Out of the two dances, Matthew Bourne’s rendition of Swan Lake was my least favorite. I thoroughly enjoyed the traditional clip of Swan Lake. In the traditional dance there was precision, cohesiveness, and timing. One big reason I did not enjoy Bourne’s dance is because it seemed too “flowy”. By that I mean it was a more relaxed version in my opinion. I did not like how there was so many people in this dance compared to the traditional one, and that it did not seem that all dancers were dancing with one another. There was a lot of jumping and flaying of their arms. This felt more of lyrical dance compared to a ballet. The dance for me, was just more watching a lot of people running on and off stage jumping and swaying.
Bourne’s version was
not very pleasing to the eye. When one watches a dance performance just as if you are looking at a painting, you want it to be pleasing to the eye. In this case, there was so much chaos on stage I could not get myself to enjoy it. It was like looking at a bad splattered painting, where the paint was just thrown on with different colors. The traditional Swan Lake had cohesiveness, which this dance lacked, and that is where it fell short for me. Going back to the week 1 presentation, the very first few slides are about aesthetic and paying attention to detail. This dance allowed me to experience the ability of judgment on a dance and seeing it as a work of art more than something entertaining. In this case, I very much disliked this piece of art. I did not find Bourne’s dance beautiful or graceful, and when I think of Swan Lake that is what I picture. Everyone has his or her own interpretation of art, and with this specific dance I do not find myself wanting to re-watch it. With any work of art, you want to feel excitement because it gives you adrenaline and intensity just by experiencing something, but Bourne’s dance made me feel like I was just watching children hop around a stage.
Hope, desperation, relief, and joy were the emotional aspects that I grasped onto during the piece. While there was not a literal story, it was relatable and real. The dance was visually beautiful, because the lighting, costumes, silk, and choreography worked together to create a picture of water. Yet, the music and idea behind the dance gave the intense and emotional aspect. Each of these elements worked together to create a piece that was mesmerizing and light
The differences I observed were that all of these videos showed a different style of tap dance. While, the Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather displayed a classical tap. This kind of tap means that the dance consists of ballet, tap, and jazz
Have you ever read something and was so deep in it that you felt inspired and received a connection from it? Gabriel Garcia Marquez does this in the story “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the world.” Marquez gets across two ideas about inspiration and connections through his use of symbolism, character, and setting.
The element that stood out the most to me was how effectively the music and the footwork corresponded. The best examples of this are seen through the dancers solos. Especially Albrecht's solo, his feet glide on the stage at the same tempo as the music. Similarly, Giselle's graceful footwork is truly amazing. I really like the similarities between the choreographed footwork and the music, it makes Giselle seem much more elegant and beautiful. This also seems to make the work look more put together and in sync because the dancers are dancing in harmony with the orchestra. The choreography by itself is amazing. The footwork is rapid and intricate, however, at the same time it is delicate and graceful. The ballerina (Giselle) made it look very easy to do the choreography, when it rea...
In “Once More to the Lake,” E.B. White expresses a sense of wonder when he revisits a place that has significant memories. Upon revisiting the lake he once knew so well, White realizes that even though things in his life have changed, namely he is now the father returning with his son, the lake still remains the same. Physically being back at the lake, White faces an internal process of comparing his memory of the lake as a child, to his experience with his son. Throughout this reflection, White efficiently uses imagery, repetition, and tone to enhance his essay.
T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” is set in the 1960s, a time, as the narrator sees it, “when it was good to be bad” (125). As a result, he believes he is a “dangerous character” and strengthens his image by doing rebellious things in his town. However during his journey to and back from Greasy Lake, he is thrown into a different setting, where his experiences tint his understanding of humanity. The narrator transforms from someone who thinks he knows who he is, to losing his sense of self, then being shocked back into reality, and finally becoming aware. The narrator’s perception of nature and his surroundings parallel the regression and evolution of his understanding of self-awareness.
In the end the original stands out much more compared to the movies of it. It takes away from the movies from the theme presented to the music chose for it. These flaws and many more take almost the whole experience away. Truly in the end the far superior best telling of Romeo and Juliet is in the origional, and it truly provides the best experience.
Almost all young men hit a point in life where his mindset transitions from the imagined indestructability to the comprehension of humanity. Many see it as a steady change with no definite stage of illumination, nonetheless a sequences of open-minded phases or “the stepping stones into maturity.” For a select few, there is an insight, bounded by a catastrophic occurrence that incites a renovation in one’s outlook on something. Whichever comes to play, the unavoidable renovation subsists. The short story “Greasy Lake" by Thomas Coraghessan Boyle exposes this rational alteration in three young but “undeveloped” men as they face a chain of faults, penalties, and reiteration.
