Performing arts

There was a dance show about the student choreography on March 24th, 2017 in Discovery High School. The show started from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and another show started from 6:30pm to 7:30 pm on March 24th. There were many talents dancers from Discovery High School participated in the dance show, to show off their talents and the skills that they learned in school. There were a solo, duo, and group dance. The students performed their dance on the theater stage, and they had to create a dance moves…

1. What is the definition of Opera and where did it originated from? Opera is a sung drama with orchestral accompaniment. Opera originated in Italy around the 1600s. 2. What are the elements of Opera? Opera is the simultaneous performance of poetry, singing, acting, and dancing with scenery and costumes. 3. List the Voice categories of opera The basic voice ranges are soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. The voice categories of opera are coloratura soprano (very high range), lyric soprano (light…

Flying acrobats, trained animals, strange oddities: all attributes of an astounding circus, yet where did these acts begin and what dark truths hide behind the breathtaking circus acts? Phineas Taylor Barnum spent his life remaking himself from a poor country boy into the city’s showman (Mansky). After moving to New York City, P.T. Barnum successfully opened the Barnum American Museum (“P.T. Barnum Biography”). He worked during a time where blue laws were prominent in the United States,…

Claudio Monteverdi is perhaps considered the founding father of opera, although he was not the first composer of the art form. Monteverdi had an ear for polyphony and a keen sense of dramatic action (Riding & Dunton-Downer: 2006 pg. 55), making him the ideal composer of Opera, who would further enhance works of his predecessors which lacked strong sense of theatrical…

The performance of The Sleeping Beauty took place at the Brown Theater in the Wortham Center. The performance is choreographed by Stanton Welch and the dance company is the Houston Ballet. Overall I am truly amazed of the Wortham Theatre because it is elegant and well-organized. Attending a ballet show for the first time excited me very much and seeing the quantity of ballet accessories that were being sold I came to the conclusion that the performance of The Sleeping Beauty was huge. Therefore,…

The Lubbock Moonlight Musicals in partnership with Texas Tech’s School of Music definitely did not disappoint with their amazing performance of Phantom of the Opera. This is one of the most well know and classical musicals but doesn’t fit into any specific category. It is not exactly classic musical theatre due to the music being for classically trained singers, but it is not exactly an opera either because it has dialogue while an opera is traditionally completely sung. This makes for a…

sides support one another since one is incomplete without the other. Valiollah Torabi, having a retentive memory, knows Ferdowsi’s poems by heart, therefore; he does not use scrolls or Tumar. However, he makes use of his cane or Metraq. As Nadjm in The Art of Story Telling in Iran…

I am extremely passionate about theatre. I first auditioned for the fall play of my freshman year, and though I did theatre in middle school, I was very ill formed. Consequentially, I only made hair and makeup crew for that production. However, by the winter One Act, my audition was immensely improved. In that play, The Romancers, I was cast as the lead female. At first, I was weary of how many lines I had a bit nervous about meeting the rest of the cast; all of my worries quickly went away. In…

The thundering sounds of applause by the audience pulled me back into reality. Closing my eyes, all the characters and scenes of the magic flute flashed back into my mind. The courageous Tamino, the beautiful yet flexuous Pamina, the hilarious Papageno, the righteous Sarastro, and the selfish queen of the night, all of their songs, their emotions, and their performances carved deeply in my mind. Composed by one of the greatest musical genius – Mozart, the magic flute stands to be one of the most…

Stage persona 's utilised by performers are an integral in the foundation of a live performance. These persona 's manifest showmanship that reinforces the music 's tonal properties which allows for a greater experience. The performance of Home Is For The Heartless was listened to Experienced without the visual aspect. The visual aspect was then viewed without audio in the second screening and finally the performance as a whole was experienced in the final viewing. An integration of stage persona…