Swing state Essays

  • Jazz Swing Theory

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    The swing style was greatly influenced by jazz and also a multitude of popular dances from before it’s time, for example the Black Bottom, Big Apple and the Turkey Trot. The style of Swing dancing is named after the type of jazz music that swing dancing is traditionally danced too. Swing dancing is said to have been created at a club called the Savoy Ballroom. The Savoy Ballroom was a block-long dancehall in New York City and was so popular that it was frequented by many of the greatest dancers of

  • The History Of Swing Dance

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    Swing dancing has been an epidemic passed down through generations of dancers. Swing is a style of ballroom dance that has evolved and developed into different types of dance such as the Jive, Lindy Hop, and West/East Coast Swing. Typically the swing is an upbeat dance done to a quicker tempo and rhythm. Swing can be found as early as 1800 but not taking flight til 1930 in Harlem after a Ziegfeld production. Swing is still around today and as popular as ever with competitions around the world. People

  • Compare And Contrast The Dance Styles Of The 1920's

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    People had a lot of money to spend after the war, new fashion trends were popping up in every corner of the United States, and the nightlife became the center for social life. When the outlawing of alcohol started, the nightlife died but only for a short time. Many jazz clubs known as speakeasies kept the nightlife going and soon enough everybody was trying to get into

  • Emerald Bay Research Paper

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    Location Of The Camp Emerald Bay is located on the west side of Catalina Island. Catalina Island is 165 miles from the city of Los Angeles. The climate in Emerald Bay is 63/43 to 65/43 degrees. Some of the native plants are ferns, trees, and flowers. Also some of the native animals in Emerald Bay are bison and deer. There so are many things to do at this wonderful camp. Big image Amazing View of Emerald Bay Big image Activities Snorkeling Kayaking Classes Snorkeling Snorkeling was the most amazing

  • Playtime Peer Relations: An Informal Observation

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    private school, and I see fifteen to twenty children on the playground. • I see one adult male playground monitor, who seems to allow the children to facilitate their own play. • The playground is all concrete; there are basketball hoops, jungle gyms, swing sets, red rubber balls, soccer and basketballs. My first personal observation is of an Asian boy, approximate age, 5-7 years old. • 11:30am I notice the young male run on to the playground, he immediately goes for the red rubber ball. He kicks and

  • A Chalkboard, Playground Equipment, and Mirror in Flowers for Algernon

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    My name is Charly Gordon. I had an operation. I will become smart. I have a chalkboard. I write things on the chalkboard. This helps me to remember. Today I will run amazed with Algernon. Algernon is a mouse. I want to win the amazed. I like the teeter-totter. When I am up in the air, I am free. I like to make funny faces in the mirror. Miss Kinnian showed me a raw shok test. I failed. I want to be smart. From the time we encounter Charly until he is told of his operation, every thing

  • Child Observation Report

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    large grassed garden at both front and back of the house. There garden has a well built up fence that Natalie can’t get out of they also have a garden gate that is always locked so her garden is very safe. In the garden Natalie has a small swing that Natalie loves to play on, she also loves to play in her sand pit in the summer. She also has many toys and tricycles in the garden. Rachel and Paul often take Natalie to the river to feed the ducks, which is just beside their house,

  • A Sad and Beautiful Day

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    Rebecca and Sam woke up early in the morning and they could hear the birds singing in the tree outside there window. The sun was shining so brightly and the day was so warm. They looked out the window and seen such a beautiful day. They hurried and jumped out of bed and got dressed. Rebecca and Sam ran down the stairs so quickly that they almost tripped over each other, but they managed to make it in one piece. They started to race to the kitchen to get some breakfast but stopped in the living

  • Swing Music

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    Swing Music During the nineteen thirties and nineteen forties a certain style of music became very popular. This style of music became known as "swing". It was performed using rhythmic 'riffs' and is referred to a style of dance and band arrangements. America maintained swing's popularity throughout the World War Two years when both large and small ensembles toured Army and Navy camps both at home and abroad. At home, swing was heard at bond sale rallies and community concerts. The new sub-culture

  • The Cotton Club Research Paper

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    The History of the Cotton Club The Cotton Club, as one of the most famous nightclubs in Harlem, was an iconic symbol of the Harlem Renaissance of the Roaring Twenties. The nightclub was opened in September of 1923, and was a place where people could see the latest dances and bask in the culture and creativity of Harlem’s most famous nightclub. It was owned and operated by gangster Owen “Owney” Madden. The club operated pretty consistently until it was relocated to downtown Harlem in February of 1936

