Betty Marie Research Paper

Lynn Simonson is an internationally respected educator of jazz dance and is the creator of the Simonson Technique which is an organic approach to movement that prepares the body to dance in a way that is anatomically intelligent and somatically aware. Lynn was born in Los Angeles on April 24, 1943, to her parents Henry and Louise Simonson. When Lynn was 8 years old, she moved with her family to Seattle, Washington where her father joined the Seattle Symphony Orchestra where he played the violin and her mother opened a dance studio. This is where she began to get ballet training from dancers who used to be part of Diaghllev and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. When she was 13 years old, she began to teach dance in her mother’s studio where she got introduced to jazz and then went on to be hired as a singer and dancer for Equity stock musicals.

By the time she was fifteen, her teachers had taught her everything, so they sent her off to one of the first Off-Broadway theaters. Sokolow attended the Henry Street Settle House, which was the original Neighborhood Playhouse. In 1928, she was given a full scholarship to dance in the special classes of the Junior Festivals Players. Some of her teachers were Martha Graham, Louis Horst, Michio, Ito, and Benjamin Zamach. Her first theatre performance was Ernest Bloch’s Israel Sympony in 1928.

And the 50 Shades Of Grey star wore her hair up and let her natural beauty shine through in minimal make-up. American actress and comedian Leslie Mann introduced Dakota Johnson, then took the stage to accept her award, give a hearty speech in that way she thanked her mother and grandmother for "making her the woman she is today." Dakota, who 's been rocking brunette tresses since dock the role of Fifty Shades of Grey 's also thanked her grandma Tippi for being her biggest role model inside Elle 's November issue: "When I saw her in Marnie, I just thought it was such a magical thing to be one way in real life and then be a completely different way [on-screen]." Griffith and Johnson divorced in 1976 just six months after tying the knot.

Born in Fairfax, Oklahoma, Maria Tallchief was one of the America’s most known ballerinas from the mid 1900s. She was considered to be “America’s first prima ballerina.” Something very notable about this women was she was from an Osage tribe and she was the first Native American to start a dance career. Maria Tallcheif showed her passion through dance through her performances, her marriages to people of the dance world, and through her persistent teaching to other dancers. Maria Tallchief danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the 1940s and then became professionally known.

Enduring the mess of her parent’s divorce, she finds some escape in dance, as it offers her control and power. It also introduces her to 47 year-old Maurice DuPont, a reclusive, charismatic balletomane who becomes her mentor. Over the course of three years, Mira is accepted into the School of American Ballet, run by the legendary George Balanchine, and eventually becomes one of Mr.B’s girls - a dancer of rare talent chosen for greatness.

The book that I have chosen for this semester was “Life in motion”, an autobiography by Misty Copeland. I personally chose to read this book because it is about a dancer and I am a dancer. This book stood out to me because she is my inspiration and has been for a long time. I look up to her and I decided well, to read a book about my inspiration.

In 1908 Graham 's family moved to Santa Barbara, California because Martha 's sister Mary developed chronic asthma. It is known that the air in Pittsburgh was dirty , unhealthy and full of soot from the factories that had been springing up around the area. The air and weather in California was far cleaner, healthier and nicer to live in. Martha did not have a desire to dance till the year 1914 when she got the

When she was young she has alot of lesson like dance, singging and other stuff that her family want to, after the few lesson she try competiting in the competition that she want to try and then she one several

Fonteyn focus on her entire career with the Royal Ballet. Her debut was as a snowflake in The Nutcracker in 1934. The next year a wealth of dance roles in the standard classics, such as The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Swan Lake, became open to the young Margot due to the departure of the great ballerina Alicia Markova. Fonteyn loved to become the romantic heroines. Her first major role was in Frederick Ashton 's new ballet Le Baiser de la Fee in 1935.

Caitlyn Nelson is 12 years old and obviously goes to Miller Middle School as a 7th grader. She has been doing many activities for the past years (which I would never be able to do) including Cosplay, dancing, etc. Caitlyn has the perfect, even dream model body which makes her a perfect fit for Cosplay. Her long legs also make her a perfect fit for dance and even modeling. I interviewed Caitlyn and here’s what I found out about her: Cosplay?!

My Grandmother, Paula Bridwell grew up with two loves, music and horses. In Hobbs, New Mexico, She grew up singing and riding horses, which has shaped with her life throughout the years. The local rodeo in Hobbs, New Mexico in 1964 was quite a sight. The whole community it seemed would come out to see the competitions.

Nellie McClung was a political activist. She was also a charmer with a gift for oratory and a delightful sense of humour. Her spirited leadership rallied others to the cause of women's suffrage in Manitoba in the early 20th century. As a young girl, Nellie questioned traditional "women's roles."