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    Hanlin Chen DNC100 Spring 2018 Report On The Sleeping Beauty Choreography refers to the art of designing dance moves to fit a given musical best. Mainly, it involves ordering sequences of body movements lain over the period of a song, often for ballet or staged dances (Sita 6). There are numerous choreographies created over the years, and the courses therein vary, depending on the tempo and mood of the songs, which in turn are informed by the genre of music in the play. In this regard, the essay

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    ending between a beautiful princess and a charming prince always satisfies young audiences around the world. This model, therefore, was applied to a famous princess's movie "Sleeping Beauty". According to Wikipedia, "Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault." This movie tells a story of a gorgeous princess who is cursed by a powerful and evil witch called Maleficent. When King Stefan and Queen Leah happily

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    “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” Fairy tales have had a great importance to not only children, but society throughout the 17th century and beyond. Many of these fairy tales were written to represent the importance of a certain moral within a human being’s life and that we should be aware of such dangers around us. These fairy tales show value such as being kind, appreciative, and being aware of one’s surroundings. Fairy tales in general have certain focuses such as the role of women in society

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    because her parents didn’t invite someone to her birth celebration. In the film Sleeping Beauty a beautiful, elegant, and kind young maiden is born. Maleficent who the lunatic of the story does not get invited to the celebration of Aurora's birth.This makes her so angry that she places a curse upon Aurora. After the curse Maleficent made it her life goal to make Aurora's life miserable and short. In the film, Sleeping Beauty, the director Clyde Germoni uses the archetype of the sadist to show that we

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    The origin of “Sleeping Beauty” goes back centuries. There are many versions of the story and all of them are slightly different from the other. They each tell a tale of a beautiful girl cursed to sleep for a hundred years. All around the world they’ve made their own adaptation of the original story as far as Italy, Germany and India. The story “Sun, Moon, and Talia” was one of the earlier stories of “Sleeping Beauty.” It was written by Giambattista Basile in 1634. He was an Italian author and

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    Sleeping Beauty, a fairy tale so rampant with sexual abuse that it actually has a word named after it. “Somnophilia,” also known as the sleeping beauty syndrome is a paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is asleep or unconscious (this can be considered rape). Can any other fairytale boast to having a fetish named after them? Original versions of fairy tales often overlooked a key aspect that is considered as one of the most important words in today’s society. Consent

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    Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty have many similarities and differences. There were many differences in the characters, as well as other things such as the theme, tone, and mood that were different. Maleficent was perceived as evil in the original Sleeping Beauty, but in Maleficent there was a different take on the character, so she does not seem so evil, but instead has a troubled and difficult past. Both Sleeping Beauty and Maleficent involve magic with Maleficent. In Sleeping Beauty Maleficent’s

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    Sleeping Beauty Fairy tales are stories that allow kids to leave their normal lives and venture into a world of imaginary creatures, princesses, and magical places. The stories provide valuable lessons on confronting fear, overcoming a problem, and responsibility. The Fairy Tales that instill a sense of adventure and children connect with emotionally are classic short stories that have been around since the late 17th century. However, the happy, sweet stories that people grow up listening to are

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    tale of “Sleeping Beauty” has been told many times, and each time the characters and storyline changes, we learn more about the characters themselves, and why they do what they do. Sleeping beauty although, a childhood favorite is actually a shockingly violent narrative compared to the one we all know and love. It has changed in order to fit social norms for the time and the context has been altered to appeal to the current audiences of that time. In the first edition of Sleeping Beauty written in

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    Sleeping Beauty was a Russian ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographed by Marius Petipa. I first premiered in 1890 and was choreographed in traditional ballet style. Appalachian Spring was an American ballet composed by Aaron Copland and choreographed by Martha Graham, who also danced the lead female’s role. The ballet premiered in October of 1944, and was more modern that Sleeping Beauty, but still had classical elements to it. Although both very beautiful compositions, the

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