The Romantic Era created more significant changes to costuming than any other time period. The ballets created in this historical era were full of passion and 'out of this world events ', and it was important that costumes were altered to suit this change. Ballets such as `La Sylphide ' required the female dancers to appear ethereal and weightless. The illusion of this airiness was created with the use of a tight, fitted bodice and a bell shaped skirt constructed from…
course some actions were different because they did not have the same set design and props but pretty much everything seemed to be a very truthful adaptation of the musical. All of the actors were very similar in basically wearing the same exact costumes as the actors in the musical where wearing, which made it extremely easy to distinguish who was who in the musical. The call backs and vulgar remarks that started at the beginning of the musical continued throughout the whole show. I am glad…
Halloween Halloween is a time where people can dress up. They can be whatever they want scary or cute. However where does halloween originate from? Halloween originates far back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. They celebrated their new year on November 1. Which marked the end of summer and harvest and the beginning of the dark, and cold winter, a time where death tolls would rise. The Celts believed the night before the new year, a boundary “portal” between the dead and the living…
The Rebellion The novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, and the film Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann are two examples of storytelling in which the main protagonist struggles in expressing their own spice of individuality in their society. The boy in The Ocean at the End of the Lane is an odd character as he is placed into almost two different planes of existance and is forced to find his personal strengths and weaknesses, while Scott Hastings in Strictly Ballroom is a…
Cinderella’s Mice, directed by George Koller, music and lyrics by Ben Morss, book and additional lyrics by Justin Warner. The play was performed on September 26, 2015 in Glenn Auditorium. The opening scene started with a short monologue between Heath Burnett (Spencer), Alana Lambert (Mitzi) and Stephanie Mills (Cinderalla). We meet the evil stepmother and evil twin sisters, Mona and Whina. The opening scene shows the struggles the mice and Cinderella have to go through day to day. Everybody…
Piles of homework, memorized scripts, complicated blocking, sweaty costumes, quick meals, and exhaustion beyond comprehension are all part of my life. A typical day is 7 hours of school, 4 hours of rehearsal, and 3 hours of homework which all equates to long and exhausting 14 hour days. Time management is skill that was forced upon me to keep me swimming through high school. I have spent more hours inside my school’s auditorium than I have in some of the classroom. Thankfully, my classes have…
Special Effects of Halloween contacts lenses On Halloween, the party and holiday lovers dress up with some unique costumes. They try their best to look the best and for this, they spend lots of money on their dresses. However, when they ready for the occasion, something is always missing due to which they are not able to look perfect in their costumes. What may be the missing thing? The answer is very simple; they are the eyes which don’t match the dress. Due to the eyes the beauty of your dress…
controversial material was actually in the show, all it was doing was portraying life, at least semi-accurately, from the perspective of a recent college graduate. Both its humor and social commentary amused me, along with its excellent set and costume design and musical numbers, helped it earn an 8.5/10 from…
not have any evidence of convicting him guilty though. The convict him because he is Jew. This trial shows how racial discrimination is the overall them of the story. Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance’s Production of Parade uses costumes, lights, props, and specific characters for scene changes to portray the theme of radical discrimination towards minorities in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Ball State University’s Production of Parade uses…
ever before. This Halloween, both you and your friends makes a very huge entrance whenever all four of you walk-in on the town’s biggest Halloween bash decked out as Hannibal, Faceman, B.A., and Murdock. There aren’t any officially licensed full costumes readily available, but becoming the a group is easy with a little bit of armed forces gear, some artificial weapons, and a little bit of ingenuity and resourcefulness. Col. John “Hannibal” Smith Col. Hannibal Smith may be the team’s…