Analysis Of Performance Art Performance

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Performance art can simply be described as the type of art presented to live audience (Irvin, 2016). The performance can either be carefully orchestrated or random; scripted or unscripted; carefully planned sometimes with or without audience participation or otherwise spontaneous. In addition, the performance can either be via the media or live; sometimes the performer is present while other times the performer may be absent. In general, performance art encompasses four basic elements: the body of the performer, time, space, and the performer-audience relationship. Performance art can take place anywhere and in any type of settings and venue for any time duration. For the sake of this assignment, I decided to attend a live art performance, …show more content…

The singer's dress code seemingly fitted perfectly as the costume for the live performance. She closely resembled Maria Callas than Grace Slick with this kind of dressing. Amy Lee proves herself as one of the pre-eminent rock music Vocalists by producing an impressive rock music performance with a music range packs a wallop that cuts through a full packed orchestra. She presented two new songs together with other songs found in her first album while maintaining the rhythm of the music in a manner that impressively captures the attention of the audience. With the encompassment of the musical instruments such as the piano made the performance lively and quite entertaining to the audience. For instance, the singer seated with the piano allowing her long hair to freely flow down her back and started with a somber mood of the song "Never go back" from the group's third album followed by the slow starting of the song "end of the dream" from the same album. The two songs are impressively presented in a manner that maintains the mood of the music performance to draw the audience concentration. She knows how to connect with the audience, for instance, she decided to perform the songs "Bring me to life," "Lithium," "my immortal," and "your Star” which were her audience's favorite music to invoke audience participation into her performance. She

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