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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...

Theater and Dance

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

19th Century American Slavery and Marriages

In five pages this paper examines 'jumping the broom' and other rituals that were part of the 19th century American slave marriage...

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....

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' 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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Franklin, Emerson and Whitman

means, in turn, there "are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory,...

Third Grade Health/How to Protect Your Skin

so that they will not get skin cancer from getting sunburned. The saying means to "slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a h...

Sunscreen Speech

quantified according to its "sun protection factor" or SPF. 1 The SPF applies to UVB rays. As yet, there is no FDA approved measu...

Comparative Analysis of European Americans and Native Americans

culture is quite different from mainstream culture in many aspects, on a daily basis. In this region of the country, for ex...

Metacom of the Wampanoag: Changing Perceptions Over Time

predominant mindset of manifest destiny that set the stage for the many abhorrent actions that were yet to unfold in Native/White ...

Native Americans and Japanese Americans

they ultimately became part of the majority as their facial features and skin color were not obviously different. But, with the Na...

The Louisiana Native Guards by James G. Hollandsworth

As such there is not a great deal written on the African American experience and the story of the Louisiana Native Guards is one t...

The Accuracy of American History Books

faced. Foner explains that by the time the Savannah Colloquy would come around, slavery was already an institution3. He explains t...

Native American Influences on Modern American Culture

also being reflected in modern culture with the search for a spiritual connection with the earth, which is a value being adopted a...

Colonialism

This essay/research paper, first of all, defines colonialism and discusses how it can be differentiated from imperialism. Then, t...

Sacred and Secular Music: Al Green's Path to God

This 8 page paper gives an overview of the position of both secular and sacred music within the African American Church. This pape...

Comparing Solar Cells with Plant Cells

each material are different and diffuse between them, producing an "internal gradient in the electric field across the junction re...

The Poor Treatment of the American History

for the Native Americans and they did this without a thought to their natural human rights. American historical facts supports thi...

The Evolution of the Americas

has been noted, the question of precisely when Native Americans arrived in the Americas is surrounded more by speculation than it ...

King Philip's War by Jill Lepore

In five pages this historical text by Jill Lepore is analyzed in a consideration of how American identity was shaped by that long ...

Sun's Equilibrium

1987, p. 126). This cemented the scientific foundation for nuclear physicist Hans Bethes 1938 theory that nuclear burning was res...

The Literature of Black America

has been missing in his life and that his values and priorities are backward and unfulfilling. For example, by the time Milkman jo...