Mary McLeod Bethune was born on July 10th, 1875 in Maysville, South Carolina. She was the only one of seventeen children to go to school. Bethune was an educator, author, civil rights activist leader, and an innovator, and she has had a great impact on the state of Florida. In 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune started a private school for African American students in Daytona Beach, Florida called Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls.
Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, is a renowned teacher, choreographer, director and performer who is known as the founder of modern dance in Australia; 1965 saw the Australian Dance Theatre open under Dalman, further cementing Australia’s respected position internationally on the dance stage (Australian Government, 2013). Modern or contemporary dance, is seen as similar to ballet with small elements from other styles of dance. The movements in contemporary dance are performed on the floor with less structure than the strict movements seen in ballet. In addition, dancers often perform in bare feet, further emphasizing the freedom this style of dance allows; performers emotions are expressed through movements (Bedinghaus, T. 2015). Versatility, unpredictable
“Where are you now, Gene Kelly?” asked poet Jeremy Bass, “The show’s still going, and we’ve forgotten how to dance” (Bass 76). A Pittsburgher in Hollywood, as he was known, Gene Kelly was an inimitable figure in the history of dance. Known for revolutionizing the world of movie musicals, Gene Kelly’s aura of commonality and ease within his art contributed to the assumption that he would be opposed to the structure of nineteenth century classical ballet. However, due to the nature of his artistic upbringing, his “Excalibur Ideology” and his staged opposition and appreciation of the nineteenth century dance conventions, one can deduce that Kelly, while having respect for classical ballet, believed in the progressing evolution of dance toward
Before this unit, black dancing often differed from whites. First off, many of them seemed more comedic, Josephine Baker from Le Revue Des Revues. Her innovated performance brought her stardom, for she was the first African America international entertainer. She used her whole body in dances, freely moving around. In the 1920s, people deemed her dance ‘savage’ due to the lack of structure and revealing clothes.
Martha Graham is an artist and choreographer who is a standout amongst the most powerful figures of advanced move. Her family was puritans, so Martha Graham was raised in a stern family. Graham got to be distinctly inspired by move in the wake of watching Ruth St. Denis' move execution. She needed and chose to wind up distinctly an artist, yet her dad didn't permit her to concentrate the move. Be that as it may, she started her learns at the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, established by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn.
Second, she argues that movement needs more attention "as a primary, not a secondary, social text, one of immense importance and tremendous challenge" (49). She argued that because we tend to only rely on texts, art, sometimes music to learn about a culture. Desmond states that "we should not ignore the ways in which dance signals and enacts social identities in all their continually changing
The video also brings up other important questions but they generally stem from these two. The fact that Marla’s art is also classified as Modern Art also shines a light on the rebellious art movement. Modern Art was a direct reaction to what was or is considered art. The very nature of the style forces you to really think about what you considered art to be. So, Marla Olmstead’s pieces of work is almost the perfect representative for the style.
Susan B. Anthony was the most influential person in the history of equality. Her whole life she dedicated herself to the world seeking equality for women, equality for slaves, and equality for the world. Born into a Quaker family, she was raised around those who believed society as it was, was unjust and unfair. Therefore, from a young age she had solidified her world view, everyone is equal under god was her belief, and society's bias and segregated laws were her motivation to make a stand and be the change the world so desperately needed. Susan B. Anthony’s actions impacted all of history as she strived for a better world for people of all gender, ethnicity, and status.
Our world has been shaped by the people who have come before us and made a change. All of these people have had their own force of impact, but only one hundred were voted into the top one hundred list in the Atlantic addition of “They made America”. On this list I found people I had never even heard of, but also people who truly have impacted the world we live in today. Some examples of figures who are on the list include: number one, Abraham Lincoln, number eight, Martin Luther King Jr., number fifteen, Theodore Roosevelt, number thirty-eight Susan B. Anthony, and all the way down to number one hundred, Herman Melville (Douthat 60-78). After reading this list thoroughly and understanding why each person was placed were, I believe that Alexander Graham Bell should be moved from spot number twenty-four, up to
There are a lot of elements in the life that affect people’s lives,and the way they are thinking about different situations. These elements also not affect how they think, but how they achieve their goals. Some people get affected by their families, their friends and the community around them. These elements are what make people the way they are. It depends on the person how he or she takes from each of those elements to influence him/her.
Ideas suggesting equality between men and women went unappreciated by society during the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette welcomed these ideas by implying individualism. Scholars classified Antoinette as a rude tramp, basing their conclusions off primaries from the frustrated poor folk. The less fortunate had been cheated by their king and his financial advisors, who failed to create solutions to help the country’s ailing economy. The French societal norms demonstrated this as women had to obey society and their husbands’ orders.
In today’s society, leaving an influential legacy on the internet determines how famous a person is or was. When one searches Elizabeth Taylor on Google, about 221-228 million results emerge, exceeding Bill Gate’s and Marilyn Monroe’s results combined. During her younger years, other girls were playing with dolls while she was becoming increasingly aware of the effect her appearance had on people. Because of the lack of a father figure in her life, Taylor married “manly” men who could take care of her childlike antics. Elizabeth Taylor was less popular after her two rehab admittances, especially when she arbitrarily married a construction worker she had met there.
Dance constantly shifts throughout time, and in the 1990’s, the Macarena dance created a “craze” that constructed a new way of viewing a cultural identity, therefore introducing a different social norm for dance. Through simple, inclusive, and fun dance moves, the Macarena represented a social dance, where a variety of people were able to participate, and the dance was capable of being slightly modified within cultures to expand from one cultural meaning and to create a similar, yet different experience for each person who participated. Many may simply see the Macarena as a fun dance, but the roots of the Macarena constructed a new normative for identity throughout dance. The Macarena dance originated in Latin America, by a Spanish duo named
She created dance moves that were very fluid and natural to go in with the theme of nature and its beauty. At one point in the dance, she has the dances crouch down in a stair-like position and has another dancer run across their backs with another dancer holding their hand to keep them from falling. This creates the illusion of freedom but, it also shows how the dancer needed the other dancers for support and stability. This part of the dance also fell into swells theme of nature. The dancer scurrying across their backs seemed like a bird, this was shown throughout the dance with the lifts and supports Swell used.
The Role of the Costume Designer in Modern Dance One of the most crucial but often looked over people involved in a performance are the costume designers. Costume Designers have a specific job with goals they must achieve by manipulating the use of certain tools, fabrics, colors, and texture. A costume designer’s goals can be easily broken down into five different categories. These categories include establishing the tone, time and place, character information, aiding the performer, and coordinating with the director. The tone and style of the performance should represent to the audience the approach of the performance and what image they are trying to achieve.
