Essays on Performing Arts

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The Importance of The African Masquerades in The Determination and Control of Society

3 pages / 1187 words

In every culture, there are central ideas that promote the interaction of people and guide their way of life. In the traditional African setting, several beliefs and myths were considered to have both control and guidance of how the community was to live. Among this...

African Masquerades

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Annie Musical Cat

3 pages / 1375 words

Plot Annie is a Broadway musical based on a comic strip by Harold Gray called Little Orphan Annie. Annie is an eleven year old girl who lives in an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan, along with six other girls. After two attempts Annie...

Advertisement Design Theatre

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The Story of Josephine Baker

1 page / 498 words

The free artist is a madly vulnerable one. She lives between blank, white walls and a bold, red door, dancing for eternity in the daydream theatre. And when her heart yearns to stir the stars, she cranks the doorknob and flees. Sashaying out of the...

Biography Theatre

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The Use of Theatre in The Expression of Political Ideals

6 pages / 2537 words

A political movement is a group of people organized for the purpose of attaining a political goal or a change in society. Throughout history, political movements have driven changes in governmental policies, ruling parties, and social norms. In recent times, the anti-war movement, the ecology...

Theatre

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Types of Classical Dances in India

3 pages / 1313 words

Art is one of the most important parts of human life. Every country has their own art forms such as music, painting, and dance. Artists have been portraying art about religion and culture, this means they try to tell you a story or a fact...

Kathak

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Katha Pollitt's 'Why Don't Boys Play with Dolls': Gender Inclinations

1 page / 508 words

In Katha Pollitt’s essay, “ Why Don’t Boys Play with Dolls”, she responds to the scientific research on boys and girls distinct preferences by explaining how children are constantly filled with messages on their gender role. She directs her work to all educators and parents...

Kathak

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Kooza: Where There Are Something More than Cirque

2 pages / 721 words

Kooza: A Return to the Roots of Cirque du Soleil Introduction Kooza first premiered in 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the circus conglomerate Cirque du Soleil, the largest theatrical producer in the world, was founded in 1983 as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations...

Humor Theatre

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The Ziegfeld's

2 pages / 1000 words

In the age of ever-evolving technology, it is amazing how tight of a grasp musical theater still has on the American imagination. The world is saturated with different forms of entertainment including cinema, television, and streaming services, yet musical theater has remained consistently popular. Through...

Biography Theatre

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The First English Actresses: Women and Drama

3 pages / 1539 words

In this essay I am going to talk about why Elizabeth Howe claims in, The First English Actresses: Women and drama 1660“ 1700, that the first English actresses were used as sexual objects and what she means through her chapter where she explores the different...

Drama Theatre Women in The Workforce

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The Need for an Actor to Create Association with a Role to Bring About an Authentic Performance as Illustrated by Constantin Stanislavski, in His Book, an Actor Prepares

1 page / 413 words

In chapters 12 and 15 of Constantin Stanislavski’s An Actor Prepares, Stanislavski indicates the importance of honing one’s inner connection to a play in order to portray a realistic and sympathetic depiction of a character. Chapter 12 talks about the, “three impelling movers in our...

Theatre

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Understanding The Connection Between Ballet and Applied Physics

1 page / 642 words

My favorite activity is dancing, whether it is ballet or contemporary dancing. I started ballet at the age of 2, and have been dancing ever since then. Because I dance practically every day of the week, I was able to observe how physics plays into...

Ballet

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A Report on Drama and Its Main Types

2 pages / 801 words

Drama is a distinctive fictitious form because it is intended to be performed out on a stage before an audience. The word ‘drama’ comes from the Greek word ‘dran’ meaning to act or to do. Drama brings a story to life before our eyes, the...

Drama Theatre

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Interpretation and Analysis The Ballet Performance Tabula Rasa at Snow College

1 page / 600 words

“Tabula Rasa” is a ballet performance that was out on by the dance ensemble here at Snow College. Tabula Rasa had a series of different dances with the titles of Skewed, Mother, More Than Words, Solitaria, Remember Home, “Some foreign word”, Interpersonal, and 16 months....

Ballet

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Judas Kiss of David Hare

2 pages / 821 words

The Cultural Significance of Sydney’s Old Fitzroy Sydney’s Old Fitzroy and its theatre operation is a cultural touchstone that uniquely links generations in a town slavishly fixated on the latest fad. It is a bar without posturing that holds its history and popularity. Nightlife without...

Art History Research Theatre

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Mathilde Kschessinska Biography and Film ‘mathilde’

1 page / 518 words

Mathilde Kshesinskaya was an eminent Russian ballerina and was born to an artistic family. Her grandfather was a famous violin player, singer and actor and both her parents were ballet dancers. At the age of eight, Matilda enrolled in the Imperial Theatre School, where her...

Ballet Biography

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Differences Between Elizabethan Theatre and Modern Theatre

1 page / 557 words

In Elizabethan times, only men were allowed to perform in theatre’s because it was not a respected profession. Teenage boys who hadn’t gone through puberty yet would dress up and play the women. Because it wasn’t a highly paid or respected profession, actors were usually...

Elizabethan Times Theatre

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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov: The Story of Ballet Dancer

3 pages / 1223 words

Early Life and Background Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov was born on January 27, 1948, in Riga, Latvia, to Russian parents Nikolay Baryshnikov, an engineer, and Alexandra, a dressmaker. At that time, Latvia was part of the Soviet Union, on the cusp of the Cold War. Baryshnikov...

Ballet Biography Dance

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A Study on Using Theatric Language as Illustrated in The Hamlet

2 pages / 818 words

Shakespeare uses language to dramatically create an impact on the audience. He does this through the use of lexis in order to create a tone for that scene as well as foreshadowing the mood for the remainder of the play. Again, Shakespeare varies the sentence...

Hamlet Theatre

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Queen Boudica in The Globe Theatre

2 pages / 1023 words

Based on the extraordinary historic legend of the Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe, Trisian Bernays Boudica, portrayed by Gina McKee immerses you in a rebellion you did not know you wanted to be a part of. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need...

Theatre Women in Combat