It is hard to avoid getting labeled because people are always judging you no matter what. The story “The Dancer” is about how a little girl came from a wicked past and got labeled a sociopathic along the way. Even though she got labeled, she overcame that through dancing and finding her Native American roots. There are many attributes of Native American literature in Vickie Sears’ story “The Dancer”. Traits found in this story include that the best way to learn is through experience, observation, listening and doing, oral traditions are important and maintaining traditions, native language and culture.
Black swan is a psychological drama that surrounds itself around the main ballerina, Nina, who is struggling by descending into the crazy world of ballet and the competitiveness that it brings. She has completely given her life to it and her mother did the same when she was her age. Nina played by Natalie Portman is very keen to learn both roles of the white and the black swan in order to win the lead for their upcoming production of “Swan Lake”. To please herself and her director she pushes herself to leave the “good girl” side and pursue something that she is not, because she fits in with the white swan completely. She has to take on the dark role of the black swan fully to make it look believable on stage.
“At first we are aware of the beat only. Then, as the volume increases slowly, we hear the melody.” This could represent that change that is happening in the Mundy household. The sisters get up to dance in the order of Maggie, Rose, Agnes, Chris and then Kate. This could be representing the order of women who are more open in paganism or, who Friel believes has the most happiness. Maggie’s dance represents as burst of madness (emits a wild, raucous ‘Yaaaah!’”.
She has been blowing people away in the fashion world since the 1960s with her bold designs and over the top fashion shows. Betsey Johnson was born August 10th, 1942 in Wethersfield Connecticut. Betsey Johnson grew up in Terryville, Connecticut with a passion for drawing and dance. She had a talent for art and trained in various styles of dance. Johnsons love for dance later led to her amazing fashion designs.
Each outburst of dance involving the characters gives the audience an insight into their real personalities but also the strain of their current situations. In Maggie’s monologue, the audience become aware of how beautiful dance is but it can be misunderstood. “They were just so beautiful together.” This point Maggie is making strengthens the aspect of a connection between two people through the means of dance. Dancing acts as a means of escaping social boundaries and also a way of self-expression. It is only through dancing that the Munday sisters feel satisfaction and take pleasure in their lives.
Last but not least, hearing Janaya wonderful singing voice is enchanting. Another one of her ultimate dreams is to play "Sarah" in the Broadway musical "Ragtime". Janaya also have a passion and a deep interest in film, and TV work. Janaya knows it takes a lot of discipline and dedication to succeed in the
QUESTION TWO: Describe how at least one major event in the era 1920-1960 is reflected through the work of Doris Humphrey. Use examples from her work to support your response. “I am neither Indian, nor Javanese, but American, and I want to dance what is appropriate for me.” These are the words of Doris Humphrey, showing that what she dances about are issues in America, and that she dances what Americans can understand and relate to. By studying her works we can see that there are various events that are reflected through her work. Events such as the changing roles of women, the Great Depression, and the change in the arts.
This would of cause her to emotionally stressed with not being happy where she was living, it would have affected her social growth as well particularly with the type of people she befriended. During her childhood she attended the Royal Ballet School at 9 years of age. This would have contributed to her physical growth and her social growth, because she is learning how to use her muscles to attain the right move, her knowledge of the body would of expanded, she would have made friends at the Ballet School, these friends would have been different to the friends she had where she was living. At this point she became familiar with dancing and her dance teacher could see that that she was special and had a natural talent for dancing. Cheryl was feisty as a child and got into girl fights, could this be because of her upbringing and the area she lived in and the people she was friends with, was this down to nurture?
To get good balance, dancers need to have strong core muscles. In ballet and tap, you can dance on stage by yourself or with a group. Although ballet and tap are similar in many ways, they are also very different. Ballet dancing came from the Italians, the French, and the Russians. Tap dancing came from the English clog dancers, the Irish step dancers, and the African American slaves.
Romped is the meaning for fun and playfulness (line 5). “Slid from the kitchen shelf” is saying that the pans were falling from the shelves because they were being too rough (line 6). The line “My mother’s countenance” is stating how the mother wasn’t happy about their dancing. Countenance is another meaning for tolerance. The mother could put up with the dancing to a certain point but it also made her mad (line 7).