Swan Lake

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one of the most praised composers of Russia and perhaps of all time. During his life, Tchaikovsky created many notable works. He created ballets such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and most famously The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky also was responsible for Operas like Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. Tchaikovsky even wrote the Coronation March for Tsar Alexander III. The reason for this essay is to shine light to one of the most famous Russian composers to ever exist…

Spreading negative stereotyping has been a great issue within our society. Stereotyping has been known as an act of making judgments and assigning negative qualities to individuals or groups of people. Negative stereotyping can be spread in many forms such as the media that includes the newspaper, magazines, radio, television, and the internet. Another source whom spreads negative stereotyping is the people. As humans, we intend to judge others and brainwash others vision or opinion of many…

The first feature that ties some of these songs together is the period they were produced. Many of these composer lived during the romantic period, such as Felix Mendelssohn, Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, and Edvard Grieg, accordingly, their music possessed the traits that defined the romantic period. As has been discussed in class, Grieg bases his “Morning Mood” on the Norwegian folk tune, creating a sense of nationalism in the process. While Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 5” contains a variation…

Black Swan It’s fascinating how people go to great lengths to get what they want or to pursue their goals. These actions that go beyond the extent of the audience’s imagination are what make movies consuming. Overall, the movie “Black Swan” shows such strange and creepy images that made me wonder what is a hallucination and what is real throughout the whole movie, and that thought kept me absorbed. The fragile and pure main character, Nina, who perfectly symbolizes the white swan, is constantly…

have a profession in. Although, in some areas of the film, Mrs. Wilkinson is seen showing Billy the music of the famous ballet, Swan Lake, there this somehow has a major impact in the film. As, amongst the final scenes of the film, where it is approximately 10 years subsequent to Billy discovering his love for ballet, he is found to be the main ballet dancer in the Swan Lake performance. Therefore, in this film, Billy mainly protests against the traditional gender stereotypes of his community by…

Transitions, influenced by interactions with others, enable a person to overcome obstacles that restrain them to transition. Billy Elliot, the film directed by Stephen Daldry, and Jennifer Niven’s novel Holding Up The Universe both explore transitions through defying social standards and acceptance. Billy Elliot explores transitions of Billy entering a world of ballet in the disapproving society of Durham during the Miners Strike. Holding Up The Universe explores the transition of Libby Strout,…

In ‘Billy Elliot’, a mid-panning shot depicting a mise-en-scene of Billy in Debbie’s room foreshadows Billy’s achievements to come in ballet conveyed through the awards placed on the wall behind them, featuring swan wallpaper, symbolising Billy’s transformation yet to come, into a ‘swan’, a refined and graceful animal, very much mirroring the likeliness of that of a ballet dancer. Furthermore, Billy’s rejection of Debbie’s challenging of him ‘join in’ is an indicator of his indecisiveness as the…

Greetings; I am applying for the positon of Standardized Patient (Role Player) which has been advertised by the Medical College of Wisconsin on Indeed.com. As a retired Police Officer with over 32 years of front line patrol experience, much of my job often involved role play related skills. As an Officer I often had to relating to other (often difficult) individuals, convincing them to act in such a way as to resolve situations , all while allowing them to believe their choices are…

Ballet Did you know that in 1672 all parts in ballet were performed by male dancers in wigs and masks to make them look like female so they could play both roles? Very few women were allowed to perform because the males thought they weren’t good enough now, most men have lost interest in ballet and it’s mostly girls performing. Point shoes are the main part of the ballerinas outfit. Female ballerinas wear knee length tutus to show of points and curves. They also wear leotards, and usually…

its rich mineral resources. Best of all, because the U.P. is nestled right in the middle of the Great Lakes, there is no shortage of fresh water. The water cycle is critical to the life of the area. As seen in the following image, during the cycle the water evaporates off the lakes, condenses in clouds, precipitates over high landforms (such as Marquette Mountain), and then runs off into the lake to repeat the cycle once again. Over time, the water cycle continues, sometimes with the water…