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as is further seen in the following: "Welcome as it was, however, this very success meant that young Doris was trapped in a teachi...
Dance comprises one of Indias most important art forms, art forms which have been in existence for thousands of years. While clas...
also evidence that some attitudinal variations were indeed caused by prejudice. Authors suggests that more research is necessary t...
Any artist may be intrigued by a subject and ask the proverbial - "what if" concerning that subject or idea. Then the question m...
moving about in a city going about their everyday business. In particular, one can observe movements in just the first installment...
indications are, as they attempt the dance moves that are described by the instructor, that this is the initial lesson for the mov...
individuals were members of St. Georges Methodist Episcopal Church but, because of the fact they were African American, found them...
This research paper discusses aspects of the career of Katherine Dunham, the first choreographer to research and incorporate Carib...
also being reflected in modern culture with the search for a spiritual connection with the earth, which is a value being adopted a...
International relations in Africa have been heavily influenced by their colonial history, a history that still impacts on internat...
In five pages this paper examines the sacred ritualistic ceremony of the Sun Dance in an overview that includes the vision of Sitt...
In five pages this paper creates three modern dance companies each based in New York City and incorporating influences of Merce Cu...
Practitioners of Santeria do pray to Catholic saints, but they also venerate animistic gods and goddesses which stem from the Afri...
a rural to urban environment that would have a profound impact upon Aileys all-inclusive approach to dance (Dingus, 2000; McDonagh...
Greek legends and even Biblical themes. Her style was unique to say the least. Graham used her body in a...
a greater effect on African Americans than practically any other book published up until that time. William H. Ferris writes in 1...
People identify, after all, with people that are similar to them. Ebonics has the potential, therefore, to serve as a common link...
English who had come to steal corn and the result was that the English colony waited until 1613 before their leaders were sufficie...
took a vicious Civil War to legally end the "peculiar institution," although the South continued to pass such things as the Jim Cr...
of discrimination, the following thesis will be investigated: Numerous factors affect the level of discrimination...
should be. Evelyn Thom, born in 1927, provides a view of the traditional jingle dress dance. "We went to the round dance...
been described as "hands across the color line" (Quarles 146), or a belie that, "In all things that are purely social we can be as...
correlation between class and incarceration, as roughly 80 percent of those inmates incarcerated in 2002 could not afford an attor...
was California Congresswoman, Barbara Lee who received death threats after she had the unmitigated courage to cast the only vote a...
and harsh conditions, these family members work together, while arguing and combating one another, to move on and make their situa...
are unable to advance and thus are thrown into a never ending cycle of self depreciation. Yes, true, the United States Just...
or success is associated with fame and fortune, or achievement in terms of the arts or sciences. Some individuals have not earned ...
my opinion, yet I consider our condition but little better than that....After all, methinks there are no chains so galling as thos...
are somewhat consistent with superstitions followed by the slave culture of the time and a segment of the African heritage of the ...