Essays on Actors

The Iroquois Theatre was located on the Northern side, between the Dearborn Street and State Street in Chicago. The theatre attracted many women who went to Chicago for day trips because they thought the theatre was safe. The safety of the theatre was guaranteed because it was located close to the Loop shopping district that was patrolled by police. Upon opening of the Iroquois Theatre, drama critics lauded the theatre terming it as the most beautiful theatre in Chicago.
The Iroquois Theatre fire occurred at about 3:15 P.M, on 30th December 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. After the fire, 605 Continue reading...

Jack Welch was the CEO and President of GE for many years. During his tenure, he transformed GE from a marginally profitable company, to one that enjoyed either a number one or number two position in each of its market segments. Welch was able to do this by using differentiation in both the way that each strategic business unit was operated, and also in the way that he used differentiation to manage GE’s employees.
After Welch retired, he wrote many books that outlined his business and management philosophies, and how he had ruled the GE Empire successfully, and Continue reading...

The play I saw was “The Producers.” I saw it at Saginaw Valley State University. I saw it on April 11, 2014. The play was inspiring and as close to the original Broadway production as I could have hoped for at a university showing.
The actors went off the original script; the playwright for “The Producers” is Mel Brooks. The play is also a musical, which contained the original composition done by Mel Brooks, as well. As it turns out, Mel Brooks was also the lyricist of the play. The play was written in 1968 and is representational and Continue reading...

EXPLORE 'THE LANGUAGE OF CLOTHES AND BODILY ADORNMENT' IN AT LEAST TWO EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM CULTURE (E.G. FICTION, FILM, MEDIA, DIGITAL MEDIA ETC). YOU MIGHT LIKE TO START BY FIRSTLY EXPLAINING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF 'LANGUAGE' IN THIS CONTEXT
Communication is the key and critical part of our daily lives and the activities that we engage in our lives. Entertainment industry in general that include fiction, media and film among others besides bringing fun to our lives it also communicates and pass on messages that educate, caution or inform its audience on the various themes that the particular piece of Continue reading...

The world, today, is facing several issues and problems that pose a threat to the wellbeing of humanity. It is important for all humanity come together to find a solution to these global problems facing us. The gap between poverty and the wealth continue to rise between countries, and it is important to act early or risk an increase in poverty level throughout the world. The other issue facing us is protection of our environment as we seek better economic prosperity for developed and developing countries. Several other issues affecting us include global pandemics, drugs trafficking that pose major Continue reading...

[Gourab Chakraborty]
[Chris Cooper]
Chris Cooper is an American actor born on July 9, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri. As an actor he had performed in films, like Money Train, Matewan and Lone Star, before getting

proved himself and bagged an Academy Award for his film Adaption. In 2005 he acted in
three critically acclaimed films: Syriana, Capote, Jarhead. In the movie “Money Train”, he
played the role of a psychotic pyromaniac and as a ruthless CIA operations director in

“The Bourne Identity” which reflects of his versatility.

Chris Cooper, an Oscar-winning actor has a theatrical background, and a slight
Southern tilt that even more becomes visible Continue reading...

Human security is described as the protection of vital human freedoms. It entails the protection of people from critical and pervasive situations and threats by building on their aspirations and strengths. It also entails the creation of systems that provide the people with the building blocks of livelihood, survival and dignity. States, non-state actors and intergovernmental organizations all have a role to play in enhancing human security. States promote and protect human rights through internal and external mechanisms. In terms of domestic human rights protection, states are required to comply with the 1990 CSCE Copenhagen document through various initiatives. Continue reading...

Early French cinema provided the art of film with many innovations, among them creative usage of camera techniques that allowed the medium to set itself apart from theatre. In the case of two of the most prominent examples of this genre of film – Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game and Marcel Carne’s Children of Paradise – the camera is used in intensely creative ways to indicate everything from the subtle humor of class conflict to the brutal and tragic accidental murder of a human being. These films are particularly influential in the use of camera technique to Continue reading...

