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    Throughout this essay, An investigation of the works of Hofesh Shechter: Gender in dance will be discussed, and elaborating on If the piece ‘Cult’ and Shechter’s choreography in the piece challenge stereotypical representations of gender or reinforce them? An intention of descriptive analysis of Shechter’s work will be considered, also. A discussion on gender in dance and how it has affected recent times. Hofesh Shechter is a choreographer. “The person who constructs or designs a dance. The…

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    Boundary Dominations in Dual Relationships Social work is a profession of justice and compassion where the development of dual or multiple relationships are established. Dual relationships are both influenced by the social worker and the client because of the different types of roles that can occur from business partner to sexual partner. Social workers should caution on developing a dual relationship with their clients because of the boundaries that can be crossed or violated. Boundary…

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    true feelings or nature. Communications are often misunderstood or unclear. There is only so much gestures can say. At the beginning of the story Rye sees two men fight on the bus, “She watched the two carefully, knowing the fight would begin when someone’s nerve broke or someone’s hand slipped or someone came to the end of his limited ability to communicate” (Butler 246). In this case hand gestures lack the ability to fully communicate what each man wants to say. No reason is given for their…

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    In literature, Poetry can be described as a way to express emotions and ideas through various styles and schemes. William Blake describes the perfect example of the paradoxical pleasure and pain of failing in love in his poem, ‘How Sweet I Roam’d from Field to Field’. Throughout this poem is a young lady who happens to fall in love with a prince. As the poem progresses through the stanzas she unintentionally gets tangled in his love only to be left feeling the bitter pain of love. The opening…

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    If I taught this lesson again, I would write the facts on the fact chart in bigger print and I would have given more specific feedback to students. The fact chart was a valuable reference for students, but the writing was too small and that made it hard for all the students to see when they were writing/generating a fact of their own. I would also work on giving more specific feedback to students. This is something that I can work on in lessons that I teach in the future as well. The classroom…

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    2.5 Cultural Taboos in Society Stay away from present connected with general public love (Susan Mwangi, 2013). It’s a standard training for individuals in most countries to exhibit themselves or even individuals that they envy covertly the adore overtly (Susan Mwangi, 2013). This might be through holding hands in general public or walking while holding your partners around the waist (Susan Mwangi, 2013). It reaches to greeting people with hugs and kisses or either (Susan Mwangi, 2013). All…

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    SPEECH CONTENT INTRODUCTION OF SPEECH – Using guidelines from the text, what type of introduction did the speaker use? Was it appropriate? What kind of attention-getting device was used? How did the speaker establish credibility? What was the main purpose of the speech or the central idea? Which speech purpose (inform, persuade, entertain) did the speech meet?  The speaker’s topic was, a factor in effective leadership. Therefore, it was in line with the conference objectives. Also, the…

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    Opposition, Members of Parliament, ladies and gentlemen. My Name is Dr Jasmine Lane and I am the head of the Xenotransplantation unit from The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. [Biased and emotive language, Figurative language, Gesture, alliteration, inclusive language] I am here to prevail upon your sense of responsibility to the Australian people and commitment towards progress in the…

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    The Standing Buddha demonstrates a typical mudra, which is a symbolic hand gesture use in Buddhist sculpture. In this case, the buddha is doing the “fear not” mudra, which represents protection, peace, friendship and the elimination of fear . The mudra also represents a time before Buddhism where it began as a symbol of friendship…

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    lasted approximately 6 minutes with no instruments involved. There was a large chorus dressed in black; the men had on bow ties and suits. The Chorus sung perfectly and in sync together with the conductor’s moves. As the conductor would make his gestures the chorus would follow and move their heads with the tone of their voices. The chorus increased their voices and pitch as the conductor raised his wand. The piece by Randall Thompson kept an Adagio tempo with a quadruple meter throughout the…

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