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Americas and the Influence of Latin Culture

Practitioners of Santeria do pray to Catholic saints, but they also venerate animistic gods and goddesses which stem from the Afri...

Social Performance and the Rave Culture

acceptance the all-night gatherings generate. Its a state of peace and unity kids say they cant find in the real world," though mo...

Australian Aboriginals

one or the other, is not making one culture look worse or better than the other, and is ultimately leaving any decision or opinion...

Storytelling in Two Native American Novels

Jimmy thinks back to his childhood. At any rate, it is a startling introduction to life as Jimmy and other Indians live it. It al...

Report: “Teaching the Elephant to Dance”

in the past is actually keeping them from succeeding in the present. That is, because methods worked for them before, they keep do...

Andrew Dubus/Dancing After Hours

viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...

Relying Upon Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko as a Historical Source

In seven pages this paper examines Silko's novel from a historical context in an analysis of what Ceremony reveals about the latte...

Edgar Degas and Interpretations of Dance

their videos and use it on stage. Madonna, and Michael and Janet Jackson, are just a few pop stars who incorporate dance into thei...

Maya Deren and the Shadow Self

on the table with a knife still perched within it, a telephone off the hook on the stairs, as if someone is on hold. Her mind imme...

School Dance Curriculum Proposal

reduce the chances of developing several chronic illness later in life. Regular physical activity reduces the chances of heart dis...

Mythical and Religious Themes in the Eastern Art Tradition

in regard to religious art. Religion, of course, is very diverse in India. Hindu is the primary religion (comprising 82.6 percen...

Music of Ireland and the Chieftains

Chieftains I in 1964 (Hudson, 2005). According to Moloney, who is acknowledged to be the principal guiding light behind the grou...

Leisure Music

when I first heard this tune" aspect to it. Or maybe the student has other reasons for why music is a...

1930s' Chicago

In a paper consisting of six pages Chicago back in the 1930s is considered through such topics as Al Capone and gangsters, corrupt...

Radha by Ruth St. Denis

fact, one might readily surmise how this absence of formal instruction actually enhanced the creativity and originality that emana...

The Idea of Dreams from Toni Morrison and Alain Locke

Morrisons novel this rebirth was filled with dreams and possibilities. For Joe and Violet it was a dream of better opportunities. ...

Blue Winds Dancing by Thomas Whitecloud

In five pages this paper discusses social orientation questioning within the context of Thomas Whitecloud's Blue Winds Dancing. T...

Sitting Bull's Life from Dakota to Wounded Knee

In five pages this paper discusses the life and death of Sitting Bull which include such topics as his Little Big Horn battle invo...

French Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach and Dance Patterns

of Johann Sebastian Bach clearly represent the elements of inert expression while, at the same time, project a distinct sense of p...

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 ...

Orientation and Spatiality in Architecture and Dance

In seventeen pages the time and space continuum that exists in both architecture and dance are compared in terms of positive and n...

The Dance Film, 'Tap'

dance in his life. What makes this film powerful in its presentation of dance is that it makes the viewer aware of the passiona...

Communication of Native Americans

should be. Evelyn Thom, born in 1927, provides a view of the traditional jingle dress dance. "We went to the round dance...

Dance and Daily Life Movement

up his body from the legs, then the hips, shoulders, arms, wrist and finally the fingers as the ball is released from the pitchers...

American Concert Dance Periods

time to waste. Indeed, nothing could be further from the truth, as is clearly demonstrated by the following four American Concert...

The Lasting Influence of Bill Bojangles Robinson

The writer describes the influence of Bill Bojangles Robinson on the public perception of dance, and his ability to break down eco...

Black Folk Tradition and Black Middle Class Tension

In ten pages this paper examines the conflict between African cultural traditions and the contemporary African American middle cla...

Dance and Fitness Concepts for the Physically Impaired

This paper examines various concepts pertaining to instructional techniques for teaching fitness and dance classes to individuals ...

Dance Teaching as a Passion

In 5 pages this paper examines how a passion for dance instruction can be developed. There are 5 sources cited in the bibliograph...

Biography of Dancer and Choreographer Isadora Duncan

In five pages this notorious artist, her life, tragedies, and dance contributions are examined. Four sources are cited in the bib...