Performing Arts Essays

Obviously this was the reason for his ideas to take as much as two centuries to fructify as the panacea for those who were ready to enthrall the audience. In Noverre's times ballet dancers had to show cheerfulness even if they had to bear excruciating pain in their feet due to the tight pointe shoes they had to wear to be up on their toes in order to 'glide.'

The film felt clunky, exploitative and cheap. The third time I watched it, going through it scene by scene to make notes for this paper, I was struck by its capacity to evoke a multiplicity of associations, and so by a need to limit what I tried to say about it as I thought about the kinds of questions which it gives rise to.

A cursory glimpse of the list of the all-time world highest-grossing movies reveals that out of the first 20 top box office movies, 17 movies belong to franchise films while only 3 do not belong to this category i.e. Titanic (#1), Finding Nemo (#15) and Independence Day (#18).  The rest belong to the category of film series or multiple film sequels which are multi-film deals or collections of films related to each other and in succession.

The use of raw emotions and actions that combine to give a sensational effect to the audience has never been so strikingly executed. Voice and visuals too add their bit at the right time and right place, to lift the film and make it a masterpiece. There is no mistake in the fact that Psycho is a horror movie.

“An avant-garde is a concrete cultural phenomenon that is realized in terms of identifiable (though never predetermined) practices and representations through which it constitutes for itself a relationship to, and a distance from the overall cultural patterns of the time,” Orton and Pollock (1996, p.141). Even though the effect created is a bit garish, the theatre provides a great, unprecedented aesthetic experience to the viewer.

Meanwhile sound recordings developed in the early part of the 20th century. This was the breakthrough that brought the Broadway musicals on to the screen. As it moved to celluloid, its vocabulary remained confined to exaggerated gestures and pantomime style of acting in the silent films of the early twentieth century.

Roark is now an everyman in royal blue suit and power red tie; the carpet he stands on is teal, and the buildings he looks at and touches a model of are retro peach; the skyline penthouse Francon and Roark rest in is romanticized with more antique teal; the characters’ b&w tie garb stays put; and the buildings outside are daguerreotype 

Hamlet is genuine, whereas those around him are artificial, at least in his own eyes. The fact that he will spend much of the play pretending to be mad is ironic considering this early insistence upon genuine feelings and an emphasis on the display of actual emotions. His words are cutting, to the point and memorable, while those of the King and Queen.

"Casablanca" is regarded as a love story in the truest sense. According to reviewer Tom Keogh "Casablanca" is "a truly perfect movie, the 1942 Casablanca still wows viewers today, and for good reason. Its unique story of a love triangle set against terribly high stakes in the war against a monster is sophisticated instead of outlandish," This definitive love story and the love and conflicts that are included in "Casablanca" are going to be compared Albert Camus' work "The Plague".

The postmodernists in turn reacted against the physicality and overt sensuality of Duncan and Graham. Copeland explains this reaction in terms of the feminism of the sixties and seventies, which "eyed the sexual revolution with considerable suspicion, fearful that it hadn't really liberated women, but had simply made them more available."

What is more tragic about it, though, is that it happened when the world was thinking that it had 'civilized', and had come out of its barbaric past. September 11 jolted the world out of its blissful dream. It made the world realize that barbarism was very much alive and kicking, and how!

Secondly, it discusses the reasons behind the tremendous boom so far, describing about the significance of the art-houses, and the reasons for audience inclining towards it. Art-films are generally considered as low-budget films from the European countries, however, it does not mean that Hollywood films are no less.

Music is perceived to be an effective tool for society in different aspects. Every element of the general concept of sound becomes a significant one namely the voice, music, sound effects, ambiance, and even silence. Each of these elements brings a different significance mainly emphasizing the expression of the general theme of a certain project.

And purpose is a driving force in determining the style a documentary will take. Some films may be created purely because 'f the passion and vision 'f a director, others may be produced as a form 'f propaganda, pedalling a particular viewpoint and still others may be arise because an institution or organisation feels they need to get their message out to the world.

In its raw, visceral beauty, the movie calls to mind the Greek tragedies of old replete with characters all strangely fated to some tragic, remorseless destiny (Ebert). And as its plot unfolds, overtones of loyalty, betrayal, revenge, and salvation all come to surface.

The author states that for decades, beginning in the 1920s, the dominant music in the Caribbean was Trinidad-based calypso. The lilting, topical and frequently risqué songs were initially sung in an African-French patois but began to switch to English as the music began to attract the interest of American record labels such as Decca and Bluebird.

