The Nutcracker

In When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi was a prominent neurosurgeon that had been diagnosed with cancer. Forced to face mortality, Kalanithi’s life changed completely. Initially, when he found out about his illness, he did not have the intentions to carry on with his career and life. However, with the help of his family and friends, Kalanithi decided that he wanted to pursue his life and strive. In Kalanithi’s story, family relations and the doctor-patient relationship played an important…

the end of the reading, Boxer talks about how inanimate objects can portray pain. This is something that I cannot agree with. Much of the excitement undoubtedly came from the events themselves. To me, the most excitement came from watching the Nutcracker ballet. This was the first time I watched the, so there was a lot of expectations that I had. After reading the original story by E.T.A Hoffmann, I expected this ballet to be dark and evil. I was slightly surprised to see how child-like and…

life and has been doing so since at least the nineteenth century—it is not a new struggle. Finally, I will be able to use the famous compositions of Peter Tchaikovsky to explain to my classmates who he is. For example, he is the composer of the Nutcracker Suite—a very well-known ballet. Klevantseva, Tatyana. "Prominent Russians: Pyotr Tchaikovsky." Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Russiapedia Music Prominent Russians. Russiapedia, 2011. Web. 06 Dec.…

The misunderstood art of dance Dance has been around for several thousands of years. To many it is a sense of culture and community. People have been dancing since early civilization and for some it is a way of life. Dance can be traced back to early days of civilization sourcing from Africa and Europe. Many people argue about if dance is a sport or an art. Which i believe it is an art, that has lost its respected beauty along the way. For centuries, dance has been a way people expressed their…

2008). The third characteristic is to focus on desired behaviors and not vague observations (Denton, 2008). I know from personal experience the importance of this characteristic. In my recent field experience, we went on a field trip to watch the Nutcracker performed at a local theater. Prior to the field trip, we talked in class about expectations for certain behaviors as audience members. In class, we had the student list ways to be a…

me I was still alive, still fighting. Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers created the soundtrack to my release. The song that had been a favorite of mine since I was six years old had taken on a much deeper significance. When I performed my first Nutcracker, I remembered watching from the wings as the beautiful ballerinas with their perfect technique flew across the stage like masses of pastel colored larks. I remembered how calm I felt, and how I hadn’t felt that calm in a long while. And so,…

Classical ballet is the most structured and most formal, style of ballet that expresses a story through dance. Every pirouette, plié, and turn-out, demonstrates how beautiful the human body can be. Originating in Renaissance Italy, the original dance was brought to France in the 16th century, therefore receiving it’s formal French moves (Macuja-Elizalde). Classical ballet is a well-known art that many admire, but there is much more than what one may know about it on a physical and mental level.…

different because it is just one type of dance. I can’t explore as much with ballet. Dancing hip-hop is also my style of dance it is loose and carefree; however, ballet has set positions and it has to be precise. They are different production like the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and others for Disney princess for ballet. Hip-hop choreography are like the Cupid Shuffle, Cabbage Patch, and other dances. The music used in the dances are modified to match the dances. Ballet has a soothing and flow…

“I don’t need sunshine now to turn my skies to blue. I don’t need anything but you.” These famous words of Annie’s perfectly describe how many people feel when seeing this classic comic strip come to life on the big screen. “Annie” is one of those stories that has been here since the beginning. Parents introduce it to their children, and because of this it has worked its way up to present day. From the first time I had heard about it, every little thing about “Annie” has had a place in my heart.…

The most popular type of music in the U.S is band music. A most famous ballet in a Christmas story was the Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky was a 19th century Russian composer that stood above his ballet. Wagner wrote a motive called leitmotifs, motives that represent characters and they change as things happen to the character. Bill Holiday sang blues and he made music…