2010年7月20日火曜日

Ballet

from Sinfonia Iwakuni


Vocablary


adagio

-It is a slow dance.

enchainement

-It makes the dance with two or more steps.

variation

-It is dance of soloist.

grand pas de deux

-It consists of entree, adagio, and usual man ande woman's variation and codas by dancing union by the man and woman leading part.

corps de ballet

-Dancers dance in group.

prima/prima donna

-The ballet is a female leading part dance.

principal

-The dancer of the leading part class in the ballet company.

clasique tutu

-Thin materials such as tulles how many are overlapped in pannier styles. In general, it integrates with the corset style undergarment of the upper-body. It is typically used by "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty", and "The Nutcracker", etc.

chignon

-The woman settled her hair like the dumpling back.

toe shoes/point

-Ballerina put on this shoes.

leotard

-It is ballerina's practice wear.

romantique tutu

-In the thin skirt that the ballerina was wearing in the age of the romantic ballet, it is longer than the classic tutu. In general, it integrates with the undergarment of the upper-body.

gala

-Concert of form that doesn't present all acts of a certain work but collects only the most colorful dance like only a part of act and grand pas de deux, etc. and presents it.


Reading

"Ballet is a formalized kind of performance dance, which originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France, England, and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with most of the audience seated on tiers or galleries on three sides of the dancing floor. It has since become a highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. It is primarily performed with the accompaniment of classical music. It has been influential as a form of dance globally and is taught in ballet schools around the world, which use their own cultures and societies to inform the art. Ballet dance works (ballets) are choreographed and performed by trained artists, include mime and acting, and are set to music (usually orchestral but occasionally vocal). It is a poised style of dance that incorporates the foundational techniques for many other dance forms.
The etymology of the word "ballet" is related to the art form's history. The word ballet comes from the French and was borrowed into English around the 17th century. The French word in turn has its origins in Italian balletto, a diminutive of ballo (dance). Ballet ultimately traces back to Latin ballare, meaning to dance.
Three large ballets are Tcaikovsky's "Swan Lake"(1877), "The Nutcracker"(1888) and "The Sleeping Beauty"(1891)."(from Wikipedia)


Question

1. Where did ballet originate?

2. What is the origin of ward, ballet?

3. Which was the first made by Tchaikovsky?


Listening



Question
4. How many positions are there?
5. Which position is this?

Writing
This is the Grandiva.
My favorite ballet is theirs.
Please look this site and comment.

answer the question
1. Italy did.
2. Balletto is.
3. "Swan lake" was.
4. 5 positions are.
5. The fifth position is.

My travel review

These are my travel review's URL and review.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Kamakura#North_Kamakura

Meigetsuin (明月院).
A lot of hydrangeas are plated in precincts, and it is called "Hydrangea Temple." On the other hand, it is known in the grave of Hojo Tokiyori and the Meigetsuin Temple tower that assumed to be the biggest in tunnel type grave. It takes 10 minites on foot from JR Kita-Kamakura Station. The seeing time is to 16:00 from 9:00. Admission fees are 300 yen.

2010年7月12日月曜日

My Travel Plan

I want to visit to Turkey. Turkey has many historical places. I want to discover the world, so I want to go many palces with tourist. I think a packege plan is good. I don't use money for flight and hotel, but sightseeing and souveniores are used .
Here is my travel plan.

Flight + Hotel package cost: $2,833 per person
Leave: Sun, Aug 8, 2010
Depart: 1:35pm Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
Arrive: 7:40pm Istanbul, Turkey (IST)
Airline: Turkish Airlines 51 (Non-stop/12h5m/Economy/Meal/Boeing777/5583 miles)
Return: Sun, Aug 15, 2010
Depart: 6:30pm Istanbul, Turkey (IST)
Arrive: 11:45am Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
Airline: Turkish Airlines 50 (Non-stop/11h15m/Economy/Meal/Boeing777/5583 miles)
This is an overnight flight.
Hotel: Moevenpick Hotel Istanbul






According to traveler, this hotel is clean ans staffs are friendly. Location is central of the city.


1st day: I arrive Istanbul.
2nd day: I want to go Archaeological site of Troy.



3rd day: I want to go Bergama and Ephesos.
4th day: I want to go Pamukkale and Konya.
5th day: I want to go Cappadocia.
6th day: I want to Historic Area of Istanbul.
7th day: I arrive Tokyo.
I want to visit many World Heritages. Turkey has many of it. So I will visit them as much as I can. This is my Turky travel plan. I'm looking forward to viisit there with my friend.


