Tango

The IV Ciclo Nordestino Op. 43 In order to understand the IV Ciclo Nordestino Op. 43, it would be empirical to understand Nobre’s first three piano cycles. “According to Bernardo Scarambone, “Ciclos Nordestinos” are Cycles from Northeast Brazil, where Nobre was born and spent part of his life. Nobre had as main goal to preserve his cultural identity as a composer. The first “Ciclo Nordestino Op. 5 was composed in 1959 and dedicated to Mozart de Araújo who was a Nobre’s friend.” The…

whose mother is fair-skinned” (Wilkerson 71). In this way Kennedy dejects the conflict Sarah finds herself in. She is torn between two cultures; the African and European. She cannot accept her blackness, and can’t find acceptance in the white society. Wilkerson explains that this struggle is “metaphorical and symptomatic of ambiguous state of people who were created out the clash of African and European cultures” (71). Kennedy's characters represent the selection between the two…

Some of his recordings include Argentine tango, Brazilian bossa nora, bluegrass and American. One of my favorite is the soundtrack for the movie, Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon. Ma’s work touches base on both theatre and traditional. Some examples are the two albums of Vivaldi’s music. He recorded…

I love you honey, but I love me more at least that is what the phrase says. Daniela Romo wrote this song, dedicated to all the mujeres, who got their hearts broken because of a machista, a jerk. Years has gone by since I have last seen my first love, the one who I truly loved with all my heart. I still remember his monkey eyes, and his burnt-sugar colored skin. The feeling of hot, burning skin when we held hands, un chaparrito, a short person even for Mexican standards. Even throughout the…

Throughout the novel “Blackness in the White Nation: A history of Afro-Uruguay,” George Reid Andrews provides an extensive outlook on the historic plight of the Afro-Uruguayan, originating from the colonial period to the present. Deriving out of the genesis of the reading, he presents the irony in the “2002 Llamadas, the annual parade of the African inspired Carnival comparsa. (Andrews, 1)” These comparsas which mainly composed of white or Euro-Uruguayans temporarily identified themselves as…

adults, this is the case of the three characters of Greasy Lake. The narrator says “We were all dangerous characters then. We wore torn-up leather jackets…. sniffed glue and ether and what somebody claimed was cocaine…...We drank gin and grape juice, Tango, Thunderbird and Bali Hai”…

No one likes to admit they are shy, timid, an introvert, or nervous. I was able to feel all of these wonderful emotions before starting the class. The class description read, “All of the assigned readings have dancing woven through them: The Great Gatsby selections from the Harlem Renaissance and samples from Latino writers. Daily activities include class discussions of readings viewing documentaries and taking dance lessons. The last sentence read, “taking dance lessons.” I felt empathetically…

Through participation in a service that directly impacts the Latino community, I learned about Latino culture beyond a classroom setting. I provided my service at the Latin American Festival in Longs Park, Lancaster, PA on October 10, 2015. There were several activities that the coordinator had the group of volunteers do, such as help with children’s activities, parking duty, stage crew, information booth, program distribution, and the workshops. The activities that I had to do were to direct…

Jerome Robbins' suggested the idea of developing a musical based off of the story of Romeo and Juliet to Leonard Bernstein in January of 1949 (originally proposed title: East Side Story, set in the less privileged areas of New York at the concurrence of Easter-Passover celebrations). In August of 1955, a gathering with Arthur Laurents took place where another idea emerged -- two teen-age mobs as the conflicting groups, one of them newly-arrived Puerto Ricans, the other self-styled…

On the morning of September 11th 2001 the United States was struck with the biggest terrorist strike in the history of the nation. Ultimately this attack changed the way we look at and fight terrorism. The 9/11 attacks were carefully plotted out, using very sophisticated measures to complete the objective. Since this attack, many have pondered how they received the training it takes to pull off an attack of this magnitude. When you are able to kill over 3000 people through a series of…