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Dancing Girl (Maihime)
Dancing Girl may refer to: * The Dancing Girl (short story), "The Dancing Girl" (short story), an 1890 short story by the Japanese writer Mori Ogai * The Dancing Girl (film), ''The Dancing Girl'' (film), a lost American 1915 silent film drama * Dancing Girl, a 1957 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu (director), Hiroshi Shimizu * ''The Dancing Girl'', an 1891 play by Henry Arthur Jones * Dancing Girl (Rabindranath Tagore), ''Dancing Girl'' (Rabindranath Tagore), a 1905 painting by Rabindranath Tagore * ''Dancing Girl (Maihime)'', fictional work by Yasunari Kawabata based on the life of Olga Sapphire * ''The Dancing Girl (sculpture in Warsaw)'', a 1927 statue in Warsaw, Poland * Dancing Girl (Singapore sculpture) * Dancing Girl (prehistoric sculpture), a bronze statuette dating around 2500 BC from the Indus Valley Civilisation See also *Dancing Girls (other) *Performers of the nautch, a popular court dance in India {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancing Girl (short Story)
was the first published short story by the Japanese writer Mori Ōgai. The story first appeared in '' Kokumin no Tomo'' in 1890, and is based on Mori's own experiences as a medical student in Germany. In some ways, this tale foreshadows Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly'', which deals with a similar theme but with a slight role reversal: in ''Madama Butterfly'', a Western man abandons a Japanese woman, while in ''The Dancing Girl'' a Japanese man leaves a Western woman. The short story was adapted into an episode of ''Animated Classics of Japanese Literature'', which was released in North America by Central Park Media.New Video Releases " Central Park Media. February 8, 2003. Retrieved on October 10, 2009. It was also adapted into an [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancing Girl (film)
''The Dancing Girl'' is a lost 1915 silent film drama produced by the Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1891 Broadway play of the same name by Henry Arthur Jones. The film was directed by Allan Dwan and starred stage actress Florence Reed in her film debut. Reed's husband, Malcolm Williams, also appears in the film. Plot Cast *Florence Reed - Drusilla Ives * Fuller Mellish - David Ives *Lorraine Huling - Faith Ives * Malcolm Williams - A Quaker * William Russell - John Christison *Eugene Ormonde - Duke of Guiseberry *William Lloyd - Mr. Crake *Minna Gale Minna Gale (September 26, 1865 – March 4, 1944), also credited as Minna K. Gale and Minna Gale Haynes, was an American actress. Early life Minna Kathalina Gale was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the daughter of James and Cornelia K. Gale; afte ... - Lady Bawtry References External links * 1915 films American silent feature films American films based on plays L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Shimizu (director)
was a Japanese film director, who directed over 160 films during his career. Biography Early years Shimizu was born in Shizuoka Prefecture and attended Hokkaidō University, but left before graduating. He joined the Shochiku film studio in Tokyo in 1921, making his directorial debut in 1924 at the age of just 21. Career Shimizu specialised in melodramas and comedies. In his most distinguished silent films like '' Fue no Shiratama'' (1929) and '' Japanese Girls at the Harbor'' (1933), he explored a Japan poised between native and Western ideas, traditionalism and liberalism, while stylistically relying on modernist and avant-garde techniques. The majority of his silent films are now considered lost. In the 1930s, Shimizu increasingly took advantage of shooting on location and with non-professional actors, and was praised at the time by film critics such as Matsuo Kishi and fellow directors as Kenji Mizoguchi. '' Mr. Thank You'' (1936), '' The Masseurs and a Woman'' (1938) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Arthur Jones
Henry Arthur Jones (20 September 1851 – 7 January 1929) was an English dramatist, who was first noted for his melodrama '' The Silver King'' (1882), and went on to write prolifically, often appearing to mirror Ibsen from the opposite (conservative) viewpoint. As a right-winger, he engaged in extensive debates with left-wing writers such as George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells. Biography Jones was born at Granborough, Buckinghamshire, to Silvanus Jones, a farmer. Until he was 13, he attended Grace's Classical and Commercial Academy in Winslow, where he inherited property on his father's death in 1914. He began to earn his living early, his spare time being given to literary pursuits. Career overview He was twenty-seven before his first piece, ''It's Only Round the Corner'', was produced at the Exeter Theatre, but within four years of his debut as a dramatist he scored a great success with '' The Silver King'' (November 1882), written with Henry Herman, a melodrama produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Girl (Rabindranath Tagore)
Dancing Girl may refer to: * "The Dancing Girl" (short story), an 1890 short story by the Japanese writer Mori Ogai * ''The Dancing Girl'' (film), a lost American 1915 silent film drama * Dancing Girl, a 1957 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu * ''The Dancing Girl'', an 1891 play by Henry Arthur Jones * ''Dancing Girl'' (Rabindranath Tagore), a 1905 painting by Rabindranath Tagore * ''Dancing Girl (Maihime)'', fictional work by Yasunari Kawabata based on the life of Olga Sapphire * '' The Dancing Girl (sculpture in Warsaw)'', a 1927 statue in Warsaw, Poland * Dancing Girl (Singapore sculpture) * Dancing Girl (prehistoric sculpture), a bronze statuette dating around 2500 BC from the Indus Valley Civilisation See also * Dancing Girls (other) *Performers of the nautch The nautch (, meaning "dance" or "dancing" from Hindustani: "naach")Scott A. Kugle, 2016When Sun Meets Moon: Gender, Eros, and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry p.230. was a popular court dance performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance. He reshaped Bengali literature and Music of Bengal, music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of ''Gitanjali.'' In 1913, Tagore became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist to win the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; where his elegant prose and magical poetry were widely popular in the Indian subcontinent. He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Asiatic Society. Referred to as "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore was known by the sobri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Girl (Maihime)
