Doris Angleton

In “Through the Tunnel” this boy named Jerry is training himself to be able to go through a tunnel that is under water, but the story had more meaning to it. The main settings were the beach, bay and tunnel. The story represented life, and growing up. Those three settings the beach, bay and tunnel symbolize something in life and the obstacles that come with it. The beach symbolizes childhood. The story described it as crowded, safe and familiar. Also Jerry’s mom was there to watch him at the…

devoted to completing his mission. He has multiple difficulties that he has to face along the way. Jerry does everything it takes, no matter what the consequence may be. Nothing will limit Jerry from reaching his aspirations. Through the Tunnel, by Doris Lessing demonstrates how commitment can help reach a goal. When Jerry goes on a beach vacation with his mother he finds some rocks where there are other boys. He feels a certain need to be among them. “To be with them, of them, was a craving…

Dance has long been a medium that represents American culture that is constantly evolving and Martha Graham and Frank Gatson Jr. are two of many choreographers that helped developing modern dancing in America. After watching a lot of videos on how different type of dances emerged in America, I found Martha Graham’s work appealed to me the most because of her expressiveness and intensity in movements. Brought up by a father who was a psychiatrist, her first lesson of dancing was, “Movement never…

Martha Graham preceded to transform dance with her style, originality and new ideas. Martha was a modern dancer and choreographer. Who way of dance has been influence and compared with Picasso. Martha first started teaching dance in 1926 her first group of people had been sucked into her creative style and technique. After the first lesson she started Martha Graham Studio so that all dancers influenced by her can be under her watchful eye. The National Association of Schools of dance adopted…

Martha Graham was and still is a renowned modern Dance pioneer of her time, a woman who made a remarkable impact on dance. She was a visionary for dance in the 1900’s challenging the world of classical ballet with its gracefully structured moves and its fairy tale performances. To Graham ballet did not represent the world she lived in so she created her own style and technique known as “the Graham technique.” She dedicated her life to this new modern style of dance which she herself performed…

Being able to choreograph and perform in dance concert is a very unique and amazing experience. Creating ideas with everyone around you and transforming those ideas into a masterpiece is a process like no other. With everyone’s opinions out in thin air, you can put all of your ideas into one to create something so beautiful. In Modern especially it was really intriguing to watch the whole process of how the dance was created. Since we did originally have a combo to go off of, it was different…

Georgi and Harald Kreutzberg. He trained with Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey at the Humphrey-Weidman Studio and then began dancing for their company professionally. From the 1930's to the 40's, Limon danced with the Humphrey-Weidman Company. During the year of 1943 Limon was choreographing dances for Broadway until he was drafted into the armed forces during World War II. After his return from the war he joined his mentor Doris Humphrey in starting Limon Dance Company. Jose Limon started…

- Time differences It is clear from the living times of the two great dancers that they lived in different times with Wigman having the peak of her career in the early 40s while Pina was active up to the close of the 20th century and even in the beginning of the 21sst century. The differences create Pina as an image of a modern dancer who found the stage well set without much hindrance. On the other hand, Wigman was among the pioneers who were responsible for setting the stage. It follows that…

The art of contemporary dance was born around the 1980’s and this art referred to the movement of new dancers who did not want to follow strict classical ballet and lyrical dance forms, but instead wanted to explore the concept of revolutionary unconventional movements that were gathered from all dance styles of the world. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements. Contemporary dances therefore do not use fixed or established movement patterns but…

In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing, she writes a story about a boy Jerry and his quest to swim through the tunnel. The story may seem normal at first, and may even seem like a quest, but like many authors Lessing has encoded explicit messages and meanings within her story in order to express deeper meaning. Lessing does this in the piece “Through the Tunnel” using imagery to express the hidden explicit message. As Lessing wrote, “They were big boys - men, to Jerry. … He felt he…