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Overview of the Lakota Culture and Sun Dance

interested in one of the most symbolic of all Lakota ceremonies and in the way the Lakotas forced interaction with the U.S. govern...

The Connection between Traditional Indian Dance and Contemporary Women's Expression

Dance comprises one of Indias most important art forms, art forms which have been in existence for thousands of years. While clas...

Sacred Native American Sun Dance Ritualistic Ceremony

In five pages this paper examines the sacred ritualistic ceremony of the Sun Dance in an overview that includes the vision of Sitt...

Early Culture of West Africa

This paper compares the Native American culture with the culture of West Africa in an overview of sculpture, dance, music, poetry,...

Dancing and Fela Anikulapo's Music

This 4 page paper gives an overview of how African beats and music have influenced dance. This paper includes Fela Anikulapo's mus...

The Cakewalk Dance

including at least some of the traditional African dance movements in their mocking. In fact, Ellison said that the slaves were "b...

Overview of the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago

company (which took on the name Gus Giordano Dance Company) was televised live frequently on WTTW-TV, which was Chicagos public te...

Overview of the Blackfeet

In ten pages this paper presents a post 18th century history of the Blackfeet and tribal rituals including the Shaking Tent Ceremo...

Overview of Gay Culture

In nine pages gay culture is examined in an overview that considers among other topics the definition of deviance, mannerisms and ...

Sacred Pipe of Native Americans, Ritual, and Repatriation

In ten pages this paper discusses the Sacred Pipe of Native American cultures particularly the Lakota Sioux in a consideration of ...

E-sourcing Strategy at Sun Microsystems

bidding system. Part of the art of establishing prices for customers lies in accurately forecasting future need, and the dynamic ...

Review: “The Sun Also Rises”

and Barnes are the same person. What is clear is that Hemingways experiences make Barnes seem very real. So does Hemingways famou...

REACTION TO HOSSEINI'S "A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS"

women (Laila) mentioned that women are freer under Soviet communism than they were under the Afghan form of government. The other ...

Dedam, MA in Phoenix Sun's Newspaper Headlines

In five pages this paper examines Phoenix Sun newspaper headlines pertaining to this Eastern Massachusetts town....

Book Review of Gary Clayton Anderson's Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood

In seven pages Anderson's Lakota Sioux ethnohistory is considered in this information overview and critique. There are no other s...

Mato Tilpali: Conflict in the Black Hills

Mato Tipila regularly as part of my religious observations, this is not only a political issue for me but also a personal issue. ...

Afghanistan Development - Review And Recommendations

nations employ many Afghans. On April 29-30, 2007, Afghanistan held the Fourth Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) in Kabul (Afg...

Paul Taylor - Interpreting Works of Modern Dance

moving about in a city going about their everyday business. In particular, one can observe movements in just the first installment...

Dance Practice

indications are, as they attempt the dance moves that are described by the instructor, that this is the initial lesson for the mov...

Nature Versus Industrialization

their lives and they were willing to offer such gifts to others, symbolic of their natural existence and nature as giving people....

Doris Humphrey and Her Dance Reviewed

as is further seen in the following: "Welcome as it was, however, this very success meant that young Doris was trapped in a teachi...

Choreographers Charles Weidman and Alvin Ailey

which included Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman (Beginnings of Modern Dance, 2004). By the end of the 1920s, th...

'Dance' Master Henri Matisse

Any artist may be intrigued by a subject and ask the proverbial - "what if" concerning that subject or idea. Then the question m...

Dancers and Variations in Attitudes

also evidence that some attitudinal variations were indeed caused by prejudice. Authors suggests that more research is necessary t...

Theater and Dance

In twelve pages this paper discusses how dance has been an essential component in theater evolution throughout history in terms of...

Creek and Cherokee Tribes and Traditional Southeastern Dance Decline

In six pages this paper examines the reasons why traditional Southeastern Native American dances like the stomp dance have decline...

Middle East and Belly Dancing

In five pages the cultural value of belly dancing in the Middle East is examined and is also compared with other U.S. dance forms....

Life and Dance Philosophy of Merce Cunningham

Merce Cunningham's life and dance philosophy that radically innovated dance to an evocative postmodernist expression are discussed...

'Dance' and the Painting by Matisse and Poem by Natalie Safir

hilltop is now shown as much as it is suggested by two rounded green shapes in the lower half of the painting. The dancers barely ...

Katherine Dunham, Aspects of Her Legacy

This research paper discusses aspects of the career of Katherine Dunham, the first choreographer to research and incorporate Carib...