Dancing Girl may refer to: * The Dancing Girl (short story), "The Dancing Girl" (short story), an 1890 short story by the Japanese writer Mori Ogai * The Dancing Girl (film), ''The Dancing Girl'' (film), a lost American 1915 silent film drama * Dancing Girl, a 1957 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu (director), Hiroshi Shimizu * ''The Dancing Girl'', an 1891 play by Henry Arthur Jones * Dancing Girl (Rabindranath Tagore), ''Dancing Girl'' (Rabindranath Tagore), a 1905 painting by Rabindranath Tagore * ''Dancing Girl (Maihime)'', fictional work by Yasunari Kawabata based on the life of Olga Sapphire * ''The Dancing Girl (sculpture in Warsaw)'', a 1927 statue in Warsaw, Poland * Dancing Girl (Singapore sculpture) * Dancing Girl (prehistoric sculpture), a bronze statuette dating around 2500 BC from the Indus Valley Civilisation See also *Dancing Girls (other) *Performers of the nautch, a popular court dance in India {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Sapphire
Olga Sapphire ( or , , 28 June 1907 – 20 June 1981) was the stage name of Russian and Japanese ballerina and choreographer Olga Ivanovna Pavlova (), whose married name was Midori Shimizu (). She was classically trained at both the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute and the Moscow Choreographic School. She performed in Russia until her marriage in the early 1930s to a Japanese diplomat, Takehisa Shimizu. After agreeing to move to Japan in 1936, she developed classical ballet there, bringing with her theoretical and pedagogical materials to underpin her dance lessons and establish the field. From 1936 until her retirement in 1957, Sapphire was employed by the Nihon Gekijō variety theater, in Tokyo, serving as its prima ballerina, choreographer and ballet instructor. She performed classic Russian ballets, managing all aspects of the productions, as well as choreographing Japanese dances for stage and film. She retired from the stage in 1953, but continued to be involved i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancing Girl (sculpture In Warsaw)
''The Dancing Girl'' () is a 1927 bronze statue by Stanisław Jackowski, located in Warsaw, Poland. It is placed in the Skaryszew Park, within the neighbourhood of Saska Kępa in the district of Praga-South. It was unveiled on 6 August 1927. The sculpture depicts a female dancer. History The sculpture was designed by Stanisław Jackowski. It was cast from bronze in the Bracia Łopieńscy metal workshops in Warsaw, Poland.Magdalena Piwowar, Grzegorz Piątek, Jarosław Trybuś: ''SAS. Ilustrowany atlas architektury Saskiej Kępy''. Warsaw: Centrum Architektury, 2012, p. 64. ISBN 978-83-934574-0-3. (in Polish)Petrozolin-Skowrońska (editor): ''Encyklopedia Warszawy''. Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, 1994. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish). The artist based it on the dancer Halina Schmolz who posed for him. ''The Dancing Girl'' unveiled on 6 August 1927 in the Skaryszew Park in Warsaw, by the city mayor Zygmunt Słomiński. It was the first sculpture in the park. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Girl (Singapore Sculpture)
The ''Dancing Girl'' is a sculpture in the Seng Poh Garden in Tiong Bahru, Singapore. It was the first public art piece in Tiong Bahru. History ''Dancing Girl'' was sculpted by local sculptor Lim Nang Seng following an urgent commission from then member of parliament for Tiong Bahru, Ch'ng Jit Koon, who wanted the Seng Poh Garden to be given greater prominence. As the commission was urgent, Lim chose to sculpt an abstract sculpture, featuring a girl doing a joyful harvest dance. The sculpture costed $2,000 was sculpted in a carpark along Orchard Road for two weeks, and was unveiled by then Minister for Interior and Defence Lim Kim San Lim Kim San ( zh, c=林金山, p=Lín Jīnshān; 30 November 1916 – 20 July 2006) was a Singaporean businessman, civil servant, and politician who served as a Cabinet minister with a variety of portfolios between 1965 and 1981. Prior to his .... The sculpture was initially met with mixed reception from the local residents of the area, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Girl (prehistoric Sculpture)
''Dancing Girl'' is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about –1751 BC in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan), which was one of the earliest cities. The statue is tall, and depicts a nude young woman or girl with stylized ornaments, standing in a confident, naturalistic pose. ''Dancing Girl'' is highly regarded as a work of art. The statue was excavated by British archaeologist Ernest J. H. Mackay, Ernest Mackay in the "HR area" of Mohenjo-daro in 1926. It is now in the National Museum, New Delhi, having been allocated to India at the Partition of India in 1947. History After excavation at Mohenjo-daro in 1926, this and the other finds were initially deposited in the Lahore Museum, but later moved to the Archaeological Survey of India headquarters at New Delhi, where a new "Central Imperial Museum" was being planned for the new capital of the British Raj, in which at least a selection would be displayed. It became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing Girls (other)
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Dancing Girls may refer to: * ''Dancing Girls'' (book), 1977 collection of short stories by Margaret Atwood * ''Dancing Girls'' (song), 1984 single by Nik Kershaw * ''Dancing Girls'' (1896 film), British silent short film * ''Make It Happen'' (film), 2008 American film, known in France as ''Dancing Girls'' See also * Dancing Girl (other) *Women in dance The important place of women in dance can be traced back to the origins of civilization. Cave paintings, Egyptian frescos, Indian statuettes, ancient Greek and Roman art and records of court traditions in China and Japan all testify to the import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
