A Modern Instance

“Dancing is my greatest passion and spreading such knowledge among new generations is my happiness“ said Ana. The flamenquita, as everybody calls her, is an example of how enormous goals can become tangible projections. This is my cousin, a woman who graduated with a bachelor degree in fine art in dance and built a small business to show our community the significance of the art as a part of the children’s education. She believes in the magic of dance and the miracles it can do. Therefore, she…

Modernism and the cold war can be regarded as the twin shaping forces on cultural production in the 1950s. When some ardent practitioners tried to move beyond modernist art, others retreated from it, but it remained the defining aesthetic paradigm of the decade. As historical mode modernism became institutionalised in the 1950s as established by the Nobel laureate trio comprising the modernist writers Faulkner, Eliot and Hemingway. Kitsch and modernism were deeply entangled during the period.…

We can determine what made modern art “back then” by analyzing artists such as Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. Henri Matisse’s “The Joy of Life (Le Bonheur de Vivre)” was created during Fauvism period. This work of art is considered to be modern because of it’s strong colors. Matisse like to use colors that where pure, and soft-wavy shape. “Matisse used pure colors and the white of exposed canvas to create a light-filled atmosphere in his Fauve paintings. Rather than using…

4. Reflect on the significance of Dame Peggy van Praagh on the development of Australian dance in general and the Australian Ballet in particular. English born, Dame Peggy van Praagh, The Australian Ballet Company’s premiere Artistic Director presented Australian dancers and audiences with a development of classical ballet in Australia; taking initiative to build a dance company that revitalized the Ballet of the nation, advancing their standard and “defining the face of ballet in our country…

Throughout the course of dance in history, choreographers have played a major role and has effectively influenced dance movements. Choreographers have used dance techniques such as symmetry, asymmetry, repetition, etc. to contribute to dance. Dance have been an entertainment and interesting part of life to many people because of these contributions by dancers. One of the important Choreographer whose philosophy appeals to me is Martha Graham. I have found many techniques that are compelling and…

The Group of Dancers is a 1900’s painting by Edgar Degas at the Barnes Foundation Museum. The painting illustrates ballerinas preparing for their dance before they perform on stage. There are three ballerinas, and each of them is dressed in a bright yellow tutu. Two of the ballerinas are rehearsing for their performance while the third ballerina is putting on her ballet shoes. As a whole, the Group of Dancers is a perfect example of Plato’s beliefs in The Republic. The painting is an imitation…

1950s Art The arts were a great way to vent about life and common chaos. From the self-portraits of the thirties to graffiti of the nineties. Art has always been a way to show-case the feelings of the artist and the mindset of the viewer. The war and culture of the forties led into the greatest, and most successful, era in art. The fifties used the historical views to draw and write some of the most interesting art and poetry of the century. Though the art was spectacular, the…

is simplified down to the basic colors and elements. He used just the primary colors in many of his art pieces and basic shapes and lines. He wanted to simply the art into its basic vertical and horizontal elements. He is associated with the Dutch modern movement. He was influenced by both Picasso and Braque. He is employing the principles of organization and the elements of design at the most basic and simple of levels. Since he simplifies his art down to the most basic elements he is…

Betty Marie Tallchief was a great dancer. Things that made her a great dancer was the stories her grandmother told her. Some other things that made her a great dancer was her determination and passion to deny the racism and negative criticism she faced as a ballet dancer. One last key factor was that she told her heritage in her dances. Betty Marie Tallchief Has alway lived in her heritage. I think this because, passage stated, “Since most professional ballerinas at the time were white and…

art is outside that creature, the body.” (Graham). In pole dance, one uses their body to create art. The dancers body is not the art, but the movements the body creates is the art. Contemporary dance is musical expression which incorporates modern and post-modern aspects of dance, as well as classical dance styles such as ballet. In “The Last Goodbye” choreographed by Isis Masoud, and starring Marlo Fisken & Kyle DesChamps, they combined contemporary dance with pole dance. The dancers use a…