Los Miserables.

Comentario: Los Miserables es la obra maestra del escritor francés Víctor Hugo, en la que se desborda toda la pasión que un hombre puede sentir por la vida y los valores. El personaje principal, Jean Veljean, es la personificación de los valores mismos, en él se conjuntan la humildad, la fe, la tenacidad, la bondad y al mismo tiempo la templanza y la fuerza (tanto física como moral, por algo le llamaban "la cabria"). Para los amantes de la buena literatura es un libro básico, tanto por su estilo como por su trama que, quizás está por demás decirlo, está magistralmente plasmada por el autor. Considero que es una novela clásica entre las clásicas. La acción se centra en la vida del prisionero, Jean-Valjean, el cual ha sido condenado a 19 años de trabajos forzosos por el simple robo de una barra de pan. Una vez que se le entrega la carta de libertad, aunque esta le tacha de proscrito de por vida, será el Obispo de Digne quien le muestre una nueva vida. Pasados ocho años, Jean Valjean es una persona respetable dirigiendo una fábrica y siendo el alcalde de Montruil-Sur-Mer. Conoce a Fantine, una de sus empleadas, la cual es despedida por tener una hija. Para mantener a la pequeña se dedica a la porstitución y case enferma gravemente. Javert la arresta, pero Valjean interviene para llevarla a un hospital donde ella fallece. Antes de morir le ha hecho prometer

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  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Drama
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How does an actor use Stanislavskis acting principles, in order to fully prepare to play the role of Kipps in The Women in Black?

Transfer-Encoding: chunked image1.png ________________ How does an actor use Stanislavski’s acting principles, in order to fully prepare to play the role of Kipps in The Women in Black? The Women in Black The women in black is a story based on, Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house’s sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets, which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman dressed all in black at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold. This feeling is deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black – and her terrible purpose. Years later, as an old man, he recounts his experiences to an actor in a desperate attempt to exorcise the ghosts of the past. The play unfolds around the conversations of these two characters as they act out the solicitor’s experiences on Eel Marsh all those years ago. (The Women In Black Story n.d.) Kipps’s Analysis Kipps is realistic. When he first sees the women in black, he tried to find a reasonable clarification: she's just some poor woman who has a terrible disease and has showed up at Mrs. Drablow's funeral to pay her respects. (Kipps Analysis n.d.)

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  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Drama
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The Post-modernist Era in Dance- review of 5 pieces.

Danielle Garcia Silva Solveig Santillano Modern II 27 April 2014 Post-modernism Era in Dance Having read and experienced various modern techniques during this semester, I believe that I acquired a grand knowledge of modern concepts. The past few weeks were even more important to my improvement because I had a chance to execute long modern dance combinations with different dynamics and emotions. It led me to feel the music and put effort into it. Especially the classes I had last week, I felt the power of dancing with the heart. It was the same great feeling as performing on stage, and I think that it is the way it should be every class in order to improve both technically and artistically. Throughout classes like that I believe that the four years in college will be worth it, and I will have much more confidence and ability to face the audition process. Through the readings, I have been learning the dance development and changes throughout the years. In the post-modernism, the modern dancers and choreographers continued to experiment new feelings and movements. For example, Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the beach, which had the costumes based on photography of Albert Einstein and music by Phillip Glass, has no story behind the scene. It was first performed in 1976 in the Avignon Festival. Through the video I watched, I thought it was really interesting because it mixed

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  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Drama
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