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  2. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works. These terms are helpful for curricula or anthologies. [1]

  3. Choreopoem - Wikipedia

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    She emphasizes the importance of movement and nonverbal communication throughout the choreopoem so that it is able to function as a theatrical piece rather than being limited to poetry or dance. [5] The "XX Chromosome Genome Project" by S. Ann Johnson is a contemporary example of a choreopoem.

  4. Ballet d'action - Wikipedia

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    The expression of dancers was highlighted in many of the influential works as a vital aspect of the ballet d'action. To become an embodiment of emotion or passion through free expression, movement, and realistic choreography was one chief aim of this dance. [1] Thus, the mimetic aspect of dance was used to convey what the lack of dialogue could ...

  5. Romantic ballet - Wikipedia

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    The Three Graces: embodiment of the Romantic ballet, ca. 1840.This lithograph by A. E. Chalon depicts three of the greatest ballerinas in three of the era's defining roles: (left to right) Marie Taglioni as the Sylph in Filippo Taglioni's 1832 ballet La Sylphide; Fanny Elssler as Florinda in the dance La Cachucha from Jean Coralli's 1836 ballet Le Diable boiteux; and Carlotta Grisi as Béatrix ...

  6. List of poetry groups and movements - Wikipedia

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    The Minimalism is an avantgardist artistic, dramatic and literary movement in the late 1960s and '70s U.S. emerged, is characterized by an economy with words and a focus on surface description. The poets who identified with it are Samuel Beckett , Grace Paley , Raymond Carver , Robert Grenier , Aram Saroyan , and Jon Fosse .

  7. Natya Shastra - Wikipedia

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    The dancing Shiva sculpture in Badami cave temples (6th–7th century CE), for example, illustrates its dance movements and Lalatatilakam pose. [126] The first chapter of the text declares that the text's origins came after the four Vedas had been established, and yet there was lust, covetousness, wrath and jealously among human beings. [127]

  8. List of concert band literature - Wikipedia

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    The following works are some of the most universally respected and established cornerstones of the band repertoire. All have "stood the test of time" through decades of regular performance, and many, either through an innovative use of the medium or by the fame of their composer, helped establish the wind band as a legitimate, serious performing ensemble.

  9. Category:English literary movements - Wikipedia

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