Performance management

My first memory of dance is the costumes. I remember as a child, completely in love with all the costumes, always playing dress up and throwing on music for little performances by myself. Dance was my first passion when I didn’t even know what that meant. Another memory was one my mother told me. On the day of my first performance, while waiting backstage to go on, my entire class was crying because they were scared. My mother said I wasn’t though. In fact, I was so excited and ready to get on…

so much joy to my life, to my family's life, given me physical and performance skills, and has taught me many life lessons. Every summer Santa Barbara celebrates Old Spanish Days Fiesta, which is a five-day long celebration honoring Santa Barbara's Spanish heritage. There are marketplaces throughout the city, called mercados, where visitors can dine on Spanish and Mexican food, shop for novelty items, and enjoy live performances. We prepared and practiced for a whole year just to perform…

producer’s typecasting. On the set, the furniture and decorations accurately corresponded to the setting of the play. The lighting designer, Michael Gend, did a superb job of keeping the appropriate amount of light during specific parts of the performance. As for the costumes, the costume designer, Eileen Gizienski, properly depicted the apparel for a wealthy family during the 1920s. The acting was a inferior attempt to keep the crowd immersed. Typecasting for the play correctly illustrated each…

themselves to realize their wishes and become part of a group. According to Erving Goffman's play theory, the active and knowledgeable person can guide and control how others see themselves. In other words, these people are their own products. Their performance in social…

down into two parts. It’s broken down into a front stage and back stage. Front stage is where a performance takes place in a social setting. Whereas the back stage is a place where you can just be yourself when the act is over. Although this may be true, people need to carefully control the information that others receive about them, in a process called impression management.…

The internal pay structure is an important part of an effective compensation programs and helps ensure that pay levels for groups of jobs are competitive externally and equitable internally (Milkovich, 2014). A pay structure allows management to reward performance and…

So instead of finding a way to escape your fear just be strong and face it. Facing your fear will help your prepare better. Effective management of your fears If you want to manage your fears, preparation is the best weapon to defeat stage fright. You need to stop judging yourself every now and then on a success and failure scale, instead prepare thoroughly. If you are afraid of forgetting…

On December 12/03/2017, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra hosted a unique and spectacular jazz concert at the Dr. Philips Center in Orlando Florida. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis spreads holiday cheer on its national Big Band Holidays tour. With soulful renditions of holiday classics, playful improvisation, and entertaining storytelling, they bring out the magic in such favorites as Count Basie’s “Jingle Bells,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and Billie…

detail. With all eyes on her, she perfects the performance with the correct costume and movements, no distractors, just art. The spotlight fades out and this so called theater is revealed as Woodford County High School and the audience is her students listening to their next lesson. Renowned Sociologist, Erving Goffman, once described life as a performance and Mrs. Joyner was the lead actress in this production. Goffman studied the idea of impression management. He believed people are…

attention that tryouts were held for the competitive dance team. This news brought excitement and concerns. The dance team involved long practices, multiple responsibilities, and a hard work ethic. Additionally, a few other issues consisted of time management and schoolwork. My parents debated whether or not I would be ready to balance these obligations. They expressed the importance of dedication, explaining that there could be times when giving up social events were required. Not only were my…