Sergei Diaghilev

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    Battleship Potemkin Essay

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    throughout the film, but it is most conspicuous in the famed Odessa Steps Sequence. All 2 minutes of footage is packed with symbolism and visual metaphor, revealing the incessant brutality of the Cossacks against Odessa’s suppressed workers. Director Sergei Eisenstein starts it with a bang: when a mother is begging for her child’s life, multiple Cossacks shoot the pair from point blank range. The Cossacks’ backs are in the shot when their guns go off, but Eisenstein changes…

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    Dziga Vertov has been credited as the father of documentary film capturing reality and a world that otherwise escapes our preoccupied eyes. Vertov’s 1929 masterpiece Man with a Movie Camera reflects his championed concepts of “life caught unawares” and “film truth” but were these captured in actuality? His ‘fly on the wall’ approach inspired many documentary filmmakers throughout the 20th century resulting in the birth of direct cinema throughout the western world. D.A Pennebaker approaches his…

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    Evolution Of Ballet

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    When you think of ballet the many things that comes to mind is tutus and pointe shoes. Although many people don't know the true history and origin of ballet it's safe to say that ballet has become a style dance that is well know around the world from all walks of life. Ballet is an art form which is evolving and changing with the years to come. Ballet began in the 15th century Italian Renaissance courts. The term “Ballet” comes from the italian word ‘ballare” which translates to “to dance”.…

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    Do you like classical music? If you like classical music, and you are its fans, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, or Schubert, all of these name may not strange to you. So, they are one of many the most famous composers of the world’s music history. They are very famous and become legendary because they are composing many valuable and incredible works that contributes a lot in the evolution of world’s music. Like these famous composers above, Igor Stravinsky as known as one of the most important…

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    Blog #1- The Budding Creation of Ballet AnnieH By AnnieH on Oct 6, 2015 Close your eyes and recall a ballet performance you have seen before. Are you left in awe at the beauty and majestic elegance of the dancer’s work? Many other people enjoy both watching and performing this classic style of dance. The art of ballet has been practiced over many centuries, changing slightly every so often, but still retaining its majestic and graceful beauty every time. Ballet originated in the 15th century.…

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    solo piano he composed The Sonatine, the Miroirs in 1905 and the Gaspard de la nuit in 1908. The orchestral pieces Rapsodie espagnole and Boléro. Ballet Daphnis et Chloé was his most popular work completed in 1912 which was commissioned from Sergei Diaghilev. In 1920, he completed La Valse, a piece of ballet and concert work. The most famous composition he did was Boléro which is a one-movement orchestral Ballet and was commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein. It was…

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    and composition for the Ballets Russes and its founder Sergei Diaghilev. This job begun the birth of Stravinsky's new set of works including “Firebird” and “The Rite of Spring”. The first performance of “The Right of Spring” was in Paris on the 29th of May 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs- Elysées (which is what this essay's main focus is on and I will discuss in more detail further on in this essay). After this collaboration with Sergei Diaghilev Stravinsky became a household…

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    Dance and its Dimensions “Dance according to me is emotion. Dance is a non-verbal medium of communication where we can express our thought, beliefs and ideas. It is one of the most famous or prominent medium of art. Dancers develop their own techniques and moves with the help of choreographers. It provides both the viewer and the performer sense of freedom, happiness and joy. It helps people to express who they are. Dance is an art form where we express ourselves freely. It indeed has a…

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