Performance management

The Museum of Contemporary Art of North Miami held an evening jazz concert open to the public featuring the jazz band Karina Iglesias & the Nu-Thang. Karina Iglesias and the Nu-Thang included Karina Iglesias as the lead vocalist, accompanied by Brian Robertson on the piano, James McCoy on bass, and Kevin Abanto on drums. This concert consisted of one set of six songs that last for an hour and fifteen minutes. I wanted to attend this concert because Karina Iglesias appeared as a finalist on the…

m it? The first video I watched was, “Sparks: How Youth Thrive” by Peter Benson. This video was mainly about igniting a teenager’s spark or hidden talent. It gave parent’s advice on discovering their child’s hidden strengths. Dr. Benson started his TED-talk by asking the audience questions about today’s generation. Some of his questions included, “What is our vision for American kids?” and “What is your highest aspiration for your child?” While, watching Dr. Benson’s video the parts that…

The performance began with an introduction by two of the players who introduced the audience to the group and shared knowledge about Mozart. I quickly became cognizant of the obvious fact that each of these artists held exceptional talents. The four performers…

still made time for them and he was a great, loving father. Jackson had a lot of things going on at the same time, taking care of his family, parenting children, and managing an influential career, so he probably was overwhelmed at times. His last performance was the day before he died. His death was unpredictable, it was, unfortunately, due to drugs. It’s debated whether or not it was Jackson’s fault. He had a personal doctor who medicated him, and many people think his doctor purposefully…

A Song Worth Chewing Sia, the Australian singer and songwriter, has produced a great many pop songs and videos that need to be "chewed" carefully by the audience. They are not like meatloaf, which can be eaten quickly without chewing for very long, but those big, thick steaks—no filler, all meat. The “meat” here is Sia’s unique way to create, to express and to perform her music. Among most of her songs and videos, “Alive” is a typical one which always brings people an audio visual feast, and…

As we have discussed in class, theater conventions change over time with the changes in social and political issues. To show this, I will discuss the differences between the plays, “Edward II”, which was played during the Elizabethan period (1594) and “Beggar’s Opera”, which was played during the 17th century (1727). First I will discuss the play, Edward II written by Christopher Marlowe. Christopher Marlowe is known as the first great Renaissance playwright since he was the first who made…

I have viewed the play titled Someone’s Knocking by playwright Rich Orloff, which is an odd comedy about a married women who is afraid of “out there”. Furthermore, this performance was seen on October second at the Howard Studio Theatre in Building eleven, Room one hundred and sixty-three. The curtain time was at eight o’clock in the evening and lasted until nine-thirty with one twelve minute intermission. In addition, due to the fact that I am a Florida student, the tickets cost ten dollars…

For this combination, I recognized that I was able to learn the entire phrase without having to rely on others, so I finally achieved a previous goal of mine from my last synthesis paper. My goal was to be able to perform based off of my own confidence. From the beginning of class until now, I was really reluctant in trying to do the movement because I forgot that movement looks different in everyone else’s bodies, so I was busy trying to match other people, which probably slowed me down from…

red letters on the outside of the cave.. "Cueva de la Rocio" is artistically painted on the wall. Pictures of famous people fill up all four of the walls. Among the pictures, pots hang from above on the white ceiling. People who gather for the performance sit alongside each wall on wooden chair. With limited space, roughly sixty people can spectate the show. It is dimly lit inside. Although, bright color changing spotlights on the walls shine through the cave. The red lighting creates a dramatic…

In my sophomore year of high school, I was in a play called Greek Mythology Olympiaganza. I made new friends because of this event that I feel I will have for the rest of my life. During this event I learned how to control my actions and feelings while performing. I have wanted to major in acting and to perform in more plays since this moment happened. This event in my life is crucial to me because, it made me realize that I can and want to make people laugh. In my sophomore year of high…