Essay on a Cultural Event
Melissa DeLuca
Blue Man Mania
Picking a cultural event for my critique assignment wasn’t easy for me. There were so many different types of events to consider that choosing only one was difficult because there are so many forms of art that I have an interest in, almost every type. I looked around and found an event which I chose to attend because it offered a variety of art forms. I would identify this event as a musical concert, a play, a comedy, and a visual art show all in one! This spectacular event was the 6:00 pm performance of The Blue Man Group at the Sharp Aquos Theatre in Orlando, at Universal Studios City Walk, which I attended on October 11, 2008.
The performance lasted about one hour and forty-five minutes which featured three main characters which were the three Blue Men. There were also four other characters playing musical instruments which made up the Blue Man Band. A drummer, bass guitar, lead guitar and keyboard player. In total there were seven characters on stage, but the main focus of the show were the three Blue Men. The visual arts were out-standing. There were colorful paintings done on stage during the performance, where the Blue Men actually painted them by spitting paint on spinning and moving canvases. There were circus-like acts that the Blue Men performed and a few skits of comedy as well. One of the most amazing things about the performance was the use of percussion instruments made from PVC pipes along with the visual effects of strobe lights, lasers, black lights, fluorescent paint and massive amounts of toilet tissue used as part of the theatrics. The visual effects were amazing!
I purchased a program at the show which had a lot of useful information in it. It gives the background of what the Blue Man thing is all about. The Blue Man Group came together
Melissa DeLuca because of a shared desire to break free from a feeling that they were all experiencing, a feeling of a so called ‘lonely heart of the modern city’. They
Blue Man Mania
Picking a cultural event for my critique assignment wasn’t easy for me. There were so many different types of events to consider that choosing only one was difficult because there are so many forms of art that I have an interest in, almost every type. I looked around and found an event which I chose to attend because it offered a variety of art forms. I would identify this event as a musical concert, a play, a comedy, and a visual art show all in one! This spectacular event was the 6:00 pm performance of The Blue Man Group at the Sharp Aquos Theatre in Orlando, at Universal Studios City Walk, which I attended on October 11, 2008.
The performance lasted about one hour and forty-five minutes which featured three main characters which were the three Blue Men. There were also four other characters playing musical instruments which made up the Blue Man Band. A drummer, bass guitar, lead guitar and keyboard player. In total there were seven characters on stage, but the main focus of the show were the three Blue Men. The visual arts were out-standing. There were colorful paintings done on stage during the performance, where the Blue Men actually painted them by spitting paint on spinning and moving canvases. There were circus-like acts that the Blue Men performed and a few skits of comedy as well. One of the most amazing things about the performance was the use of percussion instruments made from PVC pipes along with the visual effects of strobe lights, lasers, black lights, fluorescent paint and massive amounts of toilet tissue used as part of the theatrics. The visual effects were amazing!
I purchased a program at the show which had a lot of useful information in it. It gives the background of what the Blue Man thing is all about. The Blue Man Group came together
Melissa DeLuca because of a shared desire to break free from a feeling that they were all experiencing, a feeling of a so called ‘lonely heart of the modern city’. They