Warning!

According to traveler, the woman must be carrying the scarf that can surely cover the hair.(always necessity when entering mosque) Additionally, the woman wear a long skirt or a pair of trousers appearance that feet are hidden when she goes to the mosque.

2010年7月11日日曜日

Sightseeing Spot Activities

I'm so sorry, but I couldn't see Istanbul's videos from Geobeats and Travel Channel.
So I serched Youtube.






This is sightseeing spot in istanbul.

There are some of the world cultural heritage, for example Historic Areas of Istanbul, Göreme National Park and Rock Site of Cappadocia, Safranbolu, Archaeological Site of Troy and so on.

I can see many histrical places and know world important histories.






Kariye Museum is popular in traveler.
・The mosaic is beautiful and not like any biblical story you usually see in any european church.
・...this church has it beat hands down in terms of mosaics and frescoes.
・If you like religous art then this is worth a visit- the mosaics are beautiful...
・It is far from the center.


I will visit these places at least.

Hagia Sophia Museum/Church (Ayasofya)
・The great dome, and the great ambiance inside are worth to see..
・...there is so much history and all the different parts in just AMAZING!
・Lovely, spacious and romantic.
This place is one of the world cultural heritage. This was built as a cathedral of the Christianity. However, it was diverted to the mosque in the Osman enpire age from the 15th century, and it was changed by the museun of the irreligion in the 20th century. It is a big building of the historical significance. Moreover, the decorateion of mosaic drawing is also famous.


Historic Areas of Isranbul

・We had a great tiome in grand bazaar.

・...there was never any pressure to buy...

・It is worth here visiting only for shopping.

The speciality of Turkey has Turkish craft goods, catpets, pottery, copper manufacture, brass product, and water pipe and so on. There are all herbs and apices; cinnamon, caraway, saffron, mint, time......

Shopping is one of the enjoyments of travel.
There are the reasons why I want to go there.

2010年7月9日金曜日

Accommondation Activities

It is important for me to choose a hotel. Important points are clean rooms, good service, nice atmosphere and design.



I think "quiet, friendly and comfoetable" hotel is good.



A good hotel which is "For Season Istanbul at the Bosphorus"

・...brilliant-great location and friendly staff...

・The room was top notch in all ways and service is what you would expect...

・We had an amazing meal.



A not good hotel which is "Albion Hotel"

・The room was extremely small...

・The shower was not too clean.

・Because the wall of the room was thin, it was annoying.


I want to go Istanbul, Turkey.

This is the hotel which I want to stay.

Flight + Hotel package cost: $2,833 per person
Sun, Aug 8, 2010-Sun, Aug 15, 2010
Flight plan is omitted.


Hotel: Moevenpick Hotel Istanbul
location: center part in city

room: superior room with king size beds

price: $163/night

amenites: restaurant, bar, spa, pool, fitness center, internet, library...

review:

・...immaculately clean, comfy bed, quality finish and gadgets in room.

・Breakfast buffet good selection.

・...charming staff...

2010年7月4日日曜日

2010年7月3日土曜日

JAL or ANA?

JAL is 4-Star Ranking of Product and Service Quality.
Here are JAL customer review:
Trip Rating: 10/10
"new seat has the right amount of privacy and is very comfortable in both seat and bed positions, with plenty of well-designed storage. Vast selection of food choices, perfectly prepared and presented with very high quality wiines including 1997 Salon champagne - worth the trip just for that treat. Cabin crew very friendly and attentive and present at all times. "
Trip Rating: 1/10
"Firstly, the seats are tiny. The food service is also poor. On all JAL flights, the entire meal in business class comes out on the tray together. No effort to serve courses. As the lids are all removed, this leaves you racing to complete your appetizer before the main course gets cold - and its never very hot to begin with."

ANA is 4-Star Ranking of Product and Service Quality, too.
Here are ANA customer review:
Trip Rating: 10/10
"Crew were friendly, more than willing to accommodate. Food was above average, constant attention from FAs with drink service. AVOD helped pass the time quite well with a lot of selections. Certainly loads better than the United flight I took going to Japan. "
Trip Ratiig: 5/10
"smallest seats are very uncomfortable. Also, upgraded on return trip, much better but almost missed connecting flight because of the long wait until first class emptied out and then waited forever for our suitcases. "

The opinion to JAL is pros and cons. Some said ten points, others said one point. However, I don't think ANA to be a so attached an extreme both point.