Costume

Kelley Fairman’s work, Atlas consisted of six dancers and was performed as the culminating work of the concert. The modern-inspired dance showcased each dancer’s strength while creating a narrative. Through the choreographed movement, distinctive costume choice, and the quality of music, Fairman’s Atlas commented on the struggle of…

boy and the conductor multiple times within a few minutes, simply just by just adding a single thing such as a hat. This theme is commonly referred as fragmentary costumes where a single item is responsible for the entire costume of a character and can be swapped over multiple times to portray multiple characters quickly (very quick costume changes were a strong theme throughout the whole play but it is really highlighted here). This was effectively done and definitely brought a laugh to…

this cause and this race? Kenneth Donaldson: I have to blame this on my wife, Cathy Dean, who became Director of Save the Rhino International in 2001. She promptly signed up to run the London Marathon -- the charity is famous for running in rhino costume -- and then was so impressed that all her co-workers were running the Marathon des Sables (150 miles across the Sahara) in 2002 that she signed both of us up for the 2003 MdS. At that point, I hadn't done any running since school, so it was a…

As we have developed as a society or civilization overtime, we have become more and more reliant on technology. Humorist David Sedaris, author of several collections of personal essays, and stories describes his experience with a neighboring family in “Us and Them” and how they did not have a television set. Sedaris recounts how they acted like an actual family and enjoyed spending time with one another. Sedaris provides an overarching theme that makes us all look at ourselves and how we…

Cubism was a movement developed in the 20th century by Pablo Picasso and George Braque. In its most simple analytical stage, cubism abstracted the forms of the visible world into fragment of multiple points of view, then created an image from them which had its own inner logic. Picasso and Braque began working together in 1909, and by 1910 their experimentations were so closely linked that their styles became practically undistinguishable. Pablo Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, which…

actors will be working with all of the tech elements in place. Although the director will still be concerned with blocking, pace, and the quality of acting, the tech rehersal is primarily a time to verify sound and lighting cues, make sure that all costumes fit, and inspect the quality and safety of the set. After tech rehersals, the entire production comes together for a dress rehersal, which is basically an runthrough of the show as it will be performed for the audience. This is a chance to…

They completed the role in which the actor was portraying. In addition, the costumes helped influence the audience of the time period and demeanor of each character. It gave them the visual to see who was rich or poor, young or old, and established the mood. The costumes illustrated to the audience the tragedy. The beaten worn out clothes of Todd, Mrs. Lovett, and Tobias Ragg showed their depressing state. The gallons of…

1. Not only is Edward the unique product of his scientist creator’s vision and imagination, he also benefits from the love and care lavished on him by this surrogate father. Explain. (How do we know they have a special relationship * Why are Edward’s memories so important? * How does Edward reflect and express the creativity and vision of his father?) Ever since Edward was unable to speak and was cutting away alongside the other machines, Edwards father was proud of himself and Edward for…

We included these parts, and supplemented the rest with stereotypical masculine characteristic tips, such as “powerful men take us space”. Costume was an integral part to our performance, largely because it was indicative of the era (see appendices for costume mood board). Additionally, costume can be used as a tool to ‘demystify representation… releasing the spectator from imaginary and illusory identifications’ (Diamond 1988), and despite Brecht creating conventionally…

The scenes from the play A Midsummer's Night Dream Performed by our senior theaters was the most hilarious set of scenes I have seen all year. In Jonell's and Al'Rasyah's half of scenes the comedy was very natural and was not over done, that is what makes a play funny, Kaitlyn whitehead had great character choices that were very funny. All of the actors had really good projection and annunciation, but Kennon's annunciation was superb. Jonelle could have used more variety in her voice, doing that…