Anyone who knows me knows that I cannot dance. In fact‚ I can barely touch my toes‚ let alone do a split. My lack of ability has often been a hindrance in my pursuit of musical theater. My freshman year of high school I decided to try out for the spring musical‚ the ever-popular production of Bye Bye Birdie. I would say that approximately 90 people auditioned that year‚ a majority of who were in my same grade. I had prepared for weeks‚ rehearsing the song “Put on a Happy Face” with my voice coach
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relate to various social issues‚ and the ability of the play to offer insightful views on those issues in a way that stimulates the minds of the audience (Cohen 318). 2. How does the text explain the “entertainment value” of theatre? (p.321-322) The “entertainment value” of theatre is described as being how well the attention of the audience is held or sustained while viewing a performance (Cohen 321). This can be accomplished in many
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Tricia Fischer English 1010 Professor Busi 9/9/11 CHOOSING TO WATCH A MOVIE AT HOME OR IN THEATRES. Watching a film on TV is better than watching in theaters this how I’m going to prove my comparisons. It’s annoying when you hear from friends what happens in the movie and it ruins the whole thing. It just isn’t the same! It depends on‚ how good your surround system is and how big your TV is‚ and economic hardships today. It does not mean that the enjoyment of watching movies needs to be
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“Romeo and Juliet” is a riveting performance by ‘Shake and Stir Theatre Co.’ about two star-crossed lovers that are pulled apart by an ancient feud between their families. It effectively employs dramatic languages to create a new depth and understanding of the traditional Shakespearean play. These include tension of relationships‚ focus and mood‚ as well as production elements such as set design‚ sound and directing. “Romeo and Juliet” successfully manipulates all of these elements to create an
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you cry‚ then you get used to it – but there are things you can’t digest. That is the short‚ unusual simile expressed by narrator‚ Toby Regbo as he accounts for one of the heroine’s love affairs. Charleroi Danses’ Kiss and Cry at the Bluma Appeal Theatre in Toronto is all that unusual‚ amusing‚ magical‚ and much more. It is a story of Gisele - an old‚ lonely woman reminiscing over her past lovers and memories surrounding them. Her first love‚ she recalls‚ was a 14-year-old boy she met when she was
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Tennessee Williams has been criticized for not dealing with contemporary social problems in his plays. In The Night of the Iguana Tennessee Williams suggest time and repeated by contributing the use of the German reports about the Battle of Britain‚ is that the source of social problems may be found in the individual’s heart and psyche. After the post-World War II era‚ Tennessee Williams was recognized as one of the greatest American dramatists. Tennessee Williams stature was almost primarily
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ideas about the function of the theatre and the actors within it. Both theories are considered useful and are used throughout the world as a means to achieve a good piece of theatre. The fact that both are so well respected is probably the only obvious similarity as their work is almost of complete opposites. Stanislavski was born in 1863 to a wealthy family who loved amateur theatricals. In 1898 he met Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and they founded the Moscow Art Theatre. Stanislavski’s work is centred
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Exploration Notes 1) Discuss and compare the exploration of characterisation in Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff and (A Doll’s House). Draw your own practical understanding of the skills used including use of language and voice to portray character. In our practical sessions of Modelling Gregor in “Metamorphosis”‚ we thought about how we would physically see Gregor. To do this‚ we had to individually create the shape of Gregor with our bodies. We all started off thinking about it really
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Analysis of STT’s Strategic Capability There are a lot of organisations working in a lot of markets. But there are multiple organisations in one market‚ so that there is a lot of competition. To help an organisation stand out from this competition‚ it needs strategic capabilities and competitive advantages. For one‚ it is important to know that not one organisation is exactly the same as another organisation. They all have different capabilities. Because these different capabilities‚ it is difficult
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Orange shares elements with Artaud ’s Theatre of Cruelty. This is seen in the disorienting use of language‚ visuals in which “violent physical images crush and hypnotize the sensibility of the spectator” (Cardullo‚ 375)‚ and in how the film ’s impact fulfils Artaud ’s goal of “shaking the organism to its foundations and leaving an effaceable scar” (Cardullo‚ 375). Where Artaud was particularly choosy about how language should be used in his theatre‚ Clockwork was choosy enough to
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