New York City Ballet George Balanchine was born in 1904 and was raised in St. Petersburg. As the son of a composer, Balanchine’s piano study began at the age of five. After graduating from the Imperial Ballet School in 1921, Balanchine enrolled at the state’s Conservatory of Music where he studied piano and musical theory. Balanchine’s musical background gave him an advantage over other choreographers because he more fully understood the music he was dancing to (“Biography”). The first time George Balanchine danced was as a cupid in the Maryinsky Theatre Ballet Company Production of The Sleeping Beauty, his favorite ballet (“George Balanchine”).
Danzas Argentias One of Alberto Ginastera’s amazing compositions is the Danzas Argentias Opus 2, which was written in 1937. This work consists of three dance based pieces for the forte piano: Danza del Viejo Boyero (Dance of the Old Herdsman), Danza de la Moza Donosa (Dance of the Beautiful Maiden), and Danza del Gaucho (Dance of the Arrogant Cowboy). Theses dances were inspired by the gaucho tradition taking the listener back to the Argentine traditions. Beginning the study of music at a young age, Ginastera entered the Williams Conservatory at age twelve, throughout his life achieving many awards and successes one of which are these dances. Ginastera uses advanced composing techniques throughout Danzas Argentias, adding contrast in the rhythm as well as contrast well throughout the melody, between tension, deep feeling and relaxation.
The Charleston can be danced either in partners or as a solo. The music piece ‘Charleston`, was composed by P.Johnson and featured in Runnin wild. This was danced to in the 20s. Many of the Charleston steps developed into the Lindy Hop. Lindy hop is an African-American dance that originated in the Savoy Ballroom Harlem, New York in 1926.
She was then accepted to the University of Chicago in 1929 as an anthropology major in which she focused on dance. Dunham started her professional career when she formed a dance company named ‘Ballet Negre’. They had a debut performance at the annual Beaux Arts Ball in Chicago. In 1933 Dunham opened her first dance school in Chicago called The Negro Dance group. The dance school had great success which led her on to many successful years of dancing and choreographing.
At this time, the dancing masters roamed the countryside to teach the privileged children, who could pay for the lessons, how to Irish Dance. These dancing masters were usually a flamboyant, colorful male who would stay at farmers’ houses for a week; teaching the village children how to dance in the barn and develop self-control. Irish Dance involves very rigid precise steps. For a dancing master to be staying in your town, this would definitely be something to boast about. One of the first references to Irish Dance was in a letter written to Queen Elizabeth by Sir Henry Sydney saying that, “they are very beautiful, magnificently dressed and first class dancers” (Farrall).
The main purpose of my writing is to compare two schools namely PS 150 and PS 115. PS 115 and PS 150, both in Manhattan, took part in the ballroom dance competition. PS 115 won the competition but PS 150 failed at the initial stage of the competition. I write to compare facts about the two schools which would determine the reason for such outcome for both schools. The three facts to compare are team spirit of the dancers, kids’ life outside school, and test scores.
Samhain dates back to the ancient Celts who lived 2,000 years ago. “On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth (“Halloween”). Samhain, the Pagan holiday, in on November 1st but their celebrations did and still do start at sunset on October 31st. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes and danced around the bonfire. In addition to celebrations and dance, it was believed that the thin veil between the physical world and the other world provided extra energy for communications between the living and the dead.
5) Dulcimer- Looks like a long, flat violin with three strings. 6) Strophic Form- A song in which several verses of words are sung to the same melody. 7) Ballad- A English narrative song told in simple verses. 8) Broadside- A ballad printed on one sheet of paper, with a text often discussing political matters. 9) Hoedown – A portion of a square dance.
Thus, the festival is now 17 days when the first Sunday is October 2 and 18 days when it is October 1. In 2010, the festival lasted until the first Monday in October, to mark the 200-year anniversary of the event. The festival is held in an area named the Theresienwiese (field, or meadow, of Therese), often called Wiesn for short, located near Munich's center. Only beer which is brewed within the city limits of Munich is allowed to be served in this festival. Upon
Jonnelyn Espartero Dec. 13, 2010 MUSIC 10A 1:30 PM Concert Report #2 The concert, which was song and dance, took place on Thursday, December 9, 2010, at the Music Concert Hall of San Jose State University. The performers were SJSU Symphonic Band directed by Diana Hollinger and assisted by Donmelson Varsovia, Lincoln High School Wind Ensemble conducted by Craig McKenzie, MHT Samoan Youth Dance Group directed by Leagatonu Pau’auli, and the soloists Micheal Mpyangu and Brittany Chavez. Both the Lincoln High School Wind Ensemble and SJSU Symphonic Band were composed of mostly woodwind and brass and a couple of percussion and string instruments. The section leaders of the SJSU Symphonic Band were Britney Deal of Flute, Naomi Wang of Oboe, Chris Knight of Clarinet, Donmelson Varsovia of Bassoon, Mimi Paulson and Chris Olds of Alto Saxophone, Joseph Perry of French Horn, John Reynolds and Dylan Chavez of Trumpets, Whitney Hendrycks of Trombone, Nicholas Robinson of Tuba, Nick Liberatore of String Bass, and Marisa Gutierrez of Percussion. There were three pieces performed by the ensemble.