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    Katherine Dunham Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909- May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, author, educator, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in American and European theater and directed her own dance company for many years. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance." Youth; Katherine was born on June 22, 1909. Her father, Albert Millard Dunham, was a descendant of slaves. Her mother, Fanny June Dunham, died…

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    Kaylen Simmons Mr. Smith Block 1 15 September 2015 Sam Spade was Misused and Abused A victim is a person that is tricked or swindled. In the novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, deception plays a big role. Throughout the story Sam Spade is deceived and taken advantage of in the story by Bridgid O'Shaughnessy. She is a compulsive liar and lies about almost everything in order to get an advantage of receiving the falcon. She is not completely honest with her relationship between her and…

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    The Vietnam War was fought from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The U.S. supported South Vietnam because it was democratic. In addition, the U.S. wanted to prevent the spread of communism. The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War has been a very controversial topic over the years. Some Americans believed that it was our duty to defend against the spread of communism while other Americans believed that it was an unnecessary war and it was…

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    Dance Concert Critique

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    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…

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    In the early twentieth century, African-Americas in the southern states were fighting for racial equality. Racial discrimination deprived African-Americans from acquiring decent jobs, education and the right to vote. Slavery was no longer an issue for African-Americans, but they still had to fight racial injustice. The civil rights became a controversial topic in the early 1960s, and up to this day is continues to be controversial, it started a war: white versus color. In August 1963, Martin…

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    Film Noir Film Analysis

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    were creating. These so called heroes were as ruthless, greedy and can show as much lack of compassion as the bad guy they are trying to take down. Their heroism is not intended for praise but for justice and integrity. An example of this character Humphrey Bogart, the man who personified the genre as private eye Sam Spade in ‘The Maltese Falcon, ' is emotionally aloof to the homicide of his partner and vindicates his death primarily because “when one of your organisation gets killed, it’s bad…

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    Jose Limon Essay

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    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 his…

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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 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…

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    History Many people would agree that Planet Of The Apes was an iconic film, which is probably why they made multiple movies and a tv show. The film was revolutionary for the prosthetics they used for the apes. The film even won an Academy Award for its makeup effort. The movie actually started out as an idea for The Twilight Zone but it was too expensive for the show to make, so they brought it to 20th Century Fox. When they brought it to Fox they had to make a quick test scene. The movie ended…

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