  • Conquering Heights: A Personal Account of Overcoming Fear

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    out from behind the clouds, so I could melt into a puddle. No, no, no, I thought. As much as I wanted to, I couldn’t say anything, for I didn’t want to talk to the counselor more than I really had to and I knew that eventually I’d have to ride the swing. As I stepped up to the front of the line with my harness and helmet secure, the counselor gave me a reassuring smile, which made me feel better. He buckled me to all the equipment, and within 5 minutes, I was all set to go. I placed my hand on the

  • How Rococo and Neoclassicism Illustrate the Process of Deciding in their Paintings

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    exemplify the ideals of each style of painting are Fragonard’s The Swing, 1767 and David’s The Death of Socrates, 1787. Although at first glance, it is easier to focus on how each work is different to the other, one can argue that they are similar in theme. Both The Swing and The Death of Socrates are works that deal with the theme of decision making. However, they differ in how each work portrays the theme of deciding. While The Swing focuses on infidelity and the process of deciding, The Death of

  • B paper

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    “Nobody Listens When I Talk,” by Annette Sanford is a story about a girl, and a summer in her teenage years. Marilyn, the girl experiencing the summer, is sitting on a porch swing because she has a broken leg. As Marilyn sits on the swing people begin to tell her that she should experience life, instead wasting it on the swing. Her mother tells her that she should be up and doing things like cooking or cleaning. Her father tells her that she should be taking advantage of the fact that she is young

  • Swing Dance: The History And History Of Swing Music

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    Swing Dance Group 2: Brandon Wong, Robin Massowd, Meredith Seamon, Savannah McEntire, Johannah Robert, Renee Wilson, Kelcie Melino, Kara Shifflett, Natalie Perez, Gabrielle Slais, Arian Shahbazi, Katie Parker Page Break History: Swing dance, as it called today, originated in the 1920's when the African American community in Harlem, New York developed the Charleston and Lindy Hop while dancing to contemporary jazz music. In comparison to previous dance styles, swing dance, which is usually done

  • Beowulf narrative essay

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    she was quick and blocked the swing. Beowulf swung again and again nervously trying to kill the beast. Beowulf slowly became mad with himself for taking so long to slay her, so he began to try even harder. His heart was pounding and the sweat was dripping from the tips of his hair down to his face. He swung the sword with perfect precision and hit Grendel’s mother in her throat. Nothing had happened, she was not injured. This greatly confused Beowulf as he began to swing as hard as he could and stab

  • African-American Rebellion

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    One, are the Hamburg Swings, this was a group of rebellious teens that smuggled American jazz records and British fashion into Nazi Germany. At the time Nazi had expressed that American culture degenerated, and that swing music was only fit for "only negroes and Jew." All of art of and social dancing was essentially illegal. So when the time came, they hosted underground Swing dance parties to rebel against the regime. Later, the police had criminalized the swing kids, naming them "race defilers

  • The Swing Dance In The 1920's

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    called The Swing era, where the new generation became governed and exited about the Swing music and dances. It was the beginning of the pop culture. Swing dance is extensive idiom describing a diversity of partner dances developing from the 20s to the nowadays, started in Harlem New York by Afro-Americans. Big influence on Swing dance did entertaining development of jazz music that was invaded in New York’s Harlem district. Moreover, this fresh sound did a huge influence on a new Swing dance styles

  • Swing Dancing Essay

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    Swing music made a huge impact on America and is still celebrated through music and dance today. To understand this let’s first talk about ‘”Swing Music.” “Most people will agree that the Swing Dancing heyday was in the 1930s through the 1950s, but Swing dancing continues today” (It Began with a Hop to the Music: The History of Swing Dancing). Swing Music “is a term used to describe the harder, somewhat slower, sexier form of jazz that began to take off in the mid-1930s and lasted through World

  • Descriptive Essay On Swing

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    a swinging motion takes place, side to side it swings, higher and higher. Sensations begin to birth out of this, and the darkness appears to create something that is not. Light! Though not as constant as what was before, there was blinding split seconds of white. Left and right it swung, with each center of the swinging motion, it was almost as if a mass was lifted and carried, the flashes of white showed these dark outlines of these masses. A swing to the right, with a mass following close, the

  • Rebellion in the Movie Swing Kids

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    Swing Kids is a 1993 film that takes place in Hamburg, Germany in 1939. Teenagers, who called themselves Swing Kids, rebelled against the Nazis by refusing to join the Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth), better known as the HJ. They wore their hair long, liked American movies, dressed in British fashion, and listened to swing music. They used the salute “Swing Heil” as a mockery of the “Heil Hitler” salute with each other. The movie follows three Swing Kids: Peter Muller, Thomas Berger, and Arvid. Peter