This is my first piece, and I thank Anand Thaker for the idea and encouragement. In February 2014, I did something I hadn’t done before. I didn’t know what to expect, and I couldn’t guess the future impact it would have…I went to an improv show. At the time, attending a show seemed insignificant. Not knowing what to expect, I saw how hilarious and entertaining improv shows can be, and I learned that scenes were the result of audience suggestions. I was amazed seeing characters coming to life unscripted. The best way to describe a show is adult playtime. After seeing the show, I entertained the idea of taking a class, but other pursuits took me away. However in Fall 2015, I listened to a podcast revolved around a guy undergoing personal development. Improv was one …show more content…
In numerous cases, your fellow improvisers will give you parts of your next line if you listen to what they are saying. A common problem in improv and in social conversations is people have this awesome line they want to say and ignore what the other is saying. This can result in a line being delivered and falling flat because it was out of context or didn’t build on what was said by the other improviser/person. In order to be getting your next line from your improviser/person, you have to be present. You have to be aware and focused on what is being said. Without listening and presence, there won’t be a great scene/conversational …show more content…
Knowing that you have fellow improvisers will “Yes, and” you and you returning the favor will allow you to be emboldened in the choices you make. Personal and social relationships won’t exist without trust and knowing those close to you support you even if they might not agree with what you are
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest, integrated health care system in the United States of America. It is a hierarchical organization led by a secretary, multiple undersecretaries, and three reporting subordinate administrations. The VA is responsible for managing health care, benefits, and services to the almost 20 million veterans of the armed forces.
I had never been to a live play before and really did know what to expect. When I read that we had to attend a play I was "like no way". Overall, I must say I enjoyed the play and actually laughed majority of the time. I think the director did a great job with organizing the realization of
In a specific scene, I needed to command the attention of my on stage boyfriend and friends before the climax of the show. At first, I merely said my lines and moved about my designated area. After a few tries and my directors telling me to “give more,” I started to use my hands along with my words and feisty inflections. My body language expanded and started to tell Anita’s story with zeal. My volume and confidence soared and I owned my presence on stage. I had never truly allowed that sort of sass and power to course through me like I did in that performance. Later in the same scene, I sang and danced a number with my fellow ensemble ladies. These girls could now play off of my bold actions and enthusiasm, and the scene was made so energetic that it stole the show. I burst my comfort zone to truly embody Anita, and I will never regret doing so seeing what it has done for me now, months after the curtain has
Standing backstage, mentally going through every measure of music for our performance, me and the other percussionists representing Prosper were about to play our three ensembles that we prepared for the North Texas Percussion Festival. With the group before us finishing their last song, we were all mentally preparing to show the judges the best of what we had spent hours practicing for after school and late into the night. Before we went on stage to set up everything, I thought of where I was just three years ago, not knowing how to properly hold mallets or work well with a group of people.
As the show captivated my senses, it captured my heart, and turned from what I thought would be a trite show like the soap operas my mother enjoyed into a breathtaking experience. The dancers leaping and flipping across the stage were astonishing, and filled me with a sense of wonder. I was not consciously aware of it at the time, yet in some way, I aspired to emulate them in my own life. Now I in no way wanted to be a broadway star; however, I wished to gain even just an ounce of the talent they possessed. Exiting the theatre, I had a different attitude than when I had first gone through the doors. I had finally found something that I did not just enjoy, but that I was fervent
The emotion that the actors had for their show would rub off on me and I would be ecstatic for days after, thinking about the lights, and the costumes, and the songs. I want to do the exact same thing for other people, I want my work to inspire others and have them be glad through it. I was in multiple productions, including ’30 Reasons not to be in a Play’, in my junior year of high school, and our showing of ‘Pippin’ in twelfth
Having two pianists playing at the same time is not so common and it might be a challenge, but the experience resulted efficiently for Aaron Diehl and Dan Tepfer whose different minds and approaches to music complemented each other for an earnest performance on Thursday, April 27 at Greenwich House in NYC.
