A Chorus Line is a musical that focuses on Broadway dances who are auditioning for spots on a chorus line. Throughout the play, the different backgrounds and struggles of the different dances are shown to the audience, explaining the behavior of the dancers. As the past of each of the dancers is unfolded, the audience understands and appreciates the musical more and more. Not only does A Chorus Line portray the difficulties that performers must overcome to be successful, it also demonstrates the
training of some kind. Before a production begins, an actor must memorize all lines and cues for the first rehearsal. Once in rehearsal for a show, it is now even more critical to spend numerous hours on their own time to go over blocking and songs. “EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS ONLY FOR NOW.” (Avenue Q) Unlike regular jobs that you can stay in for a lifetime, acting jobs are usually short-term. The average chorus job could last for around five months. Lead roles however could last for
Josephine Baker While Jim Crow laws were reeking havoc on the lives of African Americans in the South, a massed exodus of Southern musicians, particularly from New Orleans, spread the seeds of Jazz as far north as New York City. A new genre of music produced fissures in the walls of racial discrimination thought to be impenetrable. Musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, "King" Oliver and Fletcher Henderson performed to the first desegregated audiences. Duke Ellington starred
On a Wednesday night I saw Texas State Theatre and Dance Department's performance of A Chorus Line. The main plot of the musical entails the audition of 17 dancers for several Broadway roles on the chorus line. However, during their auditions the director Zach asks for personal stories of each dancer's life. Though the plot of this musical is seemingly simple in its twist on the traditional audition, it explores themes that reveal the human experience, the search for individuality, and the sense
Fiddler on the Roof- A Chorus Line A Chorus Line and Fiddler on the Roof have one major connection, they are both about tradition. A Chorus Line follows dancers in the middle of an audition, hoping to get this job. To dancers trying out for shows is almost like a tradition. Every dancer who wants to make it out there is gonna work their butt of to try to get a job in the chorus. Audition after audition after audition you try just to get a small part and keeping that tradition can be very hard.
Individual? The Chorus’ speech on line 1311-1350. The Chorus’s speech is rather long and is not directed towards anyone in particular. At the start of the play, the Chorus starts in full support of Oedipus. They held him in high esteem saw him as the great king who came to save Thebes. At this point in the play, we just found out that Oedipus’ prophecy had come true. Therefore the Chorus has started questioning its views of Oedipus. It did this by first stating all the reasons for why the Chorus was so
says. He says to have an open mind. The Chorus of play has many tasks. Most Chorus’ set up a scene and tell the audience what to expect in the upcoming scene. The Chorus in Dr. Faustus does much more than that. The Chorus allows the audience to see certain things about not only the play, about the characters within the play. In Dr. Faustus, the
the results taken place and the chorus saying wisdom is gained upon the punishment. The chorus consists of a group of older men keeping the audience updated with the direction of the play. The chorus’ opinions towards Creon’s actions are important due to the myths they believe in and conflict they do not want to occur. In the beginning of the play, Creon states he does not want to bury Polyneices as a form of superiority over his people. In lines 230-240, the chorus intervenes and states how irrational
character, the chorus, discusses suffering at great length. The chorus is made up of old men who were too old to fight against Troy, and who often give the audience an inside view to the actions happening on stage. The chorus sites hubris, the Greek word referring to mortal pride or arrogance, as being the cause of many bad fates. Someone guilty of hubris aspires to be more and do more than what the gods allow, resulting in severe punishment and a tragic destiny. As an example, the chorus recites the
Choruses – what is the importance of these speeches in Dr. Faustus? The essential function of the chorus speeches are as a commentary, an omnipotent voice which observes Faustus’s actions, clarifies his character and by foreseeing his change in fortunes, heightens the anticipation of the audience. Also, rather like dressing Mephastoples in a Friar costume, the chorus speeches are a practical device used by Marlowe to communicate aspects of the play which are simply impossible to perform
while on the surface it puts England and Henry in a very good light, a strongly sceptical subtext runs throughout the play. I have chosen a limited section of the play to analyse for this subtext, Act 1 scene 2 and Act 4 scene 1 as well as the chorus speech for Act 2. I believe these parts of the play to be the most ... ... middle of paper ... ...er reason cannot be just as it causes immense suffering on both sides. This would clash with the accepted view of the conflict with Spain and
Another characteristic of all Greek tragedies is that they were written in poetic form, as this was the style of writing at the time. There were also always almost constant references to the gods and to matters of fate. And it was the ever-present chorus who made a great deal of these references. One of the most important characteristics of the Greek tragedy was that the hero of the play always had a fatal flaw which proved not only to be their downfall but the cause of destruction of all those around
song to describe their relationship. Swift, the speaker has this realization in his front seat of her boyfriends car tells him, hoping for his help. The second stanza is the chorus; it describes their first date and their late night conversations, which is ultimately their song. She describes his perspective in the first chorus and the third time it is repeated she describes it from her view. The third stanza describes another
Changing Views of The Chorus in Antigone The chorus, a group of common people who follow the actions of the play Antigone, waver in their support of either Antigone or Creon, depending on their actions during a particular part of the story-line. Early in the play it is evident that they are extremely pro-Creon, but a short time later they seem to sway into the direction of Antigone and support her actions. This incongruency about the them, however, was an extremely interesting
there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace This specific verse can be broken apart to see how direct and minimal figurative language is used. For example, the first line speaks to the desires of having a world where countries do not exist (John). There would be no boundaries, no segregation or separation between people. Everyone would be considered the same and all would exist together without division based on roots
of the chorus, who has the necessary perspective to provide unbiased commentary in Antigone. Throughout Antigone, the chorus constructs a judicial hierarchy in which the subjects of the polis must submit to the laws of their king, and the king must fulfill his obligations according to the universal law established by the gods. The judicial hierarchy of Antigone is established early on in the tragedy, and is finally articulated clearly in the final lines spoken by the chorus. For the chorus, justice
Requiem aeternam: The chorus and boys’ choir sings phrases of faith and requests for the soldiers to be saved in Latin; the tenor then sings about the futility of prayers, from Wilfred Owen’s poem, in English. These two groups contrast each other because the first is concerned with religious practices while the second rebukes such religious practices. The music of the chorus and boys’ choir sounds more suspenseful while the music of the tenor sounds more dramatic. Dies irae: The chorus sings about descriptions
together that the past relationship ended well. Christina Perri, from the very beginning, shows emotion in her voice. The listener can sense this personal emotion in not only her voice, but after the first two lines, she makes it clear that the song is about
the saxophone sends during the 20 measures of the sixth chorus create a deep feeling that attracts the listener to the next piece of the song. So far, the message Jordan has sent has been undesirable and depicted through the failures of a country that denies its people of color. The extended saxophone solo represents a turning point in the song and in the way African American began to think. Throughout the entire song up until the 6th chorus, the saxophone, although vital to the music, is simply an
Shakespeare's Use of the Chorus in Romeo and Juliet The chorus appears at the beginning of act one and at the beginning of act two. In the first chorus in act one they basically say that there are two households that are both arguing lover a long term grudge and that because of this both families children (Romeo and Juliet) are going to die. This happens because they are both madly in love with one another. Shakespeare tells us that our two main characters are going to die at the start