Movie review

For this assignment I have watched the movie Holes. The movie composition is rather interesting. The plexus of two stories that happened with a hundred years difference allowed the director keep intrigue until the very end. When watching the movie, it is not clear what will happen next. Moreover, I should admit that the ending of the movie is very surprising. In one of the last scenes, when Zero and Stanley found the treasure, everyone awaited that it would be the Kissing Kate’s treasures. Indeed, the treasure belonged to Stanley Yelnats. Moreover, another surprising scene followed the previous Continue reading...

In the history of human civilisation, theatrical performance was one of the ways of sending a message from authors to a target audience. The mean of sending this message was an actor and his ability to create a contact with the audience, to make his acting credible and understandable for the target audience in a specific context of performance. The aim of this essay is to explain what it means to perform on stage and how our perception of it has changed under the influence of the contemporary theatre-makers.
Looking through critical reviews of different plays, one can come Continue reading...

Introduction

Theater is one of the oldest forms of entertainment in the history of mankind. Even the ancient Greek philosophers, Aristotle and Plato, argued about the nature and purpose of theater(Downs, Wright and Ramsey 7). Perhaps the reason behind its long lasting persistence is because theater is a complicated and multi-dimensional work of art that when done correctly can truly speak to the deepest parts of the human soul. But for it to be done correctly, multiple aspects should be taken care of. This paper will discuss three of those aspects, namely writing, directing, and acting.
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Classical concerts are nice events, and a person comes to know about many things after visiting a concert. A person has good memories of the concert and gains musical information about it. The concert that was attended was held in Brooklyn, New York. On 5th of December, Cecile Licad performed at a concert where a huge crowd gathered to listen to her. She played Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor and Scherzo in B-flat minor, McDowell’s 10 Woodland Sketches, Cecile Chaminade’s Sonata in C minor and Faure’s Ballade.
A group of four men and Continue reading...

Between 1945 and 1985, the musical genre of rock and roll underwent many changes, and evolved quickly, from a stylistic perspective. It is significant to understand the genre, as it has reflected social changes, and has also influenced social changes. During these four decades, America -- the genre's forefront -- also transformed enormously, and the cultural revolution catalyzed by rock and roll led most of the way.
In the 1940s, rock and roll was just beginning to blossom. A mixture of rhythm and blues, country, and big band jazz, rock and roll was mostly typified by an early prototype Continue reading...

Secrets and Lies (1996)
This movie focuses on the life and struggle of one woman in finding truths in her life. After her adoptive mama passes away; Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a triumphant black eye physician, searches for her birth mother. She is surprised when her investigation leads her to a plebeian white woman, Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn). Initially, Cynthia denies the claim, but she finally admits to birthing Hortense as an adolescent, and the pair begins to bond. Nevertheless, when Cynthia invites Hortense to a relative’s barbecue, Cynthia's already nervous relationship with her kin becomes even more complex. The Continue reading...

The music concert was held in 101 queen street north Kitchener at the center at around 7:00 pm Saturday, November 27th, 2014. Different music instruments were played accompanied by various types of music. The hall provided an excellent atmosphere, very soothing and magical. Many symphony concerts have been known to be conducted in this chamber and honestly speaking it gave the concert an amazing vibe. The hall was not that big, but it accommodated at least 100 member audiences plus the performers. Before the show kicked off, it was evident enough that it was going to be extraordinary with Continue reading...

Hamlet is defined as a play of tragedy that was written by William Shakespeare between an uncertain date of 1599 and 1602. The play on tragedy of Hamlet is set in Denmark Kingdom and dramatizes revenge. The revenge is of Prince Hamlet who aims at enacting revenge on his uncle, Claudius. In the play Hamlet, Claudius had involved himself in the murder of his own brother, King Hamlet who is Hamlet’s father and later seized the throne. Further, Claudius engaged in marrying the widow of his deceased brother, Gertrude who is Hamlet’s mother. The play Hamlet is Continue reading...

