Therapeutic Storytelling is a powerful, fun and exciting method of psychotherapy, and group therapy that can be used on individuals of any age and in many different styles and variations. The therapist can incorporate verbal and non-verbal information using puppets, acting, facial expressions, books, journals, experiences and more. It is the preparation and delivery of the story that affects the therapeutic outcome for the clients who are participating in the program. Therapeutic success is accomplished
This essay will explore how these elements contribute to Oaxaca's unique identity, arguing that indigenous traditions and modern influences create a dynamic culture that embodies resilience and creativity. Celebrations and Festivals Oaxaca is renowned for its colorful festivals, with the Guelaguetza being one of the most recognized. This annual celebration in July showcases the region's diverse ethnic groups through music, dance, and traditional costumes. According to Garden Blog, "Guelaguetza
struggles of the past and current challenges facing Benin, the small country is thriving with its uniquely rich culture. In Benin independence day is an important celebration: Independence Day is a national holiday in Benin. Celebrations on this day take place on grand scale throughout the country. National leaders deliver speeches reflecting
People in Norway had a special way of dressing: “The national costume, the bunad, [was] characterized by double-shuttle woven wool skirts or dresses for women… for men generally consist[ed] of a three-piece suit that also [was] very colourful and heavily embroidered” (Sandvik 2015). The bunad was used as a
- a crucial first link in the chain that bought rap to Africa Sidney Duteil Deejay who was largely responsible for popularization of rap in France Host of the first french television show (H.I.P.H.O.P) hosted by a black person The first regular national TV show in the world dedicated to hip hop Crucial to the growth of rap in France Hip hop in France Multiethnic Involves children of minorities from Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean and North Africa as well as white Predominantly black and Arab rappers
traditions that make it charming. These beliefs and traditions are shown by the performing arts of theatre, film, dance, etc. which somehow voice the existence of the Japanese people. Bunraku is the result of blending the three art forms of puppetry, storytelling and music. Bunraku is Japan’s most popular puppetry for 300 years among adults. The Bunraku puppet can vary from 1/3-1/2 life-sized puppet that is lit up by a focused light and there are three puppeteers that operate just one puppet. The puppeteers
the margins of his school textbooks to create his own animated movies (Rodriquez 4). He painstakingly created elaborate action scenes and seemingly invincible characters that would later proliferate his own oeuvre. However, despite his visual and storytelling talents, Rodriquez was a poor kid with no aptitude for math, science, and
Steve McQueen associates making a film to, "writing a novel – you're telling a story. " This message is powerful and defines the true purpose of filmmaking that is, ‘to tell a story.’(Victorino) Hollywood has capitalized on the aspect of visual storytelling first introduced in 1985 by the Lumiere brothers with their first movie ever made for projection -- Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory. They (Hollywood), then designed a Studio System called Classic Hollywood Cinema to Finance, Organize, Produce
Miami, Florida, and Anchorage, Alaska: A Tale of Two Cities. Miami, Florida, and Anchorage, Alaska, offer contrasting and fascinating snapshots of urban life in the United States. Each city boasts unique characteristics shaped by its climate, urban organization, cultural diversity, economic significance, and ability to withstand natural disasters. Miami, located at the southeastern tip of Florida, and Anchorage, nestled in the southcentral part of Alaska, embody the diversity and resilience of American
Impact in Screen Culture With the evolution over the past century of Australia’s screen culture, the industry through both its success and failures has fostered “An Australian film industry, [which] enables Australia to talk to itself, recognize itself and engage the attention of the world in doing so” (Dermody & Jacka, 1987, p 17). Three impactful films within Australian screen culture have been Muriel’s Wedding (House, Moorhouse & Hogan, 1994), Bra Boys (Abberton & DeSouza, 2007) and Samson and
mythology, with superheroes becoming the legends, same like Heracles and Theseus, similar like now we are drawing our inspiration from them. And who knows, maybe someday we will have an event with the same scope as Olympic Games, which came from festivals in honor of Zeus and Olympic Gods, that captures the world every four years. After all the discussion it turned out that there is not such a big difference between three thousand years old Geek boy and modern kid enjoying the next movie about Iron
THERESE MARIE VILLARANTE: THE GIRL WITH A HEART OF ART BY SAMANTHA JANE V. GOMEZ 11- BOCOBO Ever since she was a little, her parents would already buy her books to read. She would sometimes pretend that she had written a story even before she could ever learn how to write. When she went to college, she once lost her own path. She took up a course which she never really wanted. It was like being in a crowd trying to fit in. Or like forcing a wrong key to open a door. She was at lost. But when Therese
film’s director of photography, Oleg Mutu. The motion picture is considered to be the international breakthrough of the Romanian New Wave, winning various awards including the prestigious Palme d’Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. (Dawson 2009) The story is set in an unnamed provincial city in Romania, where Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Găbiţa (Laura Vasiliu) share the same room in a student dormitory. They are University colleagues during the last years of communism.
