Ruth St. Denis

Misty Copeland was born on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. Misty Copeland endured a tumultuous home life to dance, eventually she began to study under California ballet instructor Cindy Bradley. Misty joined the studio company of American Ballet Theatre in 2000, becoming a soloist several years later an starring in an array of productions such as The Nutcracker and Firebird. An icon whose star shines beyond the world of classical dance, in late June 2015 Misty became the first African American women performer to be appointed as an ABC principal dancer in the company’s decades of long history. I chose to read this book because I found it was interesting by just reading the back of the book. Also, I have never done ballet so I thought it found be fun and interesting to read about. Last, the setting was takes place in Kansas City at her home and also in Los Angeles where she performs. The name of the book is Life In Motion written by: Misty Copeland. The genre of this book is nonfiction/ biography because Misty is talking about things that happened in her life in the book. Narrator’s point of view in this book is first person. For example, “ I didn’t bother to put on pajamas, I lay where I was and fell asleep, knowing that I’d never again return to the room.” This represents that the narrator is talking in first person because she is telling the reader things she wouldn’t do. The author wrote this book because she wanted to inspire young readers to work hard…

would have the government would be any different today. Jenna, This was a very important part in chapter 17. Many people had religious opinion because of their upbringing. They had no extra knowledge that some point the religious leaders made were not always correct. Scientific exploration were made and other new discoveries were published. As soon as they were seen or heard by the public they started to question there religious views. I couldn’t even imagine believing one thing my whole life…

Rousseau first starts with the absence of his father and the death of his mother, Rousseau was then adopted by an uncle, where he began the trade of engraving. As time flew by, Rousseau would dabble with his love life, the first relationship being with a catholic woman by the name of Louise de Warens, and would become his influence to convert to Catholicism. Most importantly, during his time with Mme. De Warens, Rousseau had embarked on a journey as a musician, teacher and music copyist, key…

Neoclassical Era, and examines the foresteps to see how perspective scenery had developed in European staging. He scrutinizes how social spaces were utilized as theatrical space. The development of the contrasting spaces, which is articulated by tennis courts transformed into theaters, indicates the significant challenges that led to the emergence of perspective scenery. While the first chapter focuses on the utility of theatrical space, the second chapter tends to pay attention to theoretical…

In our first interactive oral on the controversial novel ‘Perfume’, a key idea which was raised was about the enlightenment period, and how civilians in Paris where enhancing their understanding of the world through this new era. As a contrast to this, the novel also explores Baldini a perfumer and his views towards the enlightenment period. In the novel Baldini is portrayed as a man from the past, unable to cope with the changes occurring around him in Paris. Baldini is very disturbed by the…

Denis Diderot was born in 1713, in France to a well known cutler. He was educated by the Jesuits, and attended University in Paris although it is unknown if he attended Collège d’Harcourt or Lycée Louis-le-Grand or even both. He received his bachelors in master of arts in 1732 from the University of Paris. He went on to study law in the office of Clément de Ris, but found himself more interested to languages, literature, math and especially philosophy. For awhile he was drawn to a religious…

have a second government. The Bilderberg, also known as our second government, is powerful yet secretive group that makes some of the biggest decisions in american history. Though the group does not seem so bad from the outside, their enigmatic actions regarding anything about the group is suspicious. Because of thI think everyone should know and understand what is the Bilderberg Group, their biggest conspiracy theories, and what they have planned for our future. The Bilderberg Group is one of…

Denis Diderot -Le Salon de 1767 Diderot is well known for his distinction in the formulation of the ‘poetics of ruin’. Diderot wrote nine Salons from 1759-1781 under the instruction of Melchior Grimm. These were to simply be the minutes of the exhibitions at The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as a part of the literary journal la Correspondance littéraire. Diderot’s writing however created a radical change to the nature and scope of the only artistic section of the literary journal,…

Jesus’ Son Book Review Jesus’ Son is a novel written by Denis Johnson. The genre is Fiction. It is 133 pages long and is about 14 dollars. This novel was published in 1992. This book is a novel full of different short stories that make up the chapters. The narrator is an unknown drug user that is just shifting us through different incidents that he has either witnessed or been a part of. There is no exact theme, in my opinion. Each chapter has a different story to tell with one thing in common;…

Catherine the Great was born and Germany but she died a true Russian. She ruled for 34 years from 1762 to 1996 and during her reign there were many advances to Russia but there were also a lot of troubles (McGuire 104). Catherine was full of contrasts; she could be tyrannical but also tolerant, she could be extremely wise or wildly reckless, and she could be generous but other times ruthless (McGuire 25). Catherine threw herself into her job with great enthusiasm. She loved Russia and adored…