Margot Fonteyn: The Royal Ballet

Pavlova is known most famously for her role as The Dying Swan, choreographed by Micheal Fokine, which she debuted in 1905. This became her signature role; to this day it is hard to mention the role without speaking of Pavlova as well. She joined the Ballet Russe on tour in 1909 and toured through Europe and Australia with the Ballet before forming her own company in 1911, of which she named her husband, Victor Dandre, manager. Anna Pavlova changed the face of ballet across the world. She was told at a young age that she did not have the body shape or the strength to become a ballerina yet, she persisted and through her influence the ballet world adopted her style as the new standard.

I was lucky to have been able to interview Larissa at that time; she hadn’t joined Diablo Ballet until January, after the Winter Ballet Gala. She is one of the most beautiful dancers that I have ever seen, which may be because she has to been to, as she explained it “the best of the best”: the National Ballet School of Canada. Though she admitted that it may have been too large of a leap for her, a sixteen-year-old at the time, she knows that the experience has taught her many valuable lessons about ballet, given her the opportunity to meet amazing people, and have exceptional experiences. She did say, “Mostly, that high-stress situation led to me being the victim of the stereotype, and not knowing how to deal with stress at sixteen, away from home”; the stereotype she was referring to is the issue of being unsatisfied with her body and weight. Larissa had

Then, the transition in the passage leads you to the turning point in her life. The text states she was “shy, docile, and introverted”, and took ballet lessons at four that “brought her out of her shell”. This demonstrates the sequence structure used in this section. Another piece of evidence is Betty Marie wanting to become a ballerina with her new found passion. The passage lastly uses the transition phrase “From that moment” to emphasize the transformation in Tallchief and hints the end of the sequence in the first section.

In the 1940s, it was unusual for a 16-year-old girl to move from her home in Hillburn, New York to New York City, where she studied ballet at the School of American Ballet on Madison Avenue, George Balanchine’s troupe. She went on to perform in a variety of shows including Ballet Ballads and Can-Can, and was associated with a group called Ernie Richman and the Mannequins. One time, Aunt Nora found herself seated next to Judy Garland, who said to Nora, “I have seen your work.”

Chopin had high hopes as being as or more successful as her great-great-grandmother. After attending an all girls school and moving on to college, she met Oscar Chopin, a french born cotton factor. They married in 1870 and had a total of six children. Her first writings only really started once Oscar died in 1884, her writings consisted of a poem called “If it Might Be” and a piece of music called “Polka for Piano”. Within her twelve years of writing, she produced a play, a few novels, and almost 100 short stories.

Introduction – Josephine Baker “aka” Freda Josephine Mcdonald was a dancer and singer who was very popular in France during the 1920s. She also dedicated much of her life to fighting racism Introductory statement – Josephine fantasized of being one of those people on the big stage. Still in her elementary years she began dancing part-time in a chorus line. She turned sixteen and joined a traveling troupe.

The purpose of this school was to better train performers and improve the quality of dance. The academy also made a technique curriculum that transformed ballet into a form of discipline. King Louis XIV then established a performance company called Academie Royal de Musique de Dance and Pierre Beauchamp was named head dance master. Pierre Beauchamp was also the inventor of the 5 basic positions in ballet 1st 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th which since then have remained the foundation of all classical ballet technique.

Everyone is touched to see such love between the daughter and the father. As soon as the father daughter dance is over it follows by doing the traditional change of the slipper. The young girl sits on a chair and her father switches her shoe into a elegant high heel. This symbolizes a little girl changing into a women. A formal dinner is featured at the party.

The Empress Who Changed China: Empress Dowager Cixi was born into the ruling Manchu Minority, as a rather ordinary Chinese girl named Yehenara on November 29th, 1835. At age 16, she was brought to the Forbidden City to join Emperor Xianfeng's harem of concubines. Yehenara “rose to the top of the concubine ranks when the emperor overheard her singing and asked to see her. ”1 Yenahara quickly became part of the nightly roster of chosen concubines who visited Xianfeng's bed-chamber, and bore his son, Zaichun, in 1856. She was bestowed with the title, Tzu Hsi, which means "empress of the western palace," and is known as Cixi today.2 After Emperor Xianfeng

This bird is a reincarnation, or extension of her mothers spirit to help Cinderella even after death. Similarly, in the Little Golden Book version, Cinderella 's mother comes back to Cinderella as an actual fairy godmother. In this version, the representation of Cinderella 's mother helps Cinderella with her dress as well as the fairy godmother “looked at it [the dress]. “Good heavens” and with a wave of her magic wand, she turned the rag into a exquisite gown” (pg 6). Additionally, Cinderella 's mother 's spirit extends through death again in the film as an actual fairy godmother to help Cinderella.

Bella is the last one standing after a long period of time. Belle and Bella won the Grand Ballet that year. All the participants and their families were invited to the awards ceremony. At the awards ceremony, Belle and Bella were awarded a trophy to represent their accomplishment.

In Act 1 scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare heavily addresses the motifs of light and dark “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars… with this night’s revels, and expire the term,” (1.4.114&116). Stars literally and figuratively represent light. Figuratively they represent the “star-crossed” or fated love of Romeo and Juliet. Which leads to “some consequence” and “expire the term” meaning the death of the two teens. Both express figurative darkness regarding the figurative light perpetrated by their great love.

The Role of Women in Romeo and Juliet Compared to Women Today Did you ever think you would get married and start a family when you’re only thirteen years old? During Shakespeare’s time, this was normally what would happen. Women weren’t as independent as they are today and often didn’t choose how their futures would be. In “Romeo and Juliet,” women weren’t treated with respect and were less independent than women today. Also, women didn’t have the option to make their own choices like women today do.