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Theater and Dance

In twelve pages this paper discusses how dance has been an essential component in theater evolution throughout history in terms of...

Dancers and Variations in Attitudes

also evidence that some attitudinal variations were indeed caused by prejudice. Authors suggests that more research is necessary t...

Choreographers Charles Weidman and Alvin Ailey

which included Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman (Beginnings of Modern Dance, 2004). By the end of the 1920s, th...

A Biography on Charles Drew

This biography takes a look at this black doctor who lived during the 1900s. What Drew would contribute to modern medicine is incl...

Rock 'N Roll and Tin Pan Alley's Influence

In five pages this research paper considers how the rock music genre was developed due to Tin Pan Alley's musical influence. Five...

The Sociocultural Dance Influence of Alvin Ailey

a rural to urban environment that would have a profound impact upon Aileys all-inclusive approach to dance (Dingus, 2000; McDonagh...

The Cakewalk Dance

including at least some of the traditional African dance movements in their mocking. In fact, Ellison said that the slaves were "b...

Overview of the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago

company (which took on the name Gus Giordano Dance Company) was televised live frequently on WTTW-TV, which was Chicagos public te...

The Dissemination and Marketing of Music from Tin Pan Alley to the Modern Day

publishing of magazines or stationary (Tawa, 1990). The main method of distribution involved composers approaching the publishers...

Biography of Fred Astaire

In five pages a biography of Fred Astaire is presented along with an analysis of his dancing artistry as revealed in his films The...

ISSUES IN JUDAISM

This 4-page paper answers questions pertaining to topics such as the Jewish Sabbath, ethical considerations faced by Jonah and Abr...

Biography of Adam Smith

topics as rhetoric, ethics, political economy, and jurisprudence" (Lucid Caf?). In the year 1759 he published a work whic...

Martin Luther

was while he was there that he was able to earn a "baccalaureate and masters degrees in the shortest time allowed by university st...

John Morton Blum's Republican Roosevelt

In five pages this biography on Theodore Roosevelt by John Morton Blum is discussed....

Three Fictitious Modern Dance Troupes

In five pages this paper creates three modern dance companies each based in New York City and incorporating influences of Merce Cu...

Berry Gordy: Life and Works

When Berry was a junior in high school he dropped out so that he could be a boxer, once fighting on the same...

Sample of a Personal Biography

both my way of being in the world and my sense of educational necessity. This strength developed because of the influence of some...

U.S. Modern Dance History

skirt of transparent silk, being back-lit would produce dramatic shapes of light through the skirt (Eley, 2002d). She created her ...

Communication of Native Americans

should be. Evelyn Thom, born in 1927, provides a view of the traditional jingle dress dance. "We went to the round dance...

Modern Dance 'Mother' Martha Graham

Greek legends and even Biblical themes. Her style was unique to say the least. Graham used her body in a...

Doris Humphrey and Her Dance Reviewed

as is further seen in the following: "Welcome as it was, however, this very success meant that young Doris was trapped in a teachi...

The Connection between Traditional Indian Dance and Contemporary Women's Expression

Dance comprises one of Indias most important art forms, art forms which have been in existence for thousands of years. While clas...

'Dance' and the Painting by Matisse and Poem by Natalie Safir

hilltop is now shown as much as it is suggested by two rounded green shapes in the lower half of the painting. The dancers barely ...

Middle East and Belly Dancing

In five pages the cultural value of belly dancing in the Middle East is examined and is also compared with other U.S. dance forms....

Creek and Cherokee Tribes and Traditional Southeastern Dance Decline

In six pages this paper examines the reasons why traditional Southeastern Native American dances like the stomp dance have decline...

'Dance' Master Henri Matisse

Any artist may be intrigued by a subject and ask the proverbial - "what if" concerning that subject or idea. Then the question m...

Life and Dance Philosophy of Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham's life and dance philosophy that radically innovated dance to an evocative postmodernist expression are discussed...

Dance Practice

indications are, as they attempt the dance moves that are described by the instructor, that this is the initial lesson for the mov...

Nature Versus Industrialization

their lives and they were willing to offer such gifts to others, symbolic of their natural existence and nature as giving people....

Paul Taylor - Interpreting Works of Modern Dance

moving about in a city going about their everyday business. In particular, one can observe movements in just the first installment...