Essays Tagged: "The Nutcracker"

Childhood Immigration

With the lights going down and the music starting play, I could feel the audience starting to anticipate ... ay, I could feel the audience starting to anticipate what was going to happen next. All of a sudden the curtains opened to reveal a superlative illuminated ballet setting, while the dancers, one by on ... to reveal a superlative illuminated ballet setting, while the dancers, one by one, started to fill the stage, dancing to the melody of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's, The Nutcracker. It was my first balle ...

(1 pages) 42 1 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Nutracker Review

Ida CorporalDANC110Concert Critique #1When thinking of the holidays, one key event which is always remembered is The Nutcracker. From the holiday aesthetic ... iday aesthetics to the cultural adaptation of Christmas, this ballet that was originally created in the 1800s has outlived multiple theatrical performances and is an anticipated part of the holiday se ... multiple theatrical performances and is an anticipated part of the holiday season. The rendition of The Nutcracker that I attended was held on November 30, 2008. The performance took place at the Norr ...

(5 pages) 24 0 3.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

The Programmatic Nature of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony: Can Man Overcome Fate?

Barga 12Eric BargaIntroduction to Musical StylesDr. Joseph Morgan, PhDMarch 20, 2014The Programmatic Nature of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony:Can Man Overcome Fate?This is Fate, that fa ... Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony:Can Man Overcome Fate?This is Fate, that fateful force that prevents the impulse to happiness from attaining its goal, which hangs above your head like the sword of Damo ... t.... you can only reconcile yourself to it, and languish fruitlessly. (Brown [Tchaikovsky], 147)In these words written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in one of more than six hundred letters to his patro ...

(13 pages) 2 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

non-native species has had this effect on Australian.

With the rapid development of economy and advancement of technology, television has become an indispensab ... vancement of technology, television has become an indispensable part of the mass culture. As one of the most important inventions in the 20th century, it has an immeasurable influence on human beings, ... he 20th century, it has an immeasurable influence on human beings, especially children. Compared to the other kinds of media, television is characterized by integrating images with sound. In this way, ...

(5 pages) 3 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists