When I think of a place where I am perfectly content, I immediately think of the stage. No matter what I’m doing, who I’m with, or how I feel, the second I step onto a stage I feel at peace. The pressures and pains of the real world go away for an hour or two, and I get to step into a different world that is far bigger than my own. Anything that has to deal with live performance (whether it be acting, singing or dancing) gives me a rush and makes me feel alive and happy. By doing live theatre, I get to put my whole heart and soul into a show, and then I get to let it go. The joy of live performance is that it only lives in the moment. The second that moment is over, it’s gone forever. I think the reason I feel so content on stage is that I know I’ll never be in that moment again. Live performance is full of sorrow and happiness and humor and pain and thought and beauty all in one moment. Live performance is life in its purest form - that’s what makes it so appealing to everyone. Even playing the smallest part in a live performance makes me feel perfectly content because I get to be part of something that lasts only for a moment, but lasts forever in the hearts and minds of people.
One of my favorite things in the world is being on stage in the dark and feeling the lights come up on me. When they slowly fade up I can feel the warmth of a vague flush of anticipation and excitement on my skin. The heat of the lights has some sort of magical quality that I can’t describe. It melts away any bad thing in the universe and suspends the whole theatre in a kind of cocoon that the outside world can’t touch. I can remember being in The Boy Friend, a musical by Sandy Wilson, and being the very first one on stage. For the last 5 performances o...
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...ow it’s more than just a joke. I’ve stayed connected with her over the last 8 years through theatre, and I can feel her with me on the stage. Without the connections and relationships that theatre has given me, I honestly don’t know who I would be today.
In recent years, I’ve really depended on theatre to keep me grounded. With all of the stress of finals, AP classes, and friend drama, it’s difficult to find a place where I can escape. The stage has provided me that place. Theatre, music and dance have consistently shown me the world through fresh eyes, and have given me the chance to be truly happy. My life wouldn’t be complete without it. Performing has shown me how to behold the world in the right light and has given me the chance to hear the hum of peace over the senseless noise of the day. On the stage, I am one hundred percent, perfectly, completely content.
People have dreams of what they want to do or accomplish in life, but usually musical theatre is just pushed into the non-realistic void. It isn’t a dream for me. In the past four years, musical theatre has been clarified as my reality. Musical theatre has been the only thing I have seen myself wanting to do. My first love was The Phantom of the Opera, seeing how I watched it almost every day and it was one of the first shows I saw. Of course, I started doing all of those cute shows in middle school and making a huge deal about it to my family and friends, but I have never felt so passionate about something. The minute I get up on that stage I throw away Riley for two and a half hours and it’s the most amazing feeling! Being able to tell a story
Performing or public speaking of any kind is difficult, but that difficulty can help to build confidence. Fine arts gives students the ability to perform and build confidence with their own support team of people who do and love the same thing. Not having to perform alone and knowing that everything possible has been done to ensure a good performance helps performers be confident in themselves and in their abilities. “Puneet Jacob, former choristers and current assistant conductor, says kids are often afraid to perform because of fear of failure.” (Lefebvre) The more a person faces their fear, especially when they do well and the fear is disproved, the less afraid he or she will become. When students work on music or a play for months on end, they become much more confident in themselves and what they can do than they were when they first began.
It was just like yesterday when I would run up to the Capitol Theater, in Steubenville, Ohio every weekend and stand at the stage entrance feeling enlightened and anxious waiting to see the stars, who just finished performing, scribble their names on a piece of paper I was holding. Sometimes if no
Without light, the theatre cannot exist, that much is certain. As actors, as audience members, as technical visionaries, we are only as powerful as the light we are given. The extent to which we depend upon light in performance has changed dramatically throughout history, however, as light technology developed and expanded. In the history of performance, the artistic community is constantly victim to the limits of lighting technology, and exponentially altered by breakthroughs. From the utilization of candles and natural light to isolated light and electricity, the histories of illumination and theatre are virtually inseparable, and continue to push the boundaries of live performance.
To begin, with theater is a type of collaborative art, which consists of live performance. This is also a type of art in which performers present before live spectators. Actors dispose before their audiences an experience of genuine or fanciful events. Performers divulge meaningful messages to spectators through language, gestures, music and songs. In order to enhance or intensify their audiences experiences things are also used such as, scenery, lighting, prompts, make up, costumes and the blending of tones and sounds. Also messages are passed to spectators that will evoke a range of catharsis, feelings and empathetic reactions. Theater can be a space, a stage, room, area, range or even a territory. Theater has during times joy, conflict and sadness boosted individual moral, and has served as a point of focus during times of our Nations struggles and opposition.