He found that posters gave him a “golden opportunity to communicate with the large public” (Medlej).  Through such campaigns as that for Au Bercheron (Halter), Cassandre began to take the commercial medium of advertising and make it into an art form unto itself. 

Your art seems to be saying: "This is me. This is what I think." Thus, being artistic and creative means being able to make things look different by intentional manipulation of the art elements, by changing shapes or colors and by using one's imagination to do something new (Powell, 2000).

One such factor is the regional representation as exemplified by the sit-com, the The Full Monty or the British film Last Resort. Considering its subject matter, The Full Monty comes across as an oddly innocent, sexless film. It's a comedy about male full-frontal exposure, or, as one character puts it, men prancing around Sheffield with their widgers hanging out.

Scott Joplin was born in the United States and lived between 1868 and 1917 when slavery had just been abolished. Joplin's father was a former slave, and his mother cleaned homes.

Today we all have varied tastes when it comes to music. Some of us prefer gothic, metal, punk, and punk – rock music, these people usually wear black, grow out their hair and show “devil horns” when greeting each other. There are other people who prefer rap and R'n'B music. This group tends to be hated by the punk-rock-metal groups.

Act one, scene one of Shakespeare's play sets the stage for all the action that is to come later in the play by introducing the feud between the houses of Capulet and Montague as well as introducing many of the important characters. Oddly, however, the two title characters play little or no part in this most important scene.

It is additionally part of a much wider growth that has taken place crosswise the earth in the latter decades of the twentieth century as the theatre looks for latest audiences and original ways to speak to those audiences. High-quality information design communicates information in a manner suitable and relevant to a reader's situational context

Miller's play is already complex and delicate in itself. However, the overall effect of the production, with the aid of the actors, set, lighting and costumes not only created a surreal audio-visual experience to the audience but also generated deeply emotional and poignant scenes.

We ask these questions to ourselves when we read a work of literature, all thanks to an essential aspect that has been injected into shaping our textual identities. Monologues have been an essential part of literature to convey the internal struggles of a specific character, more so, the reader with himself and with the text.

In the representation or construction of gender in the play Macbeth, Shakespeare was greatly influenced by the Elizabethan culture, and both the characters and plot of the play illustrate the immensity of this influence. A careful reader recognises that the attitudes, values and beliefs of Shakespeare shaped by the influence of the Elizabethan culture are reflected in the various characters and the plot of the tragedy.

The author states that both approaches agree that individuals tend to underestimate their achievement potential and that the first step in initiating change through training and practice requires that individuals are convinced that they are capable of attaining their new goals. Beyond that, the resemblance is superficial.

It says, “Alone, far from home, and far from justice, he has three days to learn the truth about a murder...and the truth is a story you won't forget”. The genre of this movie is mystery entwined with drama against a backdrop of war. The story begins in the small town of Tynen, Louisiana, where a black master sergeant is found dead.

Many new technologies and ideas inspired the change that occurred in the second half of the 19th century. These ideas, which eventually developed into realities, allowed information to be available to the masses and for mysteries to be explored. The growing cities provided jobs and opportunities which the rural workers left their farms for.

Set in Seville, Spain, in 1820, Carmen tells the story of a flirtatious and scheming gypsy girl-Carmen-and her amorous escapades. It is a classic tale of boy meets girl, girl dumps boy, boy kills girl. The "boy" is Don Jos, an heroic and honorable officer of the local dragoons, who squanders his promising career in a doomed attempt to win Carmen.

The proposed TV adaptation of the book “Evidence not Seen” by Darlene Deibler Rose definitely seems to have the potential to be a big success, considering the fact that the story exudes with an innate capacity to evolve into a focal point that could gather around itself the interest of a large audience and thereby the support of an acclaimed network.

Horror movies and text play an extremely significant role in shaping up these monsters and their appearance which may be the only way for us to acknowledge and perceive their existence as either fictional or real. Either way, monsters cater to the fearful side of every human being and perhaps that is why people often tend not to forget or ignore the monster in a particular horror film or text because they usually take these creatures as a creative yet soulful part of the film or a book.

Analytical Cubism is the first development phase of Cubism and was developed between 1908 and 1912. The Analytical phase consisted of analyzing the object and then breaking it down into basic geometric forms in the canvas.

In selecting the pictures it took a lot of time and I could not always get the exact picture for a curtain panel that I needed. I also need more practice with modelling so my next project will include this aspect. Personally, it has taken much out of me, ironically in the same way as what I portrayed.

