attended by a large and diverse crowd.” However‚ the Paris Morgue eventually facilitated and escalated its own spectacle by utilizing theatrical elements. Schwartz uses primary sources and deliberate theater terms throughout the section on the morgue to thoroughly compare the morgue to the theater‚ thus fitting the morgue into the overall themes of spectacle and entertainment within her book. The original purpose of the Paris Morgue was to identify anonymous bodies by displaying the dead behind
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about how to perform in front of an audience. Secondly I want to learn the history and background of theater‚ like how it originated‚ and how its evolved over the last couple of centuries. Furthermore I want to enhance my improvising skills as a performer. As a fourteen year old I still want to learn. In the future I do intend to go to college for the arts. I want to be involved in my schools theater program and get involved in acting. Moreover I do hope to take an art class on designing as a career
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York City’s largest movie theaters within only a year of it being open and always provided entertainment for those longing for escape. New York City’s Radio City Music Hall thrives through design and the developing of a historic building. So much time and effort was put into the making of Radio City to make it look absolutely stunning in all aspects. To find inspiration for design ideas‚ a group of members from NBC and a few architects traveled to an Australian Theater. In the Art Deco style‚ Radio
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statistics for each of the four variables along with a discussion of what the descriptive statistics tells us about the motion picture industry. In the motion picture industry‚ it is important to measure the opening gross‚ total gross‚ number of theaters displaying the movie‚ and the weeks the movie stayed in the top 60. Opening Gross- this variable informs movie makers how anticipated and well received a movie is and it is a good indication of how much money the movie will earn overall. Total
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Janelle Jose Professor Pappas AAS 254 16 April 2008 “Our Theater: The Hey Dey of the Apollo Theatre” Apollo was the Greek God of music‚ Poetry and the arts. His temple was at Delphi and was known to be a place of purification. There is a temple of a different that bears the name of the Greek god and its at 253 West 125th Street Harlem in New York City. The Apollo Theater would become as famous as the temple at Delphi. The Apollo Theaters home was in Harlem. Harlem is known worldwide as a major African-American
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dramaturgy and theatrical production that to this date continue to be portrayed within the theater and on stage. Brecht was influenced by political ideas associated with Marxism. These ideas soon inspired him to use his talents within the theater to alert the audience to the need for social change. For Brecht‚ it was significant that one did not attend the theater in a passive manner‚ but rather: "[O]ne must go to the theater as if attending a sports festival. Here‚ however‚ it is not about wrestling moves
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The thing I want to persuade you of me and liking movies. Well I start when I was small or smaller. Since I can remember I was going to the movie theater always watching the newest movies that would come out. I don’t know when it was that I started to go to the movies but ever since then I haven’t missed a weekend where a new movie would come out. My dad the one who would take me to the movies every weekend this was because my mom and dad were in a middle of a divorce so I would spend most of my
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Schultz Miller’s story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to Saginaw Valley State University’s Malcolm Field Theater the first week of April. When compared to the extreme weather for Saginaw Valley’s production of Terra Nova‚ the pleasant weather‚ during the first week of April‚ brought in enough people to practically fill the seats of the lower portion of Malcolm Field Theater. Going into the theater with very minimal knowledge of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow left quote a bit of room for the actors to depict
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Ancient Greek Theater is the first historical record of "drama‚" which is the Greek term meaning "to do" or "to act." Beginning in the 5th century BC‚ Greek Theater developed into an art that is still used today. During the golden age of the Athenians plays were created‚ plays that are considered among the greatest works of world drama. Today there are thousands of well-known plays and films based on the re-make of ancient drama. Theater originated from the religious rites of ancient Greek tribes
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When I was growing up‚ I was always told that choosing an art career‚ or something involving art‚ was a bad idea. "No‚ you’ll end up working at a fast food restaurant when you can’t find work‚" was a phrase I heard often when talking about my future college career in middle school. "Art is a good hobby‚ but you’ll never be able to support yourself with an art degree‚" was another phrase I heard‚ and I felt that was the hardest to hear; it entailed that I might not have been good enough to support
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