Performing Arts Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (252) essays
Performing Arts essays:
Pilobolus
... Pilobolus Dance Theatre is a touring company that uses weight-sharing techniques in order to build interesting shapes to portray different things. Pilobolus started in a dance class at Dartmouth College. It is composed of humor and invention that is self-led by the performers who choreograph, dance ...
Oedipus Rex - From Light to Dark.
... Oedipus' pride, his encounters with Tiresias, and his wife Jocasta. The irony of sight in this play can be marked by Oedipus' inability to realize that which is evident to the reader. From the very beginning, Oedipus was in darkness by pride. With the city of Thebes dying, Oedipus ...
Pantomime
... performer who excels in this category of story telling is the Mime. Also called Pantomime, it is the art of narration and expression through exaggerated body movement. Some argue that mime really started with early man. "He must underline and dramatize his gutteral sounds by inventing ...
"The Lion King"
... great intensity and the selection of songs complemented the theme of the play very well. The actors sang with great passion and emotion, displaying incredible facial expressions and body language which added to the play's dynamics and made the play ...
Dance Jazz
... dancing and everything it has taught me. You have been one of the best instructors I have had in dance. I really enjoyed your class. This semester I have learned that I need to have more self-confidence. I have learned that I can do things ...
Royal or Rebel -Comparative essay on two versions of one a theatre performance portrayed by two different styles of dance.
... props are a sword and a necklace, neither of which hold any means of symbolism. In terms of the lighting, there is not a great deal of aspects that can be discussed besides how well the stage is lit and the use of ...
Music of the silk road
... east as Korea and Japan, and as far west as the Buddhist oasis temples of Central Asia. The Buddhist cave-temple murals at Dunhuang show many scenes of angelic beings hovering over Buddhist sacred sites, playing ...
James Buster Brown: A biography of his life, times and his influence on the world of tap.
... Buster was in his first act show called "The Three Aces", which toured all throughout the United States. His next act was called "The Speed Kings"; it was a trio act that was known for their precision, rapid-fire tap dancing ...
What is that great sound?
... world today. That great magnificent sound of music and plays a big part in the music history is called "JAZZ" Jazz is full of color, creation, and emotion. It's full of sadness and happiness. Jazz is the music the bring people together to sing, dance, and to ...
WARS OF GERMANY
... different aspects and facets from wherever you look at him. It's relatively easy to portray the Kaiser as the evil figure, the representation of the horde of the Huns trying to conquer Europe. The Kaiser had this unfortunate tendency to use strong language ...