Although I partially agree with the statement that Goldberg (2001) makes that performance art is a medium with endless variables, almost no barrier, crossing all known taboos, and eventually borders with anarchism, I will try to pose the contra-argument that those alternations are caused by the fast-revolving global cultural, political and social life and consequently is a process which barely faces intentional directions.

The brilliant effect of orchestration by using only strings in beginning a work with an accompaniment figure set fresh standards for expressing mood and surroundings through instruments. Its deep melancholy and stirring notes to raise personal feeling enhanced its function from concert overture to the signature of all musical statements for future works and a favorite of the Romantics (for examples, the start of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto).

By applying this basic operation of identity formation to the cinematic apparatus, psychoanalytical approaches to cinema have provided insight into the emotional and psychological processes that motivate the spectator's investment in a narrative. Beginning with Jean-Pierre Oudart's article "La suture," (Oudart 1969, 35-47) the writers associated with Cahiers du Cinema first introduced suture into film theory.

Theodor Adorno, one of the founders of critical theory, was not only a sociologist but also an accomplished musician (he studied composition with Schoenberg’s most famous pupil, Alban Berg), and he wrote as much on music as he did on sociology. Critical theory is in essence a theory of power, and it sees power largely in terms of the institutions through which it is channeled.

Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker's arachnid abilities give him amazing powers he uses to help others, while his personal life continues to offer plenty of obstacles. With amazing spider-like abilities, teenage science whiz Peter Parker fights crime and dreams of becoming an Avenger like Spider-Man.

My proposed reality show, “Man of the House”, will attempt to get the attention of both hardcore reality show enthusiasts and people who want to watch something that has relevance. “Man of the House” will try to evade the grisliness of “Fear Factor”, but will try to redeem the romance in “The Bachelor”, without having contestants scheming their way to win.

European critics, most especially the Anglo-Saxon among them, have often criticized the Spanish romantic dramatists, novelists and poets for what they have identified as the excessive theatricality, unqualified emotive outburst and intense melodrama which dominate their literary outputs.

Priestly refused both knighthood and peerage, but accepted in 1977 the prestigious Order of Merit. The overall idea of Priestly behind the story of 'An Inspector Calls' was to teach both the characters and members of the audience about responsibility and consequences.

While on the face of it, there may not be many similarities, these two pieces of work are in fact similar in a lot of ways. To begin with let us take each piece of work separately. The Tyger is one of William Blake's finest work as far as poetic excellence goes.

To agree in the judgment that the music is sad is not to agree in a belief, but in something more like a response or an experience" (Eldridge 145: 2003).It has long been recognized that human beings find a variety of visual and auditory appearances to be extremely fascinating.

As the relationships among film and the city carry on to expand as a focal point of critical inquisition, Cinema and the City stands as one of the further reachable and pioneering entry-points into the issues. This review is inter-disciplinary in its draw near, giving notice to the cinema-city association not only from the point of view of film studies but throughout art history, urban studies, geography, and critical hypothesis.

This is primarily due to the difference in treatment of a subject by the respective theater. The Asian artistic performance is surreal in content whereas the western ones are rooted in realism. Even though both the theatre create performances of artistic value the appreciation of these are greatly localized due to this cultural barrier.

His contemporaries hailed him as "The Best of the Composers of Our Time," and "The Father of Musicians." Josquin is Marthin Luther's favorite musician and he called him "Master of the Notes (Grout 164)." Little is known about Josquin's life. A lot of facts in his lifetime are "inferential" and "speculative." Important information about his life were derived from his works and the writings of contemporary composers, theorists, and writers of the next several generations (Josquin des Prez 2).

One movie that accomplished both is a film directed by Martin Scorsese, The Last Temptation of Christ. When this film was first released it was greeted by thousands of protestors across the world, most of whom had not actually seen it. The film was viciously attacked for being blasphemous and dangerous to Christianity. 

It is a sci-fi series is about a team of inter-planetary travellers and their adventures. The Stargate is an intergalactic gateway constructed by an ancient civilization that was once resident on Earth. The Stargate connects other planets and solar systems to Earth.

As almost all of the directors active in Imperialist Russia fled during the Revolution, 3 this lead to the eventual emergence of a distinct practice, removed from the previous national traditions. This is a compressed era, starting with the 1918 release of the anti-czarist campaign films The Past Will Not Return and Nicolas II to the declarations at the 1935 All-Union Creative Conference on Cinematographical Affairs and the triumph of sound pictures in the Socialist Realistic style.4 Although it took a number of years for the situation to stabilise sufficiently for the industry to truly begin again, when it did the mediocre live-action works previously submitted would be replaced by far mo