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    Tuesday with Morrie. This book starts with Morrie Schwartz’s story. Professor likes dance. Every Wednesday night, he used to go to church in Harvard Square for something called “Dance free”. And he loved that acting. One day, his illness gets worse. He was tired in a moment when he walks. And he fall down more and more. After he goes to see doctors, he finally found that he got a brutal illness of the neurological system. This illness doesn’t have medicine and treat method. He can’t swim and…

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    Tupac Case Study

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    1) Tupac concentrated on ballet and dance while in secondary school. 2) Tupac genuine name was Lesane Parish Crooks 3) Tupac was conceived in East Harlem, New York, on June 16, 1971. 4) Tupac was named after the South American progressive Túpac Amaru. 5) When he was 13, he played Travis Younger in A Raisin in the Sun. 6) He went to Baltimore School for the Arts, where he took artful dance classes. 7)…

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    Essay On 1920s Dance

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    Dance in the 1920s The 1920s was a turning point for dance and everything around it in this era. This time got the name of the “roaring 20’s” and it was anything, but boring. It was also called the “Jazz Age” which pushed forward more dance and jazz at the time. The 1920s were known for many things such as the parties and flappers, but it is truly a decade that changed dance and how it was viewed. At this time people were trying to find outlets from going through the war, and dance was one…

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    It lacked the strictness of curriculum, which held ballet in such high esteem. I am going to discuss one of, if not the, most important figure in modern dance history, and show how her accomplishments helped to secure the modern dance canon. Martha Graham demanded that her work be accurately reproduced, so she created rules for her movement. Moreover, modern dancers…

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    am still a man” (361). Though Louie never did relay his plan to kill the Bird to anyone, his behavior continued to reflect his anger. Louie’s wife, Cynthia Applewhite, eventually resorted to begging Louie to attend a service by evangelist Billy Graham. Because of Cynthia’s insistence and Billy Graham’s sermon, Louie was reminded of a promise made on the raft in the middle of the Pacific: “It was a promise thrown at heaven, a promise he had not kept, a promise he had allowed himself to forget…

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    excitement and surge” (Martha Graham). Martha Graham is a famous American choreographer, dancer, and teacher of modern Graham and was an inspiration for many people, not only for a dancer. Also, Martha Graham was the first lady to brought muscle movements in dance and strong emotional story with feelings. Additionally, Graham also knows as “the mother of modern dance.” Her students included many famous people. According to the “About The Dancer article”, “As a teacher, Graham trained and…

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    Riverdance Evaluation

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    I decided to watch The Best of Riverdance for my investigational response. The video I watched included 18 best of Riverdance performances. Riverdance is considered a stage show featuring Irish step dancing and Irish music. The first original piece referred to as “Riverdance” was performed in 1994 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Ireland. The piece was well received and prompted Moya Doherty (Producer), Bill Whelean (Composer and Musician), and John McColgan (Director and Producer) to…

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    young audience in their faith and he thought of Graham. The Youth for Christ rallies were established to be upbeat, exuberant, and celebrate Christ’s good works. Graham spoke at Chicago’s first Youth for Christ rally on May 24, 1944. Graham was nervous that no one would show up, but it was just the opposite (Wooten, 2001). That night Graham preached to 3,000 people, the largest crowd he had ever faced. During his first year with Youth for Christ, Graham logged two hundred thousand miles of…

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    Bob Jones Case Study

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    Jones, came to Charlotte to speak at a high school to recruit students to attend Bob Jones College in Cleveland, Tennessee. Billy’s parents believed that this was the place for their son (Bruns, 2004). In the fall of 1936, Graham went off to Cleveland to begin his studies. Graham thought that the college was more strict than a prison (Bruns, 2004). For example, a couple could not hold hands and mail was read and checked for impurities (Wooten, 2001). Billy was miserable at this college and when…

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    Both Graham Greene’s book, The Quiet American and Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s movie adaptation of “the Quiet American” have the three same main characters, as well as the general storyline. Fowler and Phuong are happily together, but then The American, Pyle, arrives in Vietnam and pursues Phuong for her hand in marriage. While the characters and their dramatic love triangle remains the same, there are discrepancies between the actions and personalities of the characters, especially The American. By…

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