just happen. I’ll give you an example: A few weeks ago in Nicaragua, university students decided to march about an issue, they were met by brutal government groups and police that sought to oppress them. They were atrincherados, entrenched in the National Cathedral. It was total chaos. They started posting their whereabouts in social media, writing their names on their hands. They thought they would be killed. Chaos, no direction, no order, stuck, no
is fixed and internalized is myth, whether it is fact or fiction (Assmann 2011: 59). Therefore the memory of a group is a construction, or reconstruction, of the past. Collective memory can be expressed through a variety of different medias, e.g. festivals, rituals, symbols, memorial places, museums, as well as oral and written narratives, like myths, prophecies, law material, biographies and perceived historical accounts (Lewis 1975: 13). Each memory is specifically designed to recall events in the
Children in 1995, and a 30x10 mural at Gallaudet entitled "The Five Panels: Deaf Experiences".The mural is still on exhibit and has been lauded for its importance to the deaf experience. In May 1989, prior to the international deaf culture festival at Gallaudet University, Deaf Way II, Baird was one of eight deaf artists who produced a manifesto for De'VIA (Deaf View Image Art). This was a concept for deaf art that was differentiated from art by or for deaf people. Rather, it
continued their search for their own film language to the present day. Pak’s Farewell My Darling (Haksaengbugunsinwi, 1996) and Kazoku Cinema (Kajok sinema, 1998) and Im’s Chunhyang (Ch’unhyangdyôn, 2001), while employing the conventional mode of storytelling as a structural scaffold, often break down the wall between diegesis and nondiegesis. They thereby undermine cinematic illusionism, which has long dominated Korean film. Pak continues his formal experiment in his latest work Pongja (Pongja, 2000)
Identify Irish Step Dance is a percussive style of dance that comes from traditional Irish dance. It has fast paced intricate foot work with a ridged upper body. Riverdance is a performance of Irish Step Dancing that really got Irish Step Dancing recognized by the world. When, Where, Who, and How Irish Step Dancing originated around 1750 by dance masters from the counties Kerry, Cork, and Limerick. Dance masters created their own steps derived from traditional irish dances that were modified over
"A photograph is not merely a substitute for a glance. It is a sharpened vision. It is the revelation of new and important facts." ("Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History."). Sid Grossman, a Photo League photographer expressed this sentiment, summarizing the role photography had on America in the 1940’s and 50’s. During this era, photojournalism climaxed, causing photographers to join the bandwagon or react against it. The question of whether photography can be art was settled a long time ago. Most
Chinua Achebe was thirty years old when Nigeria gained its independence from Britain in l960. He had been born on November 16, l930 and named Albert Chinualumogu Achebe. However, two years prior to independence his first novel, Things Fall Apart, was published in l958 and it propelled him along with his nation into the consciousness of the world. Things Fall Apart remains the most widely circulated book in modern African literature. By the time of Achebe’s death on March 21, 2013 he had achieved