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    Ballet Russes

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    Essay title: Discuss the impact that *…..* had on the world of classical ballet. The Ballet Russe Dance‚ as we know it today‚ has evolved into a tremendously popular aesthetically pleasing form of entertainment. It merges with other forms of art to create one master piece‚ a sort of melting pot of art. Before the time of Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe‚ dancing was not nearly as exciting and stimulating to watch‚ much less as popular. In the mere twenty years of its existence‚ “the Ballet Russe

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    Phoenix Research Paper

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    The phoenix (Greek: Φοίνιξ Greek pronunciation: [ˈfiniks]‚ Persian: ققنوس‚ Arabic: العنقاء أو طائر الفينيق‚ Chinese: 鳳凰 or 不死鳥‚ Hebrew:פניקס) is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Persians‚ Greeks‚ Romans‚ Egyptians‚ Chinese‚ and (according to Sanchuniathon) Phoenicians. A phoenix is a mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple‚ blue‚ and green according to some legends). It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle‚ near the end of

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    Music Appreciation Quiz 1

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    17. How would a performer comply with the dynamic marking ffff? 18.What property of sound allows us to determine what made the sound? LISTEN:Stravinsky‚ The Firebird 19.How many times do we hear the opening theme during the opening section of The Firebird? 20.How many seconds into The Firebird does the orchestra become suddenly soft? 21.What do you think the composer was trying to achieve by the many changing dynamic levels in this piece? LISTEN:Ellington

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    Harlem Dance History

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    and one black man‚ and than man being Arthur Mitchell. Agon is a terribly exposing dance‚ technically‚ emotionally and physically. The piece requires a lot of focus‚ force‚ agility and speed‚ like many other Balanchine works. “The music‚ by Igor Stravinsky‚ is jarring and without meter. The dance‚ Athletic‚ modern and elegant. The Agon pas de deux is a true expression of the style of the Dance Theatre of Harlem.” (Times Magazine) “Our company is as strong technically as any professional ballet company

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    firefox

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    browser‚ with which they intended to replace the Mozilla Suite. On April 3‚ 2003‚ the Mozilla Organization announced that they planned to change their focus from the Mozilla Suite to Firefox and Thunderbird.[29] The Firefox project has undergone several name changes. Originally titled Phoenix‚ it was renamed because of trademark problems with Phoenix Technologies. The replacement name‚ Firebird‚ provoked an intense response from the Firebird database software project.[30][31] In response‚ the Mozilla

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    An Introduction Oboe and Bassoon By Marie A Rogers 300005290 Woodwind Techniques 1 1010-1100 Mr. Robinson The oboe is a soprano-range double reed instrument with a length of 62cm. Its wooden tube is distinguished by a conical bore that expands into a flaring bell. The modern oboe’s range extends from the B flat below middle C (b3 flat) to about 3 octaves higher (A6). The oboe has a very narrow conical bore. It is played with a double reed consisting of two thin blades of cane tied together

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    Fantasia

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    The animations are abstract; lines and shapes that change along with the rhythm of the music. Short quick lines dance across the screen along with the staccato of the violins. ​ ​The next segment is six of the eight movements from The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The animations that accompany this piece are a nature themed‚ showing the transition of the seasons. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy starts the segment off with fairies awakening‚ bringing spring and banishing the last vestiges

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    Restaurant Review

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    Evaluation for Firebirds Wood Fired Grill Kesha Krider Devry University Eating out is a treat for me. I occasionally call up some family and/or friends and treat myself to a nice dinner. There are many restaurants in my hometown of Charlotte‚ North Carolina to choose from‚ but there is one in particular where I love to spend my hard earned money. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill located at Northlake Mall Dr. has become my new favorite place to dine for dinner on the weekends. Firebirds have the three

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    Scythian Suite is probably the most extreme of his modernist way of writing‚ but this opera still showed many characteristics of this style. Prokofiev was a huge lover of operas‚ stemming from his love of them as a child. The Gambler was another Opera of his‚ written

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    Claude Debussy

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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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