Performance-related pay

Starting Cheer I was standing watching the parade downtown Middleville with my Mom when I saw the Middleville competitive cheer team The cheerleaders dressed in red, black, and white uniforms were doing ‘flips’ or as I later found out, handsprings. I turned to my Mom. “I want to do that!” “What? Walk in a parade?” She asked confused as the parade kept moving downtown. “No, do flips.” Later that week my mom signed me up for the competitive cheer team. At the age of four I would be placed on…

Until I took the stage, I never knew what “ burning passion” felt like. I never understood the way people could talk endlessly about a particular subject whether it be basketball, history, chemistry, or even their pet dog. The most passionate I’d ever felt about something was how great Panera’s mac & cheese tasted but even then it was about a flicker of interest. This all changed however, when I stepped into my 1st period freshman year, Theater 1. Standing before me was a 6’2 leprechaun from…

movement among the ensemble. For example, during the piece “Sing Sing Sing” the ensemble would swing their instruments back and forth to beat of the music. The lighting was also an integral part in the performance. The lighting would often change and move around the room. For a few of the performances, the disco ball on the ceiling was spinning and giving off light in all directions. It was all very exciting and…

only teens who started singing as a kid. In fact he started in 2010 therefore he was only 7 years old [mattybraps.com]. Which starting young help him with a lot of stuff like his singing, dancing and even his popularity. In fact his first ever performance was at the Gramercy theater which was his First Headline Show [youtube.com]. Another…

I saw Kirkland dance Other Dances in D.C. twice within a week and they were not the exact same performance. As I mentioned above, the New York performance I saw her give was very different again (and not as stunning though rather poetic and introspective). These are all things I try to remember when I'm forming opinions from video of dancers I've never seen live. Though…

The first time I performed on stage, I was the opening act for Elvis Presley. I was five years old and my family was staying at an inn for the weekend. In the building’s lounge, there was a small stage on which musicians and comedians would perform at night. On that particular night, an Elvis impersonator was scheduled to sing, but he was running late. Naturally, I ran up to the stage, dragging along my brother and cousin to be my backup dancers. We improvised songs about Elvis, although we did…

characterized the scene. The audience enjoyed the vibrating elements that produced the sound in string instruments such as the guitar, harp, piano etc. Obviously, there were genius melodic and harmonic creativity; the masterpiece thus that the beautiful performance in…

In the theory “Performances” by Erving Goffman utilizes the expression “performance” to allude all the movement of a person before a specific group of people, or onlookers. These specific performances convey impressions to others. People act a certain way with an expectation in controlling the part that they play with the end goal of overseeing others impressions of them. Generally, this happens through the collaboration of the people in their regular life. In these theory, Goffman is basically…

produced performances through Theatre of the Oppressed with Combatants for Peace members as the actors to help the audience reach understandings of Israel’s Occupation over Palestine through theatre, a completely non violent method of understanding. The audience comprises of both Israeli and Palestinian citizens which are shown a series of oppressive events of the members of Combatants for Peace's own experiences, which the audience are able to relate to. After viewing the performance, the…

There really is nothing more relaxing and exhilarating than going to watch a live musical performance. Especially when the performer is going to be none other than your favorite artist. Although the location where the performance is held is important, the intensity and energy of both the performer and the crowd are what really makes a concert great. Upon arrival to the venue I couldn’t help but notice that it resembled an old movie theater. The building wore a coat of a creamy orange complexion…