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The article I'm going to render came from the Washington Post under the title "At the Kennedy Center, Malavika Sarukkai tells story of the Ganges and its people". The article was written by a reporter and Web editor for Capital Business Sarah Halzack and was published on March 31.

The whole article was centred round classical Indian dancer Malavika Sarukkai in her evening-length work “Ganga — Nitya Vaahini — The Eternal River,” in which Sarukkai sought to sketch the place the river occupies in her heart and in her country’s national psyche.

Throughout the article, the author's attention was focused on the unrestrained, unstinting praise of Sarukkai's dance which was deeply imbued with spiritual and cultural meaning and which embodied the richness of India’s history and the challenges of its present and future.

Sarah Halzack started by telling the reader that it was a formidable undertaking to craft and perform a work of such broad scope, but in the performance at the Kennedy Center on Friday, Sarukkai proved she was more than up to the task.Sarukkai transitioned into and out of several characters, including a pair of young lovers, an old woman coming to grips with the death of her son and a priest performing a ritual . Her delivery made each movement, each posture and each glance feel essential.

In conclusion of the article, Sarah put an accent again on the unforgettable, impeccable Sarukkai's performance.

To my mind, this article really puzzled me from the very beginning till the end. I found it well-planed, logically-constructed, skillfully-built. Having read the article, I deeply desired to make this wonderful performance with my eyes and feel essential.

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The article I'm going to analyze came from The Guardian under the headline Farewell Richard Griffiths, virtuoso of both stage and screen. The article was written by a well-known journalist Lyn Gardner and was published in March 29. The whole article was dealt with the death of a great character actor Richard Griffiths. 

Lyn Gardner started by telling the reader that BBC announced the death of Richard Griffiths by saying that the "Harry Poter actor"Uncle Vernon Dursley, the lascivious Uncle Monty had died. Futher the author reported that Griffiths was a great stage actor who would always remembered for his Oliver award-winning performance as the deeply flawed Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys. Lyn Gardner pointed out that Richard Griffiths was doomed to be a character actor, who was capable of exploring every nook and cranny of his character. He was capable of showing the characters he played in all their awkward, mucky and heartbreaking humanity. I fully share Lyn's point of view, because it was really great actor and unforgettable playwright in our time.

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The article I'm going to render was taken from The Guardian under the headline Richard Griffiths: comic master who gave us the unforgettable Uncle Monty. The article was publicated on March 29 by British writer and film critic Peter Bradshaw. The whole article was devoted to the superb comic actor Richard Griffiths, famously declaimed by his great, unforgettable character Uncle Monty from Withnail.

The author started by telling the reader that Richard Griffiths was the quintessential supporting character actor, who was lasered into the minds of a young generation as Harry Potter's foster father, Vernon Dursley.

Later Peter Bradshaw provided the reader with some interesting information about Griffiths' character Uncle Monty. The author underlined, emphasizes that the role Uncle Monty made Richard a legend, a virtuoso of both stage and screen. Then he pointed out that this corpulent, fastidious bachelor - lonely and predatory as a certain type of Oxford don with a glorious voice would remain in our hearts.

In conclusion the author stressed that Richard Griffiths was one of the most male films in cinema history. As for me, I share Peter Bradshaw's point of view, because Richard Griffiths was a great figure. I was deeply impressed by his role Vernon Dursley.It gave me the creeps all down the small of the back.

In my opinion, the article was worth reading. I found it very topical, urgent, interesting, useful, because Peter Bradshaw resorted to colourful general with positive connotation like (unforgettably brilliant, superb, glorious, master, leading man) to create a vivid picture of Richard Griffiths and enforce the influence on the reader. 

