Ballets Russes

Keeping Me On My Toes As I watched my friends race off the ballet barre, their pale pink slippers pattering behind them, I slowly dragged behind, thoroughly exhausted after the two hour class. As if filled with a newfound source of energy, they entered the break room, where brightly colored mesh bags rested across the benches. Enviously, I followed behind them, reluctantly slipping off my own pair of battered ballet slippers, evidence of hours in the practice room. Chattering happily, the girls…

and a half hours and was, at this point, pushing herself far past the limit of even her (in her girlfriend Rebekah 's opinion) ridiculous endurance. She had a competition in five weeks, an audition for the Royal Ballet Company in ten, and an interview/audition with the English National Ballet in twelve. Rebekah had barely seen her for the last couple of weeks despite sharing a flat (and a bed) and was, frankly, starting to worry. Today, though, was the last straw. Emilia had been in the studio…

Dark Swan is a mental thriller offering a figurant called Nina Sayers. She is a youthful lover of the dance floor working for a prestigious NYC balance choreography organization. She has longs for some time or another getting to be diva. Very capable, yet she is exceptionally held. As the dance organization opens for another season, her executive picks her to assume the lead part as Swan ruler in an aspiring adjustment of a renowned story called "Swan Lake.” The part obliges that Nina play both…

Misty Copeland is a woman who defied all the odds and ended up becoming the first African-American principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. In her autobiography Life in Motion, Copeland depicts her life as a young woman before her days of ballet until recently. This book particularly stands out as a commendable autobiography because Misty writes this book as a story a form of empowerment to “the little brown girls” who do not think that they are able to fight despite all of the odds.…

Morris’ use of space and seemingly random movement scheme designs of such large numbers of dancers punctuates that brilliance, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats . This piece really is wonderful to witness, and is a great example of how ballet has and will continue to change and…

The purpose of this project is to show that Misty Copeland is changing the way the ballet world defines the correct image and body shape of a ballerina. Copeland does not fit the stereotype of ballerina: she is 5’2, has really defined muscles, has bust, and is African American. She started ballet at the age of 13, late for a dancer, but her pure talent made her into a prodigy. Misty Copeland really set out to become a professional ballerina, regardless of her ethnicity and body shape, she pushed…

On April 15th I viewed “Carnival of the Animals”- a collaboration between the Arkansas Philharmonic and the Northwest Arkansas Ballet Theatre. The performance featured several different styles and types of performing arts, including acting, dancing, and a symphony. I also noticed several different things whilst viewing this program that heavily influenced my overall assessment. When I first walked into the Arend Arts Center, I noticed the stage was split in two. Stage right had several chairs…

Ballet, which is a one form of performance dance. On Thursday, I went to Lehman Theater and watched a wonderful ballet show; and that was my first time to watch the ballet performance on site. It was so exciting, I think many girls have a dream that one day they would become a beautiful ballerina who wears a tutu dress dancing on the stage. When I was got there, I just found the near the front of site to sit, so that could be get closer to see the performance. When all of lights was getting dark…

Modern music has a variety of repeating themes that can be found in classical pieces from the early-twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Women and the representation of women is an example of one of these reoccurring themes. The Weeknd’s “Six Feet Under” from his latest album, Starboy describes a woman in a way that Richard Strauss’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” depicts a seductress in the play Salome. The Weeknd’s voice is very iconic. Its high-pitched quality makes his sound easily noticeable…

The Stereotypical Infamy of Sexual Expression in Belly Dancing “Danse du ventre” translating specifically to belly dance, dates back to 25,000 B.C. In ancient Egypt and India, the paintings of pregnant women found on stone walls and terracotta statuettes of people in poses that portrayed dancing were the first archeological facts to be coined as connected to belly dancing. “Middle Eastern dance (aka belly dance) is an ancient and expressive form of movement, associated with feminine and…