Alvin Ailey’s Revelations was premiered in 1960 and is based on Alvin Ailey’s childhood memories of worshipping at his Baptist church in Texas. The music within Revelations is a compilation of African American spirituals which helps to develop the idea of the music that was played and sung in the small black churches near to where Alvin lived with his mother during his childhood. Throughout Revelations you see and feel a mixture of emotions as the story starts to unfold and you can see clearly the
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American Wedding with African Touches Wedding ceremonies as be as individual as the couple getting married. One couple prefers to have a themed wedding whereas another couple may opt for the traditional ceremony. What happens at a wedding can vary from state to state or country to country. So this paper will take a look at a typical traditions related to an American wedding. First‚ most women follow the tradition of having “something old‚ something new‚ something borrowed and something blue”. The
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ARCHITECTURAL BOUNDARIES: LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE AND PHILIP JOHNSON Architecture has undergone a rapid and revolutionary transformation in the modern era. Through the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe‚ this essay attempts to chart the transition in architecture from nineteenth century Romanticism and Neoclassicism to High Modernism. Mies van der Rohe redefined architectural boundaries and emphasised the beauty of simple forms‚ the importance of functionality and the versatility of new materials such as
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On July 17‚ 1981‚ 114 people were killed when 2 walkway bridges collapsed within the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City. Both the second and fourth story walkway crashed down when nearly 1600 people came to watch a dance competition held within the atrium. At the time of the collapse‚ it was the deadliest structural collapse in U.S. history‚ only surpassed by the south tower collapse twenty years later during 9/11. This final destruction of The Hyatt Regency Kansas City was the worst in a string
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This dance took on slow‚ serious and processional qualities that the French court preferred. It remained popular in France through the 17th century as many would adapt the form for the ballroom as well as the stage . The music associated with this dance‚ had become part of Italian regular guitar
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defining features of the hotel was its lobby‚ which featured a multistory atrium crossed by suspended concrete walkways on the second‚ third and fourth levels‚ with the fourth level walkway directly above the second level walkway. On July 17‚ 1981‚ approximately 2‚000 people had gathered in the atrium to participate in and watch a dance contest. Dozens stood on the walkways. At 7:05 PM‚ the walkways on the second‚ third and fourth floor were packed with visitors as they watched over the active lobby‚ which
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Pass the Parcel – Revelations Revision Use the following questions as forfeits for a pass the parcel revision game. What is Ailey’s typical dance-music relationship? Name two dance techniques (created by other choreographers) which are fundamental in Ailey’s choreographic style. What is the chief choreographic device used by Alvin Ailey in Revelations? Hermit songs was created by Alvin Ailey after Revelations. It was a solo for Ailey based on 8th-13th century poems by Irish monks. What
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happened. Having an area of approximately 117 ft. wide x 145 ft. long x 50 ft. high‚ three suspended “skywalks” spanned the atrium at the 2nd‚ 3rd and 4th floor levels‚ where the 3rd and 4th floor walkways were suspended from the atrium roof trusses‚ and 2nd was suspended from the 4th floor walkway using rods. Starting with the architecture and the design of the atrium‚ PBNDML prepared the project specifications and G.C.E. for the drawings in structural engineering. From the structural drawing
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fourth floor was connected with three walkways and it was 50 feet height‚17 feet width and 145 feet long. The project was initiated on 1976 with Gollum-Colaco International Incorporation (G.C.E) as the structural engineering team and the construction was begun in spring of 1978 and in early December the project started to erect the atrium. By the following February‚ Havens steel company modified the design on connection rod of second and fourth floors walkway from a single rod to double rod to enhance
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My Reaction President Aquino started his Sixth SONA by issuing an apology that the traditional processional walks was not made because he was not feeling well during this time. The President then acknowledges the presence of his fellow politicians and members of the congress and the diplomatic corps including the past presidents. The President mention many things such as blaming the previous administration about NBN ZTE Deal‚ Hello Garci controversy‚ questionable bank accounts of Jose Pidal‚ Maguindanao
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