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     The article I'm going to render came from New York Times under the headline "Annie Baker Wins Blackburn Prize and Horton Foote Honor". The article was written in March 18 by Allan Kozinn. It was devoted to American playright Annie Baker and her awards, incliding Susan Smith Blackburn Prise and Horton Foote Legacy Project.
     The first part of the article was dealt with the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which Ms. Baker won for her playwright " The Flick",including a cash award of $25.000 and a signed print by the artist Willem Kooning.
     The second part provided the reader with some information about the second prize, named "The Horton Foote Legacy Project". Allan Kooning underlined that Annie Baker was chosen as the second recipient of the Horton Foote Legacy Project, which took place at Foote's preserved home in Wharton, Tex.
     Speaking about the third part of the article informed the reader about Annie Baker as a talented dramatist and directly about her playwright which was in its premiere run at Playwright Horizons in Manhattan.
     The forth part included more than 100 plays which were considered for the 2013 prize. Besides Ms. Baker's awards, nine finalists received $2,500 prizes. Among them were Karen Ardiff ( The Godess of Liberty), Jean Betts ( Genesis Falls), Katherine Chandler ( Before It Rains), Deborah Bruce ( The Distance), Amy Herzog ( Belleville), Laura Marks ( Bethany), Jenny Schwartz ( Somewhere Fun) and Francine Volpe ( The Good Mother).
     Taking everything into account, I should say that this article was worth reading, as it was marked with optimism. On the whole, I found it very interesting and skillfully developed.

Summary 21-30

The narrator let Strickland take him to a restaurant to enjoy dinner. At the diner Strickland began to talk of himself. He told  about his life, narrating how he acted as guide in Paris, how he translated the advertisements and how despite of that he had never ceased to work at his art. After that the narrator understood, that their conversation was ended. Next chapter I get to know that the narrator settled down in Paris and began to write a play. In the evenings he went to see his friends- Dirk Stroeve and his wife Blanche Stroeve. One day the narrator and Dirk went to the picture-dealer to look at Strickland's pictures. But when they arrived the dealer told them that Strickland had taken his works away. The dealer was not disappointed, because he considered these pictures were worthless. In contrast with  him , Dirk took his word that Strickland's pictures were very  successful. In the following chapter were told, that the narrator not infrequently played chess with Strickland. One day Stricland asked the narrator to lend him fifty francs. Then the narrator demanded to see artist's pictures. Strickland didn't want to do it and  went away. Several days later he told the narrator that he was painting the portrait for two hundred francs. Strickland was in a good mood and when Dirk sat down with them he attacked him with ferocious banter. As Dirk was very sensitive, they quarreled biterly. Shortly before Christmas Dirk Stroeve  came the narrator to spend the holiday with him. Although Dirk and Strickland were out with each other, Dirk decided to call the artist to his place. Found out Strickland, they revealed that he was seriously ill. In spite of his wife's contempt to Stricland, he moved him to his workroom in order to tale care of him. In the end Strickland was on the way to recovery, turned Dirk out of his house and stayed himself with his wife, who at that moment was  in love with Charles Strickland. 

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The article I'm going to render was taken from the Art Newspaper. The headline of the article I had read  was ''Monumental sculpture inspired by Cuban exodus unveiled at Hermitage''. It was published in 08 July 2012  by Anny Shaw. As the title implied the article described A monumental bronze sculpture by the Miami-based artist Enrique Martínez Celaya  in the courtyard of the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Anny Shaw  was given much attention to  Martínez Celaya's work itself, pointing out that his work of art  about his own experience of exile and about Operation Peter Pan, when Cuban children were sent to the US  parents who feared the Cuban government would take away their right to decide how their children should be educated. I found this article interesting and exciting to think over. In my opinion it was worth reading because I made an accaintance with unknown for me sculptor and his amazing sculpture. A  boy on crutches carrying a house on his back was really of great interest. 

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Monumental-sculpture-inspired-by-Cuban-exodus-unveiled-at-Hermitage/26906

Summary 12-20

Crabbe and Strickland went to a restaurant for dinner, and Crabbe awkwardly tried to think what to say next. He did not know how to deal with Strickland's indifference, and his admissions that he had done a heartless thing to his family. In the face of such resignation, Crabbe did not see the point of trying to appeal to Strickland's conscience. Instead he asked Strickland what his fellow art students and art teachers  had thought of his painting. Strickland wryly admited that others make fun of him, and did not think he had any talent. Strickland also did not seem to care about any of the glamor of Paris, nor the beautiful women there. A young whore tried to take him home with her from the restaurant, saying that she would not even charge him.

