Bolshoi Theatre

purpose of our presentation was to highlight and become familiar with all the creative and technical elements that contribute to a successful theatre production. As a constantly evolving art, our group got to create and develop the innovative creative process for portraying the story to the audience. While all of us had minimal to no experience with working in theatre, we each got a taste of what the different jobs are like working in this business. Although we each had an individual job, it…

Godspell Analysis Attending a collegiate play was both a new and exciting experience for myself. Any sort of performance that I had previously attended had been through my times in middle school. To go along with this previous experience, I had absolutely no idea what to expect coming in. Generally speaking, the plays in middle schools are obviously uncoordinated and it’s obviously expected for many mistakes to be made throughout the duration. Through my attendance of a rehearsal a few weeks…

I cannot remember a moment of my life where theatre has not been important for me. Being involved from a young age, I was destined to be on stage. It was not until I entered high school when I realized how difficult theatre can be; actors cannot go on stage without understanding the play, designers cannot outline anything without the proper information, and a director cannot direct without a grasp on the themes and ideas of the show. It all comes down to the research for the production. Without…

In ancient Greece, the ideal of comedy was mainly formed from the idea of "this couldn't happen." This form was used in the play, "Lysistrata", to illustrate this point. Such ideas were the sexual content, women as leaders, and a female controlled society. As mentioned above, the ancient Greeks see the impossible as comedic and as a result, the abovementioned elements of the play to be comedic too, because in that time those ideas were unimaginable. As a comparison, here and now, we may not…

Ancient Greek Theatre What makes up greek theater Actors audience masks Skene (backstage) chorus orcester Backstage audience Greek theater history and techniques In ancient Greece, theatre and drama took very big parts. Drama was the way they honored their gods. The majority of the festivals were about Dionysus who is the god of grape harvest, these festivals were called City Dionysia.In this festival men used to perform songs to welcome Dionysus.These plays were only performed at…

Schematic Play If you are from the UK or if you were there sometime between 1997 and 2001 then you will not have escaped the phenomenon that was the Teletubbies! Like Marmite you either loved them or hated them. The theme tune infiltrated adult brains and could be heard being whistled along most supermarket shopping aisles at any given point during the week! However there was one catchphrase that resonated with me at the time and that was ‘again, again!’ At that time I was working with under 3s…

The location of the play was at the University of North Texas in the Radio, Television and Film building. Inside of the building there was a black box, and a smaller room to the side, that had a set that perfectly portrayed the time period. The couches and chairs really seemed to fit with the era that the play was set in. Also, to the sides of the set there were large representations of windows that lights shown on throughout the play. Each set of lights depicted a different part of the day to…

For Entertainment in Greece theaters in towns were used for festivals, usually for a holiday or to honor a god. On these days, everyone in town except the slaves went to the theater to watch four plays that were comidies, or tradgedies. Actors in the plays played more than one character in each play. They wore different mask so that the audience knew which character they were playing. The masks were very important becomes all of the actors were men, and they had to play both male and female…

Private Dancer As I was added to the schedule early in the week, I was not quite prepared for how different things were on Friday night. First of all, there were so many more dancers on the floor. After a couple of hours, we transitioned to a rotation where two dancers are on stage at the same time. Each dancer basically has half of the stage; first song is performed around the back pole, second song the dancer moves up to the front of the stage while a new dancer joins them in the back. So…

participating in theatre as a worthless activity and a waste of time. In fact, my Cinema professor just had a conversation with another student about how live theatre is a dead form of art and has no value to anyone anymore. However, the performing arts actually have many benefits for the performer and the community. For example, from my own experience and observations, I know that performing increases one’s confidence, self discipline, and ability to converse with adults. Being in theatre…