Film analysis of "Alain Resnais - Night and Fog (1956)" and "Jean Luc Godard - Breathless (1959)"
Each movie is a small story. Each movie carries its own information. Each movie opens the whole world to the viewer, no matter if it is full-length film or a short film or even a documentary. Still, it gives a chance to make own decisions about some particular moments. Another question is how ideal the information was given – did the director in his or her picture manage to cover all the needed aspects. It is not only related to the script. A Continue reading...

In the film Hotel Rwanda, the main acting technique used was the Stanislavski's Method of acting. In this kind of acting technique, the primary concept surrounding acting is the idea of emotional recall, whereby the actor focuses internally to bring out the real character’s emotions on the stage. It is a progression of techniques that are in common use while training the cast to attach much of emotions to their stage performances. Although this method regarded as one of the oldest acting techniques, it is still among the most popular techniques used in the movie industry, with a Continue reading...

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The Oxford English Dictionary defines Bollywood as, “a name for the Indian popular film industry, based in Mumbai (Bombay).” (Simpson and Weiner, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom; 1989) The term was coined in the 1970’s as is a portmanteau of the words Hollywood and Bombay (name changed to Mumbai). The history of Bollywood is believed to date back to 1913 but Pamela Hutchinson in her article The Birth of India’s Film Industry: How the Movies Came to Mumbai states that it was Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdedar, a local photographer of Mumbai, who shot Continue reading...

Orson Welles’s famous “Citizen Kane” was shot in 1941 and got the Oscar award for the Best Writing. The film is significant for its characters’ acting, editing, the story itself and the makeup which helped the actors to transform from young people to the old ones. The story is told in non-linear order with a lot of flashbacks. The movie starts with the end. As for the cinematography, the spectator pays his attention to the montage technique: a good example is the director’s depicting of Kane’s relationships with both his wives – they are shot alone either Continue reading...

Introduction

Realism is the attitude and at times the tendecy of ccepting things as they are, having the ability to prepare to deal with it accordingly. Liberalism, on the other hand, is a worldview founded on the ideas of equality and liberty. Any student or any person interested in international relations should study the basic foundations of it. Among the most prevalent theories in international relations are realism and liberalism. Realism claims to rely upon a tradition of thought that is ancient and includes writers such as Thucydides, Hobbes and Machiavelli Rousseau (2006). The early realism can be as a Continue reading...

The title has many references in its natural context. This means that it has a lot of cliché’s to it. The soliloquy therefore depends on a specific decipher. In this context, it is the opening line. Gibson’s hamlet is one of the best because he places less emphasis on the opening line. This allows people to focus more on the power and gravity of the soliloquy. People have the feeling of understanding the soliloquy in a better manner. The reader feels like an actor reading the script rather than a man having thoughts to him. It is Continue reading...

Introduction

As an outstanding national monument, the Roman Theatre at Bosra is associated with important events that deliberate on the historical orientation of beliefs and ideas. Bosra is a city of extreme rarity, unique aesthetics, and universal appeal, in connection with the efforts to building a monument in different times. From a historical perspective, theatre was brought to Bosra just after it was named the capital city in the second century AD. Roman Theatre at Bosra is considered as the largest and the best preserved of Roman theatre monuments. The most captivating thing is that the theatre could fit a Continue reading...

Loki and the Joker were well known to be actors in comical movies. Their theatrics would then make them rise to fame in the movie world. They excited their audiences with their heroic acts of villainy that produced the best out of them. In the several movies they performed in, they were known to turn out to be villains with different ambitions all through the movies. This paper would, therefore, want to compare and contrast the characters of these two comedians in respect to their actions in the movies. The article would start by looking at the two in Continue reading...

Who are state and Non-state Actors in International Relations?

