Personal Narrative: The Last Live Performance

The last live performance I saw was Zarkana in radio city music hall. I don’t remember the exact year but I remember that it was over the summer. It really was a captivating experience, as soon as I walked in there was characters greeting you with intricate face painting almost like tribal marking infused with modern painting techniques. I took my seat, as the show was about to begin. However there was a pre show before the actual show began. The relation ship with the audience was really breath taking there was around 15 -20 characters/ actors all dressed in exquisite costumes almost like 1920 fashion mixed with Halloween ghost material textiles, but remained to still be modern and fashionable. The characters had unique painted on expressions there were some recognizable faces like a mad scientist and a nerd. But there were other face paintings that were not so clear and hard to understand. The actors began to circle through the theater almost in mine like fashion not saying much but using big body movements to communicate with the audience. I remember there was this …show more content…
Also there was a special type of performer that I believe was vital to the live performance. As Patterson mentioned “an actor is a performer who impersonates, that is who uses the pronoun I and means somebody other that him or her self.”(8). After seeing his performance I do believe this is true the actors didn’t just know their lines and recite what there rehearsed. I as an audience member truly believed that this is not a character but this is the actor them self’s. The cast member embodied the character and used the pronoun I when rehearsing. I say this because the Woman who was in the pre show really made the audience believe that she really is the character of power who is poised and almost princess like. Her body language was so dynamic she made us laugh, and scared all by just moving her