Performance poetry

Dylan Thomas once said, “Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry … makes you know that you are alone in this unknown world, that your bliss and suffering is forever shared and forever all your own.” (Huffington Post) Poetry is a vital language that is everywhere around us, but unfortunately ‘actual’ poetry is becoming a lot less popular. Nevertheless, poetry should not be a dead art -- rather it should be embraced. Poetry is a significant art form that positively affects people’s lives by providing them with a vital aid to living. Poems are able to help people with many emotional problems they may be experiencing. People all around the world look towards poems for support and help, and often times, it works. Secondly, poetry stretches…

For this assignment i have chosen two dance production, coppelia and Poetry in Dance. Coppelia is based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffman. It is a three-act ballet that tells the light-hearted story of the mysterious Dr Coppélius who owns a beautiful life-sized mechanical doll. The show had original choreography by Arthur St. Léon, Coppélia is staged with additional choreography by Janek Schergen. The second performance that i had watched was a Chinese dance from Poi Ching School, Hwa Chong…

Blog #1- The Budding Creation of Ballet AnnieH By AnnieH on Oct 6, 2015 Close your eyes and recall a ballet performance you have seen before. Are you left in awe at the beauty and majestic elegance of the dancer’s work? Many other people enjoy both watching and performing this classic style of dance. The art of ballet has been practiced over many centuries, changing slightly every so often, but still retaining its majestic and graceful beauty every time. Ballet originated in the 15th century.…

They found that the two forms, crafted in conjunction with one another, created a third dimension to the performance, that didn’t exist before. These early performances were the foundation for what ultimately became the play that they took to New York and developed into the award winning Broadway show. When Ntozake Shange and dancer Paula Moss first brought the production of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf to New York to perform it at Studio Rivbea…

work look like? When, where and how will it be realized? The durational text-based performances of Forced Entertainment create an actor-audience relationship that is described by Tim Etchells as “a struggle against the idea of the audience as a passive consumer of spectacle” (CITATION HERE). The idea of their durational performances is to expose the actor to the audience, and allow them to see the person behind the performance façade. I am highly interested in exploring this concept, as most…

would attend a ballet, which is not what I am accustomed to since my father and three older brothers raised me. The ballet opened my eyes to the art of dance and live theater, and I enjoyed it more than I would have ever imagined. It also gave me a new appreciation for how challenging it is to put on a live performance and covey a story without using words.…

An Exotic Dancing Show from Haiti Dancing Group In 16th August, The Impression of Haiti showed up in Beijing. Combining Western African dances with voodoo legend, Haiti dancing group – Ballet Bacoulou gave an enthusiastic performance. Also, they will perform in Dezhou and Jinan, Shandong province. The debut they made in Beijing won rounds of applause. They presented 14 native dances with special charms. For instance, The Dance of Liberator revealed the slaveries’ ecstasy of reembracing…

about rejuvenation programme for Bowling Basin I would like to propose a site-specific performance piece as part of the Bowling Basin rejuvenation programme. The performance would aim to attract the local community, passers by as well as anyone interested in the history of the harbour. The Bowling Harbour was first opened in 1851. It was a pioneer within the UK shipbuilding industry and provided the country with a large quantity of quality ships, before and during the war. The area was also…

through graceful body movements with no poetic meaning to convey constitutes Nritta. The backbones of Nritta are hand gestures, dance patterns which emphasizes the significance of acute synchronization between rhythm and time with dance movements. Foot beats and dance poses are the real assets of movement, which add essence to Nritta. The two vital components of nritta are beat and tempo [27, 28, and 29]. Nritya is the illustration of poetry through graceful and designed movements or dance. Here…

Boal theater is political, traditional. Aristotle tragedy is oppressive. Boal aim is to break the wall between audience and performance. Chapter 1. Aristotle’s Coercive System of Tragedy • Aristotle’s philosophy/tragedy (obey rules, no rebellion) - character of the tragedy would be antisocial, rebellious. His characteristics and ambitions lead to tragedy happening to him. Through the theater, Aristotle would fear members of audience who share the same qualities as the main character does.…