Swing

Norma Miller. Have you ever heard of the Queen of swing? That would be Norma Miller, currently a 96 year old woman She is a dancer, writer, choreographer, and actor who still has a swing in her step. Born December 2, 1919 Norma’s early years were tough, her father, Norman Miller had died One month before Norma was born so her mother had to make the money.It was tough on her mother because money was tight. Instead of of getting a normal job Norma’s mother held house parties to make money. She…

alcoholic unemployed factor worker Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner) and his bright and idealistic daughter Molly (Madeline Carroll), find themselves in in Joshua Michael Stern's new movie is at first difficult to accept. If one is able to look past this, „Swing Vote“ delivers some satirical moments as well as heartwarming scenes – though it can't really decide if it's aiming to be a family drama or a political satire. On Election Day, Molly, who is playing the part of her father's child, wife, and…

Toe Off/Pre-swing Gait Phase Gait is the manner in which a person walks and can be described using terms such as stride, stride length, step, step length, and cadence. According to Lippert, (2011) stride is defined as the distance from the point when one foot touches the ground to the point when the same foot touches the ground again. Stride length is the total distance traveled during the gait cycle. A step is one half of a stride and cadence is walking speed (p. 339). In addition, there are…

Jazz is a music genre that has characteristic qualities like swing, interaction by a group, slow beats and has its origins in New Orleans. Jazz came into existence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jazz has a fusion of African, European and American beats and instruments hence making it a unique type of music. During that time, New Orleans was the only place in the “New world” that allowed black people to own drums. This greatly contributes to the rise of Jazz in that they were able to…

Swing Kids Swing kids is the story of a group of kids in Nazi Germany .Like to listen to swing music which is banned at that time.Dancing and having fun leads into bad decisions.Thomas and peter join Nazi youth.Then friendship and family gets destroyed. The one character in the movie that relate to will probably be peter,because I would do the right thing and not wanting to become part of something that involves innocents people dying.That also he's a cynical person and emotional. The…

Wynton Marsalis, a modern jazz musician stated, “Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.” Though Marsalis was not alive during the Harlem Renaissance, his statement could not have matched its motif more fully. Jazz was a language that both white and black Americans could speak. It was an intersection that allowed insight into the reality of segregation. During…

I had to work my mind to remember signals and cues while simultaneously coordinating my body movements to match the rhythm and my partner. There was a marked improvement from the way I held myself originally in the waltz as compared to east coast swing. By the end I had more confidence in my abilities and more familiarity with my colleagues. Some days I think it would be nice if the class were a full semester in length, only to continue gaining knowledge in an area I know next to nothing about…

Hip-hop artists Tiger JK and Yoonmirae, Swings and Black Nut are the artists who created the bad influence for youth and teenage. The reason why I considered the young generation as the main listener and mostly affected people for Hip-hop music is that, their ego is not completely produced, and so it is easy to create false ego by exterior influences such as their liked Hip-hop musicians who composed morally negative and bad effective music and act in daily life. Swings is the male Hip-hop…

The Rococo painter exhibited whimsical scenes, sometimes scandalous, bathed in softer color shades while the neoclassical painter sought to give emphasis to tradition and nationalism. To elucidate these variances, this author will use famed “The Swing” by Jena-Honore Fragonard to contrast against the neoclassical painting “The Oath of the Horatii” by Jacques-Louis David – the most important painter of the reign of Louis XVI. As a result of the Louis XIV’s totalitarian reign, France became a…

Latin Dance Senior Swing is a cultural engagement workshop for senior centers all over New York. It teaches seniors the dance idioms of tango, salsa, merengue, bachata and cha-cha, in a supportive and fun setting. It supports the physical, mental and social health of New York City seniors, while promoting Latin dance, music and history. Goals include improved posture, body placement, alignment, musicality, balance, coordination, body awareness, presence and coordination. The program will serve…