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Nicole Valego Honors English 10 Summer Reading Assignment 2017 - Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Introduction “The Roseto Mystery” The Roseto Mystery follows the story of the citizens of an Italian-bred town in Pennsylvania called Roseto. Roseto was a tiny, self-sufficient world in which they kept to themselves most of the time so even the towns right next door were unaware of what was occurring in this small town.. A physician named Stewart Wolf from the University of Oklahoma came to…

This past weekend I went to view Southern Miss’s Trojan Barbie. This play was an amazing display of the range of talent in Southern Miss’s theatre department. As I stepped through the doors of Tatum Theatre, I was transported back to Ancient Troy. Along with the set, the preshow soundtrack made me excited for the play that I was about to see. When the lights dimmed and the play began, soldiers walked out from the vomitoriums and surrounded audience members. When the first solider yelled his line…

Dance, Theatre and Religion: A Balinese Case Study Southeast Asia is a highly diverse region, home to myriad ethnicities, religions, practices, beliefs, values, languages, cultures and traditions. The variety of performance art, dance and theatre found in Southeast Asia “is almost staggering” (Brandon, 1967, p. 1). Some examples of performance art, dance and theatre found in Southeast Asia include “shadow plays in Java, dramatic folk rituals in Bali, masked pantomime in Thailand, spirit…

This Naqqali of Bijan and Manijeh was performed by Valiollah Torabi on an arena stage studio theater. The stage in this kind of theater is completely surrounded by the audience. It features a close performer/audience connection which underlines the performer and audience’s sense of community. The light of the stage is set and projected evenly to the same effect. As Naqqali performances would often take place in coffee houses the decor and props are chosen in a way to represent a traditional…

Through, long times the best place in the world is the theatre. The man who canshow some his problems through his life, and he tries to discuss these problems. Therefore he finds the stage best place to appear thesedifficulties or disadvantage as a sort of arts. He makes the balance between the advantage anddisadvantage,thus he puts some solutions for these disadvantages. The arts are such as a genre to solve these disadvantages thatit's appear in societies.Some writers try to put many ways to…

Arts Encounter Paper 2: Much Ado About Nothing 1. Introduction Kenneth Branagh, renowned actor, producer, screenwriter, and director, can dedicate much of his career to his early Shakespearian performance and work, “Much Ado About Nothing.” This performance has sparked the careers of many now well-known actors but Branagh’s character, Benedick, receives much of the spotlight. Through his talent in acting, Branagh brings light and understanding to a character with an otherwise difficult plot—and…

Nora Scene 12 Analysis Paper In Nora there is a handful of characters who share the stage in Ingmar Bergman’s adapted version of A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen. In this small ensemble of characters, two seemed to speak to me the most. Those characters were Nils Krogstad, the antagonist, and Christine Linde, the supporting female. While reading the script none of the characters felt real, I felt disconnected to the other lot of them, but, I could understand the struggles of Mrs. Linde and…

Painting and relevance: Jacques-Louis David’s “Oath of the Horatii” was painted in 1784 and it was commissioned by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on behalf of the Kind Louis XVI. The inspiration of the painting had to come by Corneille’s Play “Horace” which was being performed in Paris during that time. In 1785 the painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon. The painting shows a decisive moment of will as well as a great family tragedy resulting from political consequences. The…

The purpose of comedy in play is to make audiences laughing or smiling at happy senses, and it helps people to recognize bad habits and connect the social network. So yes, the depiction of love and the humor presented by Chekhov are universal literary. Because Anton Chekhov expressed the feeling of love and the sense of humor was genuine feelings of love and rustic fun in life. These emotions can express in anytime and anywhere. Love is the catalyst to help people feeling happy and exciting…

In chapter two, Boal brings to bare the changes in theater during the transition from the medieval, feudal period and the renaissance, with the rise of a bourgeois middle class. He states that the bourgeois rose up due to their individual prowess and practicality, leading to the rise of the exceptional individual protagonist in theater. Machiavelli's plays propound the value of intellect separated from morality, through which characters get what they want. He talks about Machiavelli and…