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It’s a very rewarding feeling knowing you’ve helped someone who has been really struggling, and knowing that they trust you with their problems and that they know they can rely on you for assistance when they need it. Being involved with the musicals is some of the most fun i’ve had in my highschool career. I’ve always tried out for the highschool musical and always gotten a part, and just last year I helped the backstage crew of the middle school musical. Just being a part of it is what I like the most, being a single part in an entire production, and i’m the person who was best fit for that specific part. It makes me feel unique and different knowing that I was picked for that certain part. Last year I got my first actual lead as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard Of Oz. It had to have been the greatest experience of my life, I read my script any chance I could because I wanted to make this the best performance I have ever done, and I feel like I had
... middle of paper ... ... In addition, attending live theatre develops a person’s artistic sense in the context that they are able to react to the play and enjoy the aesthetic experience. In essence, Adam Burke’s perception of directing and theatre production is a very useful insight.
Introduce on the English stage, the purpose of footlights is to “soften heavy shadows” and to create a “general illumination” of the actor and the stage (“footlights”, 1). Oil lamps, that contained a floating wick, were placed at the front of the stage and level with the floor. These lamps were placed in a tin box so the reflection of the light went up on stage. By using this box the audience could not see the possibly distracting open flame. (“footlights”,
Every theatergoer may consider the question: What is it about performance that draws people to sit and listen attentively in a theater, watching other people labor on stage and hoping to be moved and provoked, challenged and comforted? In Utopia in Performance, Jill Dolan “argues that live performance provides a place where people come together, embodied and passionate, to share experiences of meaning making and imagination that can describe or capture fleeting intimations of a better world (p.2)”. She traces the sense of visceral, emotional, and social connection that we experience at such times, connections that allow audience members to sense a better world, and the hopeful utopic sentiment might become motivation for civic engagement
...ously and see plays and performances not only as art but as a vital part of the human existence.
Five minutes on stage makes hours of rehearsal and practice all worthwhile. Even now, when I hear the audience my stomach feels as if a thousand little butterflies are inside, my mouth gets
are heavily influenced by theatre and Broadway therefore, people are more aware of live theatre and often attend plays. Cities such as Modesto, Turlock, Stockton, etc. have little knowledge and are less aware of live theatre. As a result, people in such cities prefer entertainment in movie theatres. The entertainment levels differ between live theatre and movies depending on how that particular entertainment is presented and how the audience recognizes it. The main goal of live theatre is to entertain the audience either through comedy, tragedy, romance, and action through the use of costumes, effects, props, and lighting to achieve the highest possible entertainment level for the people in order for them to come watch more theatre and drama. On the other hand, some people prefer movies to be more entertaining due to enhanced sound and edited picture. Movies are mainly offered everywhere meanwhile, live theatre is harder to find especially local. I would advise people to try out and attend live theatre plays and give it a try. It is a great experience for family and friends. I am glad that I took this course and had the chance to explore theatre and drama. I will definitely attend live theatre plays in the future. It is a different form of entertainment compared to movies. Theatre is composed of many emotions and will leave the audience feeling some type of way. In my opinion, theatre is a form of exceptional art. I had different empowering emotions and experience with these three events. Theatre is truly a memorable art of
It is a way to escape and channel emotions. Just like any other art form. Theatre allows people to put themselves out there. Uta Hagen, theatre teacher and legend, says that it is not about losing yourself in the character, but about finding yourself in the character. Uta Hagen explains in her book Respect for Acting that emotions occur when something happens to people. It momentarily suspends the persons reasoning control and are unable to cope logically. She says to use a release object (acting) to bring out emotions such as triggers or a physical action. Also, she says there is no time to wander through past adventures; one should not be forced to deal with something buried. She is basically saying to transfer emotions into art. Alleviate the pain. This can be done with any form of art. But theatre allows an actor to be someone else and live truthfully in the moment. In a recent interview with G-Star School of the Arts teacher, Brian Edgecomb, he discussed how he has seen theatre heal students and himself. Edgecomb discussed that he lost his mother at a young age and felt alone. He discovered theatre in his teenage years and said he never felt more alive. As if his mother was always right by his side. He took the character’s circumstances and found himself in them. As for students, he says that there are many that come in extremely shy and anxious. They are starting something new and scary for them. After a few months he has seen a drastic change in them. As if they were completely different people. They were outgoing, confident, and fearless. His goals are to push every young student out of there comfort zone, which is exactly what theatre
The number of times I’ve performed on stage seems to exceed the number of years I’ve been alive. Therefore, one can only imagine the soothing ambience the stage presents, effectually encompassing me with confidence. And what is to showcase without confidence? You need confidence to persuade the audience mistakes were not made; not to mention the confidence needed to pursue the altercation in the dance. On stage, I do not have time to think t...