Performance-related pay

A Cheerleading Performer: Before the music starts your blood rushes through your veins like a shark about to catch its prey. The anticipation to hit the routine is like no other feeling. The voices of your opponents racing through your head telling you “you aren’t good enough’ and to “quit while your ahead.” This is it all or nothing. Leave it all on the floor. The music starts, back handspring step out round off back layout twist. Nailed it. Quickly dart across the mat to get to left panel…

“They say a sudden shock makes your whole life pass before your eyes” (Pg. 1). In the novel Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements we see a young very smart girl named Gwen from West virginia. Gwen was named the same name as her grandma. Her grandma dies, and her Grandpa lives in New york City. Gwen analyzes her life year by year. She begins to realize she's 14 and life matters now. Gwen is very into music, she plays the violin and is trying to go to school for it. Gwen receives an…

The Jarabe Tapatío is a Mexican folk dance which imitates the movements of a male bird paying court to the female. The Jarabe Tapatío is known as the national dance throughout Mexico and around the world it is known as the Mexican Hat Dance. The word jarabe comes from Arab word xarab which means herb mixture and the word Tapatío represents the people in Guadalajara. The meaning behind the mixture of herbs is the mix of influences that made the dance style which includes the waltz, polka, and…

After we had our fun in the city it was time to remember the real reason we came. As performance day rolled around, I was extremely anxious and excited for the moment my group would take the stage. The day started with the hair and makeup process in the morning and led to the warm up session right before our performance. I could feel the nerves in the air as we impatiently waited to set the stage. The time finally came; the curtain was pulled, the…

Furthermore, I finally moved to the other side of the bar. I still my concert clothes on (black shirt, paints, and blazer), so people were slightly looking at me and perhaps mentally saying "why is he dressed like that?". I ordered another Double-white and started enjoying the music more deeply, for now I was able to see "hell" as it's. I stayed by myself for fifteen minutes and I was able to approach a few people and talk to them a little bit. Talk after talk, I met a guy who also plays the…

Mark Morris’s piece “The Hard Nut”, specifically “Waltz of the Snowflakes”, is a satire of The Nutcracker, The Waltz of the Sugar Plum Fairies. Morris succeeds in creating an original updated version that is a little cynical, a little romantic and a little funny all at the same time. His version jumps off the pages of a pastel colored comic book inspired by Charles Burns and really tries to land as far away from “the Box” as possible. But at the same time, still keep the succinct execution of…

as the voice travels throughout the theatre, until suddenly, a single spotlight illuminates a middle-aged man sitting on a worn armchair playing the soundtrack of his favorite musical on his antique turntable. So begins Gelnelg Country School’s performance of “The Drowsy Chaperone”. Written by Bob Martin and Don McKeller and music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, the musical follows the story of an antisocial man as he provides hilarious commentary on his favorite musical, “The Drowsy…

ballet dancer’s weaker response to observing a female dancer. These neurons function in empathy to reflect an experience based on automatic understanding, an interdependence between self and other which becomes meaning that connects spectator and performance (Landay,…

For my Live Performance Critique Assignment I saw the theater performance “Future Thinking”. The story revolved around a man named peter probably in his late forties or early fifties being questioned by the security guard Jim about not following the rules of his restraining order with a young actress named Chiara. Peter is absolutely in love with Chiara and would do anything just to get her autograph even if that meant breaking the restraining order. By Peter being the stalker he is he did end…

was established as a dramatic period comedy from the very first line of the play. Beyond the script the genre translated in the design elements, which included the scenic design casting and the overall performances from the actors. All of these elements together created a cohesive theatrical performance. As patrons entered the theatre, they were given the option to sit anywhere, including down on the floor on either side of the main stage. Little did the audience know those who chose to sit in…