Performance Rating

On the 17th October 2015 we went to watch the performance adaptation of Anita and me at the Birmingham REP by Meera Syal and adapted by Tanika Gupta. The performance starred Mandeep Dhillon as Meena and Jalleh Alizadeh as Anita. The play is a touching example of a beautiful coming of age story and follows the tale of a British-Punjabi girl growing up in the Black Country during the 1970s it explores Meena’s struggle to fit into local culture. She soon develop friendships with both Anita and Sam…

surprised that there were so many young audience members that were not music majors that had just come to hear the percussion concert. Though out the performance you can witness that the audience is so intently listening almost as if nothing could ever break their focus but the conclusion of the music. Sitting there even just before the performance started I had my stereotypical expectations about what I…

the highest grade that could be given in the class. At my school, I have also gained some community service experience through an ambassador program. Not only do we help in our own community, but we also usher and volunteer at our own school’s performances and events. For two years, I was also part of our Quiz Bowl team, where I competed a few times at the junior varsity…

notion as “emphatic imagination” (page 243), and writes that great actors can relate to almost any character despite given limited dialogue. I never thought about acting this way before, but I agree that empathy truly has to be associated with good performances. Every time we act on stage, we are relating to someone totally distinct from us, and therefore empathizing with somebody else. We always take a character’s world, circumstance, mental state, emotions, attitudes, suffering, neurosis,…

well as became less flexible. However, my team members were extremely understandable and we figured out the meeting times that worked for all of us during the norming stage. In addition, we moved through the storming phase and succeeded in our performance. We came together for a goal of receiving a high grade on our assignments, and fully prepared and performed in hope of receiving them. We have yet to reach the adjourning stage, but I am sure that will come soon. We were also good at sharing…

Often times, people don’t pay much attention to the introduction of a speech. However, the introduction is one of the most important parts of a speech as it may be difficult to get the audience’s attention afterward. Les Brown was able to grab the attention of the audience from the beginning of the speech. How Brown got the attention of his audience was through using an attention grabber. His attention grabber was in the form of a joke that got the audience laughing and chuckling within the…

There are certain circles within the music world that hold firm to the belief that this art form is of the purest and most abstract, and should remain so, while others think music should remain open to as many people as possible. Within the context of the 21st century, the later positon has become increasingly important to adopt, not only for the continued success of this art form, but to inspire and motivate positive change in the world. The current project under consideration, titled Divided…

My directorial intentions and the intended impact on an audience My Goal My goal as the director is to get the show to captivate my audience, and for the audience to take away something meaningful from the show. I want my audience so enhanced by the play that they forget that it isn 't actually occurring. Nowadays people see to be less empathetic to others, and do not care as much as they once did. I want my audience to see my play and then start to think about their decisions and the kind of…

I will; I Seek was performed and choreographed by Mariana Orozco Arango, who costumed the work herself and collaborated with three musicians, and a lighting designer, to help create her piece. All aspects are crucial in understand, analyzing, and interpreting Arango’s work. Throughout her solo, Arango passionately, chaotically, and desperately seems to search for something as she frantically propels herself through space. Specifically, the intimate size of the flexible stage and black box…

production of this performance was made possible by the courtesy of the department of theater at the Ohio State University. The play was directed by Maureen Ryan and produced by Lesley Ferris. The play’s setting was of the 21st century. The costumes used in the performance were of modern times. Simple casual wears and other revealing sexual costumes were utilized. The costume designer Joshua Quinlan did a fabulous job in choosing the perfect costumes for the right scenes.…