New York City Ballet Analysis

Crunchy Granola Suite’s music is by G. Harrell ("Fosse - the Musical."). This specific piece of work is recognized by many dance critics to be one of the strongest pieces in the revue. The exciting piece, danced by twelve dancers is described as a showstopper. Two company members sing Crunchy Granola Suite: Brad Anderson and Eugene Fleming. These two members have been seen in previous numbers dancing, which is yet another example of the versatility Fosse expected from his dancers.

Some television shows that contain this are unskilled celebrities dancing on Dancing with the Stars and memorizing a dance piece in days in So You Think You Can Dance. Individuals argue that the public perceives the process of becoming a dancer to be quick and easy. Dance professionals feel that this representation shows an inaccurate representation of becoming a dancer. Specifically, with Dancing with the Stars, Tony Cardinali, a choreographer and studio owner, mentioned how becoming a professional dancer doesn’t take four to five weeks when starting out without prior experience (Bauknecht) Due to the quick timeframe of the shows themselves, the public perceives the perfection of the art of dance to be accomplished in days or a week timespan because of these shows. Others argue that dance is only seen as a source of entertainment, rather than a sense of art through television shows.

Known as one of the most popular of the Ballet Russes, the production Petrushka, choreographed by Michel Fokine with music composed by Igor Stravinsky, presents an unconventional approach to ballet in the early 1900’s. Fokine combined his ballet experience and knowledge of the dramatic arts to design a highly stimulating production that’s influence has allowed many dance academies to continually perform. The four scene ballet tells the story of love and jealousy between three puppets at a fair in St. Petersburg, Russia. Petrushka professes his love to the Ballerina, but she rejects him for the Moor instead, initiating jealousy. Provoking the Moor to a battle, Petrushka is finally killed by the Moor’s sword.

“ Work Hard. Dream Big.”  Mark Morris has been dancing since age of 8. Interestingly, he started to choreograph because of the existence of music. He’s able to give the entire first half hour of music for the party scene, the gift giving, the parents and children with the 70s vibe. He has been a choreographer since he was in his teens.

As a senior in high school, I have been gifted with theatre as a life-changing event. I have been a great part of my theatre at my high school and have managed to find self-worth and a future that is awaiting only my presence. I have come a long way from dropping out of a play six years ago to light designing and programming an entire production on my own. But, I didn 't just light design it, I told a story with a specific tool given to em. My job is to take light fixtures and enhance a story.

Another similarity these two musicals have is that the both have is counterpoint duet. In Sweeney Todd, judge Turpin and Sweeney sing the song “Pretty Women”. This song is a counter duet as the song is being sung from different points of view as judge Turpin is thinking of Sweeney’s daughter Johana whilst singing and Sweeney is thinking of avenging his wife. The counter point duet that was sung in Buffy the Vampire Slayer is sung by Rupert and Tara, Rupert is singing about how he wants to be more of a fatherly figure to buffy and Tara is singing about how she cannot trust Willow any

Similarly, the United States of America changes time and time again. America never stops evolving into something new. Broadway and musical theatre are no exception to that. Many out-of-this-world musical have made it on Broadway, but some of the greatest hits have been the ones based on the American society they lived in. A musical that is representative of society is something everyone can connect to because they live it every day.

Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz based on a book by Winnie Holzman. The musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz. Wicked celebrated its tenth anniversary on Broadway on 30 October 2013. It is the 9th longest-Broadway show, surpassing Beauty and the Beast. A typical performance runs for approximately two hours and thirty minutes.

• Music: • Music was composed by Igor Stravinsky • The composer contributed to the libretto. • Violinist was Marcel Darrieux • The score of Apollon Musagète is written for strings only and is consistently classical in style: dry harmonies, an abundance of perfect chords, rare polytonal superimposition. Those are borrowed from the past (from Lully and Delibes), but divested of all historical reference to achieve an abstract purity. • Stravinsky began Apollo on 16 July 1927, and completed the score on 9 January 1928. He chose to make a ballet blanc, which he composed for a refined instrumental force, manifested as a string orchestra of 34 instrumentalists: 8 first violins, 8 second violins, 6 violas, 4 first cellos, 4 second cellos and 4 double basses • Stravinsky had centered Apollo music in Greek mythology.

There was little talent left after the revolution, but that small portion of talent made it expand to the other generations. Perfection in technique and precision in dance was promoted. Agrippina Vaganova, who was trained by Petipa and Cecchetti, leading the Vaganova Ballet

However, the best things in her life came from individuality. From gracing the stages of Broadway to travelling the globe, her greatest success and happiness were products of independence. Aunt Nora has an unbelievable amount of courage to challenge traditional expectations, which inspires me to deny society’s criteria for women in my own

5. How has Australian Dance Theatre changed as a company since its foundation in 1965? Australian Dance Theatre, established in 1965 by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, is the longest standing contemporary dance company in Australia, recently celebrating 50 years. Whilst the company has created a remarkable 50 years of innovative and original work, many state that the concepts and ideas have vastly changed from the company Dalman established. Over the last five decades, Australian Dance Theatre has continued to develop, with the evolution of six individual artistic directors, who produced work in their distinct style, developing unique aesthetics.