Tiffany Mogenson was a passionate dancer and teacher who loved her students and wanted nothing more than to help them fulfill their dreams through dance. She appears to have been a loving, kind individual who cared for each student who came into her studio. Through her studio, she wanted to help every child enjoy the love and passion for dance that she had. The Tiffany Mogenson Memorial Fund was created to carry on her legacy and the work that she started, and it continues to do just that through awarding scholarships to dance students throughout the US. Tiffany’s work and your continuation of her dream have inspired me in so many ways. Last April I was gifted with a generous scholarship from the Tiffany Mogenson Fund, which enabled me
Hurston’s juxtaposition of the dreams of men in contrast to the dreams of women is signified by the movement from concrete imagery to abstractions. She describes men’s dreams as cargo on a ship which is at the mercy of the tide, while women’s dreams are likened to memory, which can be controlled. Her deliberate choice to contrast the way that men and women dream affects the reader by immediately raising the issue of the differences of perception between the two genders. The purpose of this comparison is to immediately prompt the reader to realize a fundamental difference between men and women by using imagery they can relate to. The difference is also one of the novels thematic concerns: women are proud and defiant, they can control their wills and chase their dreams while men never really reach for their dreams. This is symbolized by men’s dreams on a ship; dreams for men either come to them or leave them, like a ship. A ship is
The story “Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros describes the lives of Mexicans in a Chicago neighborhood. She depicts the life that women endure as Latino wives through her portrayal of the protagonist, Cleofilas. For Cisneros being a Mexican-American has given her a chance to see life from two different cultures. In addition, Cisneros has written the story from a woman’s perspective, illustrating the types of conflicts many women face as Latino wives. This unique paradigm allows the reader to examine the events and characters using a feminist critical perspective.
Katherine Dunham led a rich and full life not only as a dancer, but as someone who studied the people she loved, wrote extensively, and stood for causes that meant so much to her. Her legacy lives on not only in the great anthropological studies she did or the important political and social stances she took, but in the modern dance of today. Modern dance, or dance in general for that matter, wouldn’t be what it is today without her studies and influence.
with money can buy a devotion to God with the dialing of a number. The usage of
Looseleaf, V. (2009, May 15). Eleanor Powell | Dance Teacher magazine | Practical. Nurturing. Motivating. The voice of dance educators. Retrieved April 26, 2014, from http://www.dance-teacher.com/2009/05/eleanor-powell/
Catherine Little first began her dance training when she was eight years old and studied tap, ballet, and eccentric dancing from an Erie dance studio that is no longer in operation. When Catherine was 14 she began her teacher training in New York City at Ned Wayburn School. By the end of the year Ms. Little began to teach students in the music room of her parent’s home and every summer was spent studying in New York. While attending Lucille Stoddard’s Dance Congress Catherine was chosen from more than 200 students by the famous Bill “Bo Jangles” Robinson to be his protégé. Along with Bo Jangles, Catherine also studied with Ernest Carlos, Jack Manning, Peter Gennaro, Charlie Morrison, Charlie Lowe, Gene Kelly, and Katherine Dunham. While studying in New York Catherine performed at the Palace Theatre and even travelled to Cleveland, Ohio for the premiere of the first talking movie. Because of Catherine’s love for children and recognition that it was good for their development, she began to specialize in teaching pre-schoolers. Later, Catherine decided to take her work with children a s...
