helping the piece explore different pitches and tempos giving more scope to play
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“Derived from the Portuguese barroco‚ or “oddly shaped pearl‚” the term “baroque” has been widely used since the nineteenth century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750” - http://www.baroque.org. Following the Renaissance‚ the baroque period was known for its expressivity of boldness‚ extravagance‚ overall balance‚ and use of heavy use of ornamentation. These features can be seen in everything from the clothing styles‚ to the architecture‚ and in particular
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Pictures at an Exhibition (later orchestrated by Ravel in 1923). Nationalism is prevalent in works like Chopin’s polonaises and mazurkas. Other examples are Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies‚ Smetana’s The Bartered Bride and The Moldau‚ Borodin’s Prince Igor and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade. The music of the Romantic period mostly contained warm‚ personal melodies; expressive indications (espressivo‚ dolce‚ con amore‚ con fuoco‚) implied interpretive freedom (rubato) and harmonic colour (new chords
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Life of Martha Graham Martha Graham was born in a town of Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ on May 11‚ 1894‚ one of George and Jane Beers Graham ’s three daughters. Her father was a doctor who treated people with nervous disorders. When she was ten years old‚ and after one of her sisters developed asthma‚ the family moved to California. Graham became interested in studying dance after she saw Ruth St. Denis perform in Los Angeles‚ California‚ in 1914. Her parents did not approve of her becoming a dancer
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impressionist technique. He was among the few to be influenced by symbolist poets and impressionist painters‚ which resulted in true originality. He was the founder of Musical Impressionism‚ and impacted numerous composers such as Maurice Ravel‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ Bela Bartok‚ Alban Berg‚ Anton Webern‚ Pierre’ Boulez. On August 22nd 1862‚ Claude-Anchille Debussy was born. He was born in Saint-Germain-en Laye‚ France. His father owned a shop where he sold china and his mother was a seamstress. He began
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