...downfalls. Fagan in his own hope want the audience to look at dance without going through boredom or thinking dance as a medicine (Bramley 24:1997). The musical has allowed this particular component to make differences to such challenges from one dance to the next. This was possible due to Fagan’s approach to choreography that are different compared to another choreography that was designed to other Disney films turned musicals i.e. Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid. These two notable musicals have taken the stages of Broadway by storm. However, there is an ingredient missing to those shows that Taymor was able to capture from beginning to end with the Lion King. It was a risky challenge that Fagan radically took out of the negative into the positive with the use of vocabulary to approach the use of dance and movement as part of a highly successful musical.
One notable difference between William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Julie Taymor’s film version of the play is the altered scenes that made quite a difference between the play and the movie version. This difference has the effects of creating a different point of view by altering the scenes affected the movie and how Taymor felt was necessary by either by keeping or deleting certain parts from the play. I use “Altered Scene” in the way of how Julia Taymor recreates her own point of view for the movie and the direction she took in order to make the audience can relate to the modern day film. I am analyzing the way that the altered scenes changes to make a strong impression on the audiences different from the play. This paper will demonstrate
Tchaikovsky is one of the most popular of all composers. The reasons are several and understandable. His music is extremely tuneful, opulently and colourfully scored, and filled with emotional passion. Undoubtedly the emotional temperature of the music reflected the composer's nature. He was afflicted by both repressed homosexuality and by the tendency to extreme fluctuations between ecstasy and depression. Tchaikovsky was neurotic and deeply sensitive, and his life was often painful, but through the agony shone a genius that created some of the most beautiful of all romantic melodies. With his rich gifts for melody and special flair for writing memorable dance tunes, with his ready response to the atmosphere of a theatrical situation and his masterly orchestration, Tchaikovsky was ideally equipped as a ballet composer. His delightful fairy-tale ballets, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker are performed more than any other ballets. Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky's first ballet, was commissioned by the Imperial Theatres in Moscow in 1875. He used some music from a little domestic ballet of the same title, composed for his sister Alexandra's children in 1871.
The pond is placed here because on page 143, it said “Edwin stopped beside a long rocky slope that roose every several hundred feet to their right above the shallow valley. On their left, the stream flattened out into a large, calm, crystal clear pond. Upstream about a hundred yards, the stream gushed through a rock gorge, calming as it flowed into the still pool.” (Mikaelsen, 143)
All three of the different versions “What is This Thing Called Love?” affected me differently in a way that they were three different versions similar but also entirely different. The first versions by Holman was very different to what you would think and what is shown on T.V as to how jazz sounded. This version reminds me somewhat of Broadway and had a very slow tempo.
Within the context of film industry, the film Titanic by James Cameron belongs to epic romance/ disaster genre. The film, released in 1997, was a global box office hit because the director provided equal importance to history, fiction and romance. To be specific, one can see that the film’s plot is based upon the history of RMS Titanic. On the other side, the main characters including the protagonist and the heroine (Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater/Dawson) are fictional characters. Besides, the element of romance between the main characters (Jack and Rose) is the film’s main attraction. Thesis statement: The critical analysis of the film Titanic proves that the innovative mode of storytelling (flash back and other techniques), Acting, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Style and Directing (equal importance to fictional and historical characters), Societal Impact, and Genre (epic romance/disaster) are the most important factors behind the film’s success as a historical/fictional masterpiece (special references specific shots, scenes, characters, stylistic devices and/or themes).
Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen – Nina is a very talented young and confident ballerina. She has taken up to ballet due to her mother who is also an ex-ballerina. She is presented a golden opportunity to play the lead role in the new Season of Swan Lake where she is required to portray the role of the White Swan as well as the Black Swan. Nina characteristics makes her, a perfect fit for the White Swan however the director feels she lacks conviction to play the Black Swan. Moreover he singles out another dancer for the role of the Black Swan. These entire factors, makes Nina go into a tizzy consumed by hate and jealousy she goes into hallucinations and sense of madness to try and prove to her first and the world that she would suit to play the role of the Black Swan. Nina has a deeper darker side inside her which only circumstances like these bring out. This character was very interesting to watch on screen.