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    Two modern dance masters of the twentieth century, Merce Cunningham (1919 - 2009) and Alvin Ailey (1931 - 1989) both deceased and both from entirely different backgrounds, created genius compositions of movement and interpretation as exhibited on stage through their chosen art, modern dance. Suite for Five by Merce Cunningham (1956) and Revelations by Alvin Ailey (1960) were considered to be some of their greatest compositions and although the pieces were created and performed within four years…

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    1. The main topic of this reading is Graham Greene’s book, The Quiet American. The author of the article, Kevin Ruane, is focused on analyzing Graham Greene’s book as a historical document and works to unravel the possible implications from analyzing the book as a historical document. 2. The main argument that the author makes is to assert that Greene’s book is more truth than fantasy. The author asserts that by looking at the situations of the characters in the book, Greene’s book is a…

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    The First Woman CEO Katherine Graham is known as one of the most influential women ever in business. She was the first woman CEO in the U.S. taking over the position at the Washington Post previously held by her husband. Graham, however, is most known for her outstanding coverage of the Watergate scandal. This leadership she showed in these two aspects of her career, gave many other women the courage to pursue careers outside of being a housewife. Katherine Graham was so influential in fact, she…

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    Jose Limon Essay

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    Jose Limon was born on January 12, 1908 in Culiacan, Mexico. His family immigrated to America during the Mexican Revolution. After graduating from Lincoln High school, Limon attended UCLA as an art major. He moved to New York City in 1928 to study at the New York school of design. There he was inspired to begin training as a dancer after he attended a dance production by Yvonne Georgi and Harald Kreutzberg. He trained with Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey at the Humphrey-Weidman Studio and…

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    Graham Young, also known as the Teacup Poisoner was born Sept. 7th, 1947. At the early age of 14, in 1961, Young started to test poison on his own family. After doing so, Graham’s stepmother would soon pass away. Young was put into a mental hospital for criminals after admitting to poisoning his own family. He was free after nine years. However, being put away was no help for this young man. Graham began to poison again! Early Years: Graham never knew his mother. Three months after giving birth…

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    Twyla Tharp realized that if you create art and love dance, you’d best believe in yourself with no ulterior motives. It took her seven minute dance on stage to give Tharp the development backbone she needed to continue in the dance career. Martha Graham once said that it takes ten years to become a dancer. You have to want this to continue with your own individual…

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    Wigman Dance Analysis

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    - 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…

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    the art form, revitalizing and expanding dance around the world. In her search to express herself freely and honestly, she created the Martha Graham Dance Company, one of the oldest dance troupes in America. As a teacher, Graham trained and inspired generations of fine dancers and choreographers. Merce Cunningham refined the work that his colleague Martha Graham formed, and expanded with this his own improvements, choreographies and avant-garde dance techniques. During his career he was…

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    “Romeo and Juliet” Reposition Dance Analysis The classic play of Romeo and Juliet inspired choreographers to remake its originality from social changes. Inspiration of dances develops to represent its personal narrative through ballet, jazz, and hip hop, have performed to retell this story in each background of generations and society perspective. The classic english play by Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” is known for its romantic originality as it have been choreographs and reposition through…

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    Graham Greene utilizes the various characters in his novel, The Quite American, to express many of the political and diplomatic viewpoints about the involvement of various countries in the affairs of the people of Indochina and Southeast Asia. Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s, The Quiet American (1958), distorts the two main characters, Thomas Fowler and Alden Pyle, away from the novel’s version so as to present a viewpoint consistent and pleasurable for the audience with the era in which the film was…

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