New Jersey is the place to go if you would like to see huge businesses, huge houses, and successful superstars! New Jersey is where Queen Latifah was born. Latifah grew up in Jersey as a normal person. Latifah’s family was very tight on money until one day, Latifah’s dream came true. When Queen Latifah’s dream came true, she was very proud of herself and her family for encouraging her. They encouraged her to do obstacles that she thought she couldn't do. They encouraged her to play multiple sports. Queen Latifah played on the Irvington High School basketball team and helped her team win the state championship during her sophomore year in high school. Queen Latifah had always wanted to be a successful superstar. Queen Latifah
In Creating America, Joyce Moser and Ann Watters say, “Perhaps the closest we can come is to say that the American dream represents both what Americans believe themselves entitled to and what they believed themselves capable of. In other words, it is the promise inherited in the idea of America itself.” Here Moser and Watters say there is no clear definition of an “American Dream”, but their interpretation could be the closest there is to one. We feel ourselves entitled to things like life of prosperity. We also measure what we have with how much we are capable of achieving. Moser’s and Watters article relates to the secondary texts in the form of Expectation vs Reality. The following texts will have their own personal way they fit into the
At merely six years old Luna, who goes by her middle name Jane, lost her mother. Jane’s mother grew up in Coney Island, NY. Her grandfather was a famous man on the island and had a home that he passed down to Jane’s family. Jane’s family, which consisted of her brother Marcus and their father, were constantly moving from place to place. When Jane and her brother became high-schoolers, their dad moved them into the inherited home on Coney. Soon enough, she meets some people, and not exactly the type of people she was planning on meeting either; misfits. She grows to like them because they are all that she has, and becomes curious of a club she thinks they participate in. Posters around the school with weird messages pop up about the, “Dreamland Social Club.” Jane soon takes a leap of faith, to explore who she really is and get closer to her tattooed crush. She goes and joins the club, she sets things straight with old rivalries and most importantly, she discovers where she belongs.
According to Katherine, “A creative person has to create. It doesn’t really matter what they create. If such a dance wanted to go out and build the cactus gardens where he could, in Mexico, let him do that, but something that is creative has to go on. (Katherine, Dunham, Dancing a life, 2002)”. It has been said that an idol is someone whom everyone looks up to because of the great things they accomplished throughout their life span. Acknowledged as an African American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, civil activist and writer. Katherine Dunham, not only normally known for the generous acts of kindness but also for the huge impact she had in incorporating different dance styles and creating them into her very own ballet pieces. An influential woman who supported African American culture and believed there shouldn’t be any divisions between people. Not completely another mother of modern dance but a women who greatly influenced modern dance to enhance it in many ways. Katherine is and was famous for her anthropology movement in the world of dance, her creativity and dedication.
... social dance. Many people in today’s society enjoy social; dancing. Chapter eleven dance concert, properly planning and establishing a dance concert is of the utmost importance. The partnership with the lighting designer usually takes priority over all other factors. One of the most important issues concerning customers has to do with mobility. The dancer must be able to move comfortably in the costume. The task of producing a dance concert is an overwhelming and tiring one. Chapter twelve dance in education and career in dance, many dance educators present the argument that teaching and learning dance as an art form is obviously absent from the American student education. There has always been and always will be people who have a love, desire, and passion to instruct and learn the art of dance, will ensure an important place for dance in higher education.
While a student in the dance program at Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing A...
Ballroom dancing in New York gives underprivileged children the opportunity to be exposed to the arts, which is usually a program that is cut from low-income schools. This program is a part of a fine arts curriculum with a focus on movement/dancing. A fine art curriculum approach integrates the different aspect of the arts to enhance the learning experiences of the students (Agrelo, 2005; “Dancing Classrooms- Mission”, 2015; Gorski
Merriam Webster’s Dictionary defines corruption as the impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle. In “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author explains through different characters the corruption of the American Dream. One of the characters is the narrator’s cousin, Daisy Buchanan. In the story, Daisy only cares about possessions and not people, she lets other people take the fall for her actions, and she is unable to love—the quintessential victim by her own design.
Her father unknowingly turned a key for Graham when he took her to see Ruth St. Denis perform at the Mason Opera House in 1911. She immediately became interested in dance but her parents did not approve due to their religious beliefs. She later enrolled in Cummock College, an arts related junior college. However, only after her father’s death and her graduation did she feel free to pursue her dream to dance.