Ballet Essay

success with his setting of Quinault's Cadmus et Hermione, he gave his wordsmith a contract of one libretto a year for 4,000 livres. The result was eleven Tragedies en Musique and a pair of large-scale ballets (Pettitt…

The Tarantella is one of the oldest Italian folk dance that can be traced back to the middle Ages. Many labelled the tarantella the dance of healing/cure of the sick and courtship. It is also one of the most known, popularized, traditional dance in Italian society. The tarantella is characterized by upbeat music followed by a lead singer. The dance is also accompanied by light and quick steps mixed with teasing, flirtatious gestures between partners. Included in the music is a live 6/8 time…

By 1944, she had become a proficient ballet dancer. Although her father was a Nazi sympathizer, she was not. She secretly danced for, “groups of people to collect money for the Dutch resistance”(Dobre). She also occasionally acted as a courier for the resistance, delivering messages and packages…

entered into and effective this 7th day of January, 2015, by and between Lessor/Landlord Winston Astrachan (“Lessor”) and Lessee/Tenant Q Ballet Studio, LLC. (“Lessee”). In consideration of this Agreement, Lessor agrees to lease to Lessee and Lessee agrees to lease from Lessor the property located at 153 Peachtree Road, Atlanta GA, 30303 for use as a commercial ballet studio. TERMS: Lessee agrees to pay $600 per month on the fifth day of each month. This Agreement will be effective starting on…

Alvin Ailey was an American choreographer who was born in Rodgers, Texas but made his way to New York City through the years of his life. Before beginning on his own company Ailey studied and observed many other choreographers. For example, he observed Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. He also was a student at Lester Horn’s dance school for many years. Ailey indulged very well in Horton’s style of dance and it displayed once Horton died. Alvin took lead as the company’s director. With the…

race” and the styles only consisted of Jazz, Ballet and Modern (The Katherine Dunham Center for the Arts and Humanities). She brought the ethnic and cultural dances she learned from the West Indies and the Caribbean culture to the United States where she created her own technique. Due to the dance world being largely influenced by “white culture”, she wanted to show the world that there are other styles that are just as beautiful and technical as Jazz, Ballet and Modern. Thus the Dunham…

In 2011, I remember the day my mother came home with tickets to the ballet. She had gotten free tickets through her job to see a preview of the Cincinnati Ballet’s production of “The New Nutcracker”. I had seen productions of the ballet before but I was excited to see what this new production brought. Years later, it has become my favorite holiday tradition to see the Nutcracker every year. I went to a preview of the show over Thanksgiving break and experience the holiday cheer all over again.…

The Romantic Era started and ended from 1820-1900. An overview would be the transition from classical to Romantic, of Beethoven, who broke the boundary rules and attached everything together between the two. Because it was Beethoven, he made it okay and possible to have changes and still acceptable. This talented and strong/brave individual changed music for the better and did what he felt and wanted, with his unique personality came his unique composed music. After Beethoven music changed to…

watching a ballet on television but the ballerinas were not the same as in the real world. “They were burdened with sashweights and…

Individual’s life is a journey of endless traditions that entails confrontation to obtain new perspective and understanding of self and the world. Most often than not, their personal transitions are impacted by others within their social spectrum. Stephen Daldry’s film ‘Billy Elliot and J.D. Salinger’s Bildungsroman novel ‘The catcher in the rye’ explores this notion through Billy and Holden, who are confronted by stereotypes and norms of the society, triggering them break away from the…