Review. Praise Your Voice

Recently, I have watched the film Praise Your Voice. Now I would like to tell a few words about this film. 
Raise Your Voice is a 2004 American teen musical drama film directed by Sean McNamara

Directed by Sean McNamara Produced by Sean McNamara.

Speakin about the plot, Hillary Duff (main heroine) plays Terri Fletcher, star of her small town church choir and a girl with a special gift...an extraordinary voice. When a personal tragedy interrupts her steady life, Terri searches for strength within herself - and she will need it. A surprise acceptance to a summer study program at the country's most prestigious music school in Los Angeles is both an honor and a problem. Her strict father is absolutely against it. Not wanting to hurt her beloved father, yet knowing this is the opportunity of a lifetime, Terri decides she has to go for it. With the secret help of her mom and aunt, Terri heads for L.A. The highly competitive summer program offers a single scholarship for the coming year - a seemingly impossible dream for a small town girl. But with the help of some new friends and in inspirational teacher, Terri finds the will to meet the challenge. Raise Your Voice is an inspirational, music-filled journey of challenge, hope and true love.

"Raise Your Voice'' raises the bar for movies geared to teens. It's particularly good at capturing that time of life when you simultaneously believe everything is possible and that each tiny misstep is the end of the world. The characters, students at a music conservatory, are imbued with recognizably human traits such as insecurity and jealousy, instead of being portrayed as Stepford kids, more typical in this type movie. Most of all, I admired the song, which she had sung. It troubled my soul. Her voice was unforgattable.  I really enjoyed this film!

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The article I am going to render was taken from the Artnews. The article was headline '' Playing the Fool''and was published 2, March,2012 by Stephanie Murg. The article tpuched upon the artwork by Francesco Clemente, who tried his hand at reading cards and delved into ancient writings about the practice before embarking on a series of works depicting each of the 78 tarots. The aim of the article was to provide the reader with some information, concerning his self-portrait ''The Fool''.  Franchesco Clemente  planed to have his drawings produced into actual sets of cards. And '' The Fool'' is one of them. 

According to curator Max Seidel,  we got to know, that Clemente was the first major artist to represent the tarots as a group portrait of his friends and family. “The portraits painted by Clemente harmonize so well with the tarot figures''. To my mind, this article is quite useful and educational to think over. 

http://www.artnews.com/2012/03/15/playing-the-fool/

Summary 1-12

The narrator remembers circumstances in which he first met Charles Strickland, who is now famous. He begins by pointing out that there seems to be nothing special about Charles Strickland, but then says that the man is a genius. The narrator talks about how Strickland is relatively obscure in life, and that his emotional style of art is misunderstood. He then lauds the legends which have risen up about Strickland, saying that such legends are the key to immortality.

The narrator says that, although he knew Strickland in early life, he would not be writing about his friend if he had not gone to Tahiti. Apparently, the most obscure parts of Strickland's life took place in Tahiti, and now the narrator has a chance to interview those who knew Strickland during this time in his life. Later in Chapter 7 we got to know that Charles Strickland has left his wife. She is happy to be presenting the newest and most exciting gossip, and hints that Strickland has run off with a young woman. Crabbe, feeling bad for his friend, goes over to her house, and finds her wiping away tears, talking with her brother-in-law, Colonel MacAndrew. Mrs. Strickland does some semblance of hospitality, then asks Crabbe what he has heard. He tells her that he knows that people say silly things, and that all he knows is that Rose told him that her husband has left her. MacAndrew angrily suggests that Mrs. Strickland should divorce her husband as soon as possible, and she says that she will never divorce him.

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The article I am going to render comes from the artnews. The headline of the article I have read is Drawn to Scale: Fish in Art, written by Ali Pechman. This article was published in 2, February, 2013 and the purpose of the article was to give the reader some information about Naturalist Christine Jackson’s Fish in Art, published by Reaktion Books. A new book tracked images of cod, salmon, eels and more from ancient Egupt to the present.  The author's attention was focused on images of fish and their interpretations in works by Picasso, J. M. W. Turner, as well as Manet, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey titled Crystal Fish.  I found this article quite interesting and educational. I could not imagine that the topic dedicating different kinds of fish is so important and at the same time so significant in artists' works. 

http://www.artnews.com/2013/02/12/drawn-to-scale-the-fish-in-art/