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    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 toe that make noise when touching a hard surface. In tap we mostly dance to songs with

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    ------------3 History of Ballroom Dance in China ---------------------------------------------------------------------3 Beginning -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Declines -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 New Start Point----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Modern Dance -----------------------------------

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    stockbroker‚ and he also was one of the world’s finest ballet dancer. Mao’s Last Dancer" is a heartwarming autobiography‚ which reflects on the past of Li Cunxin‚ the author‚ who went from living a life of extreme poverty to becoming an international dance performer. For master ballet dancer Li Cunxin the measure of his success‚ that Li recounts his determination‚ perseverance‚ vision‚ courage and hard work‚ Li recounts his determination‚ perseverance‚ vision‚ courage and hard work‚ and in particular

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    Japanese Butoh versus Western Modern Dance Ankoku Butoh –– or “Dance of Utter Darkness‚” is a Japanese dance form that emerged from a restless post-World War 2 Japanese society. The dance form is deeply influenced by Western thinkers‚ philosophers‚ and artists who adopts dark Gnostic principles‚ such as Georges Bataille and Antonin Artaud1. Butoh consistently focuses on themes considered taboo such as sexuality‚ eroticism‚ and other dark explorations of the dark soul. The art form surfaced because

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    since I was a little girl dance has always been an important part of my life. When I was five‚ my mom enrolled me in dancing classes after my sister‚ never realizing that dancing would ever lead to anything serious. For the first year‚ dancing was a side hobby to help keep me busy after school. Even though dancing was really fun to me‚ it did not become serious until my dance teacher looked me in my eyes and said “Lexus you have a big and lovable heart and I want you to dance with that heart of yours

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    The movies Shall we Dance embody the concept of a loss of happiness in one’s life and finding it in an unconventional way. Both deal with not being entirely joyful in one’s life though they appear to have everything they ever wanted: a family‚ a house‚ a stable job‚ and the ability to support themselves. In the American and Japanese version‚ they both look at how dancing might have the answer that the main characters needed to find a happy balance in one’s life and the positive impacts of it. For

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    lifestyle for hundreds of years. The “Ghost Dance” was created to give the native people some hope at a time where disease‚ death and oppression peaked. reasons for the Indian’s predicament at this time in their history included: lack of hunting‚ decease of the buffalo‚ forced abandonment of their religion‚ ceremonial customs‚ and forced conversion to Christianity. As each tribes’ social structure quickly disintegrated a spiritual movement known as the Ghost Dance materialized. Wovoka (1856-1932)‚ also

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    Understanding of Dance The Little Ballet was indeed a perfect little thing as danced. This was such an understated and fluent and bravura performance that the dance was hard to imagine anyone dancing the role considering the fact that the role was played by Mikhail Baryshnikov‚ while Elaine Kudo and three other dancers in a sweet-tempered‚ fluid work that makes subtle allusions. The style each dancer’s movements were very graceful‚ soft and controlled. Baryshnikov was dressed in business casual

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    vernacular dance? In the Great Depression‚ the American dream had become a nightmare. What was once the land of opportunity was now the land of desperation. The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America‚ Europe‚ and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. Nevertheless‚ it had immense impact on the evolution of American vernacular dance by bringing

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    arts should only be concerned with creating beauty. He replied that‚ for himself‚ social and political themes emerge naturally as a reflection of his own concerns‚ although his aim is always firstly to create a piece of dance‚ rather than to make a statement. Nevertheless‚ he does not see a conflict between creating interesting movement and tackling difficult issues. He believes that there is much beauty in Ghost Dances and similar works‚ just as in the First World War poems of Wilfred Owen. Turning to

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