Performance poetry

Lisa Lipton The Impossible Blue Rose, at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery October 1-November 20. ‘Halifax-based artist Lisa Lipton brings together the nine chapters of her film and performance opus THE IMPOSSIBLE BLUE ROSE. Three years in the making, Lipton’s project is the culmination of video, theatre, dance, poetry, sculpture, and more that surfaced on her dreamy and rebellious journey throughout North America. Lipton’s story follows its own path, one of spontaneity and intuition, yet with…

theater is completely surrounded by the audience. It features a close performer/audience connection which underlines the performer and audience’s sense of community. The light of the stage is set and projected evenly to the same effect. As Naqqali performances would often take place in coffee houses the decor and props are chosen in a way to represent a traditional coffee house. For instance, the walls around the stage are decorated with paintings of epic scenes from Shahnameh. Other details of…

many different art forms such as dance, acting, music and poetry. This book acts as a tool to help draw connections between the classical Indian performance arts and reaching religious enlightenment. Bharata Natyam can also be found referenced…

intensity of emotions in sama’ than to let them go out among people where these emotions can harm both a young man and people around him”. Abu Saeed has played a major role in the development of Sufism for example he uses poetry as means of teaching where he introduced his poetry into the sama practice for spiritualization.This dance is mostly recognised in the West and is the stylized dance of the Mevlevi Sufi’s of Turkey which involves circling and whirling movements which is otherwise known…

Searching for the right poem took extensive time to accomplish. Studiously, I riffled through picture books, monologues, sonnets and poetry, feeling discouraged. Nothing spoke to me! Suddenly, the CPU of my brain activated the neurons, reminding me, I had several poems saved on Google docs from Mrs. Ginny’s Short Stories and Poetry class. Positively, I clicked on the cold black mouse, opening my Google doc account. The very first document I saw spoke to me; “Hope Is A Thing With…

Anani and I went to go see UNIVERSES' The Party People Salon performance. I was excited to see this show since it would be the first time I saw a performance in The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center as a University of Maryland student. When I first walked into the venue, Kogod Theater, I was shocked it was not what I expected (which was a large auditorium performance hall) it was a small dark room. I thought there was no way a performance could be held in such a small enclosed room. Another…

included 18 best of Riverdance performances. Riverdance is considered a stage show featuring Irish step dancing and Irish music. The first original piece referred to as “Riverdance” was performed in 1994 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Ireland. The piece was well received and prompted Moya Doherty (Producer), Bill Whelean (Composer and Musician), and John McColgan (Director and Producer) to create a full-length show known as Riverdance. Several of the dance performances included Michael…

David’s creative process is as unconventional as his work. Within the skeleton of the piece, each performance varied because of its heavy usage of improvisational tasks. The music, “Warm Africa,” by Ian Hawgood, “Beasts of this Earth,” by Nicolas Jaar, and “A Case of You (Live)” by Diana Krall was secondary and not the impetus for the movement or message…

example of the call and response would be “poder, poder, poder de Dios” (“power, power, power of God”) as Figueroa sang (called) the first two powers the entire church would respond with power of God. The instruments that were being used for thus performance were an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar, claves, congas, drum set, cowbell, timbales, piano, and tambourine. I would say this was the longest song but the most fun and energizing. Seeing all the instruments play together was just amazing…

island Tonga, a small island between Australia and New Zealand. Lakalaka literally means, “to stride back and forth” and is one of the only Tongan dances to be considered truly indigenous (Shumway, 29). Lakalaka is a dance form that combines dance, poetry, and music to celebrate the “goodness of the Tongan way of life” (Shumway TWO, 468). I chose to research this dance because I know nothing about it and it seems to not be prevalent in many other countries besides Tonga. In researching Lakalaka…