Performance

lover The beauty of live performance lies in the vast potential interpretations of the same event. The scene between Hamlet and Ophelia is quite complex and up for interpretation. There is a lack of emotion and intimacy between Ophelia and Hamlet. This can especially be noted in the scene in which Ophelia is used as a decoy to set Hamlet up. In the Shakespearean version, Hamlet and Ophelia appear quite distant. There is little to no physical contact. However, in the performance of Hamlet this…

The production of Nightwatch was on May 13th through the 15th at Liberty High School. Nightwatch is a play about the character Elaine Wheeler who struggles through past and current obstacles. One night she is up and unable to go back to sleep so her husband, John Wheeler, attempts to urge her back to sleep but a glimpse of a dead body of a man in the building across the street keeps her from doing so. Elaine is now determined to make sure that the crime is solved and slowly starts to go insane.…

to smoke, he comes back and his hair is not combed any more and it stays that way for the entire show. This causes him to often move his hair out of his eyes throughout the show and it was really distracting. Another problem that I had with his performance is he did not seem like he was doing much when he was not talking. I prefer to have people act in the background to look like they are clearly listening to a person, but that is just my personal preference. In the end, he performed…

The art of theatre has been around since sometime during the 6th century BC, beginning in Greece. Since then, different traditions of performance have moved across the world being influenced by other cultures. Theatre creates a world that people can escape to. They can forget about reality for the time being, filling themselves with the stories that they are telling or are being told. Technology hasn’t always played a role in the art of theatre, however lately that has been changing, with more…

Picnic Performance Critique Picnic as directed by Jack Wright, was the first play that I had ever gone to in my life. As far as a first time experience, I’d say that Picnic left me wanting more from the actors and the production overall. The two actors that I chose to focus on were those who played Hal Carter and Millie Owens; James Kern and Melissa Berger respectively. I closely examined the voices of both of these actors as well as each and every one of their movements and what they did to…

Carnegie Hall. We received our composition around a month before the December concert, and honestly, it didn’t seem to be anything special. We were part of a background choir after all. However, my judgment changed when I reached the day of the performance (performance day?). Something felt different when 200 excited students opened…

completely distracted by the audience which could possibly ruin an entire performance. However Stanislavski saw this problem and found ways to counteract this problem. It was difficult however because Stanislavski did not want the actors just to forget the audience, I also think that forgetting about the audiences existence is a bad idea because it is in a way going against the whole purpose of the performing arts/performances which is to entertain people/the audience so just forgetting about…

spaces and stages in which a play could be put on I was very intrigued. It was also interesting to read about how much work goes into production design. By reading this chapter I became very well informed about not only the different stages and performance areas in existence but how much time and effort went into all of the production design, which in turn helped me to choose which stage area would be best for a production of Noah and His Son. This chapter starts off by discussing The Influence…

The Super Fresh Hip Hop Fest was the event that I attended with the Philosophy 444 class. The event took place at the Lakefront Arena, where we were surrounded by people from the seventies and eighties. At this concert, we had the pleasure of listening to famous and local artists as well as DJs, who played popular hits. The performers were Doug E. Fresh, Too Short, Slick Rick, DJ Kool, Dana Dane, Roxanne Shante, UNLV, Gregory D and Partners N Crime. As we were watching the performers, I…

After thirteen and a half years, I have finally learned that the key to any successful audition or performance is to eliminate the fear of judgment. Although I have come quite a long way in eliminating this fear, I still struggle with it every now and again. My journey truly began in first grade, when my teacher decided that our class was going to perform…