Essays on Dancer

Chester Arthur Burnett was born on June 10th, 1910 in White Station Mississippi. His father, Leon “Dock” Burnett, worked tirelessly as a sharecropper while his mother, Gertrude Jones, labored as a maid and cook. Born into a world where Jim Crow laws and lynching were …

Introduction “The Blue Dancers” is a renowned painting created by Edgar Degas, a French Impressionist artist, in 1899. This masterpiece captures the essence of ballet dancers in their ethereal beauty and fluid movements. This essay delves into the mesmerizing world of “The Blue Dancers,” examining …

Mahatma Gandhi said, “Be the change that you want to see in the world,” and that’s exactly what Jawole Zollar did. As an African American dancer, she wanted to create a company where dancers of all colors, shapes, and sizes could explore expression culturally. This …

Alvin Ailey – ‘Cry’ Give a chronological account of Ailey’s background, training and influences up to the time he made ‘Cry’. Discuss how this may have informed the narrative of the dance in the work ‘Cry’ Alvin Ailey used his culture and countless childhood memories …

Despite ballet’s winning the dominant place in American concert dance in a changed political environment, the concurrent emergence and success of Alvin Ailey points to changing social dynamics in modern dance as well. Ailey made his choreographic debut in New York City at the 92nd …

As the world begins to modernize, society develops into what sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies calls a “Gesellschaft” society. In a Gesellschaft society, people concentrate only on themselves and build relationships mostly based on the possible monetary gains. Because people are so focused on money, matters that …

Gerald L. Archard November 22, 2010 2nd block dance 2 Dance Pioneers, Companies, and Choreographers Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey, Jr. was an African American modern dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ailey was a gifted creator of dance …