Explain why the dancer, choreographer and audience member are all equal partners in the event when talking about a live dance concert.

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1. Explain why the dancer, choreographer and audience member are all equal partners in the event when talking about a live dance concert. What does each of the three bring to the production experience? Alternatively what can each of the three gain from the experience? Speak to the choreographers traits, the dancer’s training, and the audience’s member’s understanding and etiquette.

Identify major figures and events to highlight the development of court ballet, ballet d’action, romantic ballet, classical ballet, contemporary ballet, and neo-classical ballet. How is contemporary ballet similar and different from classical ballet? Specifically, what is the difference between contemporary ballet and modern dance?

Modern Dance evolved from the early 1900’s to a current dance form today. Define it’s beginning process, the major dance figure’s and their individual styles. Identify the mid-century evolution of modern dance including major dance figures, and what changes occurred. How is modern dance different today? What makes it so different from ballet? jazz dance? tap dance?

The social dances of the 1980’s reflected many important issues of the time and how they affected society. What were these dances? Where were they found? Among which groups were they popularized? How did these dances affect society at the time? Who were some of the major artists of this era and what influences did they exert? With the rise in the popularity of reality dance television today where is social dance headed?

What are the differences and similarities between World Dance/Ritual Dance and Folk Dance? How do they relate to specific cultures? What part do rituals play? What are the contemporary influences upon these dances? What are the positive/negative ramifications of these influences? What part does having an audience and/or participation play in the presentation of these dances?

What are the steps in the production process of a dance concert? What is the beginning point of the process? What other factors are important and who makes those decisions? Speak specifically regarding the choreographer, dancer, and the logistics/issues of the actual performing space.

What is the current status of dance in the American student’s education? What is the feeling of dance educators towards the rights and privileges of students to a dance education? Speak to the similarities and differences in dance education in grades K-12 and higher education. What role does creative movement play in the public education system? Why is teaching a popular profession for the dancer? What are the most common types of dance teachers?

What is the historical development of jazz dance and tap dance through American history? How did they originate? Who were some of the influential artists in the development of jazz dance and tap dance and what was their significance? What were some of the famous musicals that helped signify the development of these dance forms? How would you define jazz dance and tap dance? What characteristics are similar and different regarding these two dance forms?

Discuss why there are fewer women on death row than men and explain the significance of this difference.

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Utilizing valid, up-to-date research, address the issues outlined below in a properly formatted Microsoft Word document. On the basis of the above readings, answer the following questions about capital cases: ·         Describe the roles of the judge and the jury in the sentencing process. ·         Compare and contrast the characteristics of men and women on death row.  Discuss why there are fewer women on death row than men and explain the significance of this difference. ·         Discuss patterns of either “race of victim” or “race of defendant” discrimination in death penalty cases.  Cite reliable data to support your points. ·         Analyze the impact of factors other than race or gender in the sentencing of death penalty cases. For instance, consider an offender’s prior record and “aggravating circumstances.” ·         Analyze the importance of the quality of the legal representation a defendant has in determining whether he or she will receive the death penalty.

Analyse how the organisation collects, stores, and prepares management accounting information, particularly the use of a management accounting system (MAS) and how information is disseminated throughout the organisation.

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The purpose of the Final Project is to apply the concepts and techniques of the module to the analysis of real-world situations or problems. You are expected to use diverse sources of information and to carry out an original analysis rather than summarise or rehash existing work. You are also encouraged to use situations and data from their own experience where possible.Project Proposal that includes the nature of the project, the sources of information you plan to use, and the most important concepts and techniques to be applied. For this module, you are required to complete a course project that reveals mastery in application of the management accounting and finance concepts emphasised in the course. This involves reporting on a specific organisation within an industry and the management accounting and finance practices that affect the value of the chosen firm or industry. This project should be a formal business report that provides both specific processes and strategies involving budgeting, costing, capital decision making, capital acquisition, and cost of capital structure of the chosen firm. These processes and strategies are to be supported with management accounting concepts. For this project, you may select a company that you are familiar with or work for. Tasks: • Assess the budgeting process and procedures for the organisation with regards to preparation techniques, uses for evaluation, differences between business units/divisions, etc.• Analyse how the organisation collects, stores, and prepares management accounting information, particularly the use of a management accounting system (MAS) and how information is disseminated throughout the organisation. • Evaluate the costing process and procedures of the organisation with respect to method or approach utilised. • Assess the capital decision making process within the organisation with regards to what methods are utilised, how such methods are chosen, how projects are selected and managed, and what measures are employed to evaluate performance. • Evaluate the criteria or mechanisms used by the organisation for deciding how best to acquire capital and analyse the capital structure of the company.

How would you then go about developing, documenting and implementing the communications and team-building strategy?

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The Virtual Project: Managing Tomorrow’s Team Today’ Question 1: Knowing the need to be inclusive in bringing the remote working team members together as one project team, what types of activities might you suggest to the Project Manager to make this happen? How would you then go about developing, documenting and implementing the communications and team-building strategy? What activities would you have the PM be responsible for? What aspects are better leveraged from the main organisation? Question 2: Projects distributed or otherwise are hosted through an organisation and must report their delivery status and performance to the parent business. In contrast to a ‘local’ project team what reporting aspects are unique to a geographically distributed project? What role will technology play in information collection and report generation? Question 3: Select any two issues from those listed in the “Virtual Project Management Suggestions” section in Chapter 5 of Meredith, Mantel & Shafer (2014) and describe a personal ‘project management’ experience dealing with each.