The article Asian American Mental Health: What We Know And What We Don't Know by Stanley Sue was about Asian Americans and how they deal with their mental health. There are about 4% of Asians in the United States and because of this small percentage; it is hard for researchers to find people to help conclude their studies. What some have found out is that Asian Americans are offered mental health services but rarely use it. They find other ways such as asking their family for help or making an herbal remedy to help with their sickness. A researcher named Kuo has studies that show Asians are more depressed than Caucasians. According to a researcher named Leong the high depression rate is because Asians have problems with adjusting. I think what these researchers have studied is a great topic but it just needs more information. According to the article since it is such a low population of Asians in America it is hard to find people to do the research on. I think if they keep looking they can get more information about this topic.
In December, I watched the televised play of The Wiz, that aired on NBC. While I have mixed emotions about this play, itself, I have a better appreciation and understanding about how a play should be presented now that I have researched the history of american musical theatre, and that is unity of the story being told, thru song, dance, and performance.
Sometimes a wrench can be thrown into your plans and where you end up may not be where you thought you’d end up in a million years. However, like one of the first rules of improv, going with the flow is the best way to live an unpredictable life. It’s important to dream big and have goals, but one person’s dream is not always another’s. Sometimes staying in a small improv troupe with friends is a better life path than making it onto national television, and that’s okay. There’s more than one road to happiness.
For as long as there has been someone valiant enough to grace the stage, there have been people willing to stop and watch. Though this stage has evolved over the centuries and become a metaphor, alluding to new media such as television and the radio, there is no form of entertainment more direct and authentic than that of the original platform. Thus being where the experience is live and therefore more direct. Although this can quite clearly be said for theatre, this essay will look to argue that of all the live experiences there is no experience more natural than that of the stand-up comedian, which is why clear when you examine the relationship between the performer and their audience.
For my third campus event, I chose to go to the Friday night viewing of the KISS Improv Show. I found out about this event from the campus events listed on the class calendar on d2l, but also when Professor Palazzo highly recommended this event at the beginning of the semester. I had never been to an improv show before, so I had no idea what to expect. I was very surprised to see a small room with no stage, and chairs very close to the performance area. I did not know that improv shows were so interactive with the audience. Saying this, the show was very interesting and engaged with the audience throughout the whole night. I learned what an improv show is and how they work, and that each performance is completely different. I think this event
The first time that I watched a performance was when I was nine. My older brother got a lead in a production and my parents forced me to go. Once the house lights turned off and the stage lights came on, I felt like it was just me and the actors. I was caught. Acting was a crime and I the criminal. The lighting, the facial expressions, the blocking, it all captured my attention, and I couldn’t let it go, I can’t let it go. When the play ended, I asked my brother what I could do to get the chance to get up on that stage and he said, “Act,” Since that day, the only thing I did was act. I looked for monologues online and started getting really involved with other people that also enjoyed theater.
It is this assignment that I owe a growth in perspective and enlightenment for plays. On October 2nd, 2015, I went to my first play in general. It took place at the Campus Inn Theater on the Rio Hondo College campus. I went into the theater and was greeted by what I presumed to be as ushers, as he handed me the night’s itinerary. A curtain was drawn and a pathway presented itself as I walked through. There I could see the stage and props already revealing itself. There was a makeshift bar with drinks and a table at center stage. Proceeding to my left where the audience would be, I found a seat and looked around. The environment was quaint as a few people were seated around me. I looked over the schedule of what plays would be showing and did not have any expectations. The room started to fill and lights dimmed and the plays began.
Raquel mentions she failed the seventh grade; as a result she was placed in “special classes.” She also stated she does not see the point of going to school. Brammer (2004) mentions language barriers is a hindrance among Latin American while in school. Many Latin Americans are bilingual; however, the will speak little English outside of the school setting. This causes complications due to their primary language is Spanish which is spoken by family and friends (Brammer, 2004). Additionally, Latin American endures a vast amount of peer pressure to do poorly in school or to drop out. One method to reduce the dropout rate of Latin Americans is teachers can make reasonable accommodation to their lesson plan to the address the students needs. Also involving the child’s parents in their educations with the use of interpreters can assist the child to thrive educationally (Amy Buttler, personal communication, November 7, 2017).