Performance

Every Spring Frontier High School puts on a Spring Musical. This year it was “All Shook Up,” a musical based off Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night,” all set to Elvis Presley songs. The cast consisted of eleven main characters and an ensemble. Everyone wanted to be apart of the show, but only twenty five students would be selected. Before Thanksgiving break, the students were given five songs they could sing for at auditions. All break the actors were practicing and researching the musical, so when…

I attended the St. Ambrose University Dance Company Performance in the Rogalski Center Ballroom on Sunday, April 15th at 2pm. The dance company is a club here at St. Ambrose for students who may not have the time to fully commit to the dance team here at St. Ambrose. However, these individuals all share the love for dancing. Through this club they are able to continue to do so and practice dance without such a big time commitment. Although the time commitment is not as much, these six…

made for a very pleasurable afternoon with little distractions during the performances. The seats were slanted down toward the stage and I sat in the center of the theater where I had a perfect view of the show. The Ensemble Dance Works showcase was made up of seven modern dance performances choreographed by various choreographers and performed by the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance students. The two performances…

our own creation; I know for my part I shared this optimism. However, looking back at the process as a whole I think that the problems in the final performance were mirrored throughout the development of production. One of the major issues throughout was widely unequal engagement and care. During the process of choosing the piece for final performance the class was deeply split between those with strong feelings and those without. Furthermore, among those with a…

made stage props. The stage props were lit with plenty of bright neon lights giving a wide array of colors. Lighting using high key lighting along with backlighting, spotlights, key lights and filler lights made for an appropriately lit stage and performance.…

While some might assume that live performances of a story and an actual story are exactly the same, they actually differ a great deal from each other. Although, these people are not completely wrong. Plays and books always keep the same general plot, characters, and all the major details, while still differentiating on several things. Live performances leave little to the imagination, while stories allow readers to imagine innumerable details. In live theater, directors get to imagine how the…

technique class, they danced with a partner while moving to the beat of the music. Whereas the rehearsal, uses the tempo of the music. When I was watching the rehearsal, I noticed that most of their dances are very grounded. Before they began their performance, they start off by either sitting or lying on the floor. On the other hand, the Latin dance class remained standing the whole time. In beginning Latin dance, the instructor demonstrates to the class the techniques used in bachata. In Latin…

piece. It was held in the T. Earl Hinton Music Hall in the Wright Music Building. Around 130 people were there. I never really know what to expect from school performances. I have never been to a completely Jazz concert before, and especially not one done by professionals. There were a lot more musicians playing than at the classical performance I went to, so the atmosphere felt different. There was a formal conductor this time, Ryan Truesdell, who was very free spirited and did not conduct…

City” and some of the city’s most talented performers. Six choreographed pieces dance in various parts of downtown San Diego and Balboa Park. They explore artistic creativity and reach with their music, style, and movement. After the first two performances, we stroll up about a block to…

exciting experience for myself. Any sort of performance that I had previously attended had been through my times in middle school. To go along with this previous experience, I had absolutely no idea what to expect coming in. Generally speaking, the plays in middle schools are obviously uncoordinated and it’s obviously expected for many mistakes to be made throughout the duration. Through my attendance of a rehearsal a few weeks prior to the performance I garnered a general idea of what to expect…