International relations require the action of state and non-state actors to become a reality. These actors may be any entities or individuals who play a role in facilitating international relations. There are two types of actors: states and non-state actors. States are the major players in international relations, but they are also greatly influenced by non-state actors. Non-state actors are organizations, institutions or individuals that have strong political, social, and economic power that enables them to influence relations at both the national and international level. However, they do not identify with any country. Cunningham and Pearlman define non-state actors Continue reading...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Though we do all not get to live up to our dreams in the grandest way, my preferred field would be the performing arts. Moreover, if I entertained my wildest notions, I would want to work for Cirque du Soleil. They combine the hilarity, spirit, and fun of a circus with the elegance and art of adult theater. Not only that, but they provide worldly opportunities for performers while remaining highly ethical in the face of many similarly profitable corporations. In the face of social pressure, rather than fold, they rise to the occasion, allowing the public to influence Continue reading...

Introduction

The conflict in Syria has raged on for over three years now with the various warring parties actively sustaining it. It began in early 2011 as a part of the series of demonstrations dubbed as the Arab Spring witnessed globally in a number of Arabic countries. The protests were aimed at the Bashar al-Assad led government that was dubbed as tyrant and retrogressive. After various crackdowns, these demonstrations evolved to deadly armed rebellions (Cole, 2013). The armed conflict pitted various opposition groups namely; Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front against the Syrian government and its allies such as Continue reading...

Power is the process of production, especially through social relations, of the effects that shape capacities of participants. This is normally in an attempt of determining their fate and circumstances. The concept of power forms the core of many international relations. Power entails two vital analytical dimensions. The first dimension is the kind of social relations under which power works; in either relation of interactions or social relations of social constitution. The second dimension is the social relations’ specificity through which effects are mitigated; diffuse/indirect or direct/specific. These distinctions bring about the taxonomy and four main concepts of power: Continue reading...

Introduction

Gob Squad is a group of German and British artists. Gob Squad was formed in the Nottingham and now mainly operates from Germany. This group performs in the area of theatres, films, real life incidents, videos and other visual mediums of entertainment. Gob Squad performs in urban various centers including theaters, clubs, car parking, hotels, shops and houses. Gob Squad’s realistic and vivid performance is highly acclaimed by acclaimed by audiences, as well as, critics. This paper intends to discuss the Gob Squad’s performance and their show on “Kitchen”.

Background

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The live music piece I attended took place in a music hall. It was brightly lit, and of ample size, with a stage that allotted for more than what was necessary for the small amount of players, ranging from brass to woodwind instruments. The audience was quiet and respectful, though it appeared that they shared the same responses as I did, ranging from contemplative to irritated, throughout the piece. The audience, as well as myself, were dressed in casually formal attire, as if we were attending a school recital or a semi-fancy restaurant. They did not seem generally enthused Continue reading...

Black Swan is a melodrama movie in which shows a passionate intensity, darkly and gloriously bizarre. There are a many things that I like in this movie. However, there are also parts of the movie that I consider as an opportunity to its creator. Primarily, the movie casts are the actors whom I really idolize when it comes to portraying their roles. I like Natalie Portman’s way of representing her character. The reason I like her portrayal in the movie is that she did it in an exceptional way. It could be hard for other actors to portray Continue reading...

In the New York Summit that aimed at addressing climatic change issues, the actor who was invited and played a key role was Leonardo DiCaprio. He told leaders to either make history or be vilified. By telling leaders to make history, the actor implied that leaders could save the climatic situation. Through their inputs in addressing the climatic issues affecting the common person, leaders can make history. On the other hand, when leaders neglect the climatic change issues, they can be defamed, and there will be nothing to celebrate for in the history.
Actor Leonardo represented the 400,000 Continue reading...

-Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 in F Minor, Op. 21
-Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2 in E Minor, Op. 27

Concert Report/ Mini Ethnography

On October 4 2014, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performed Chopin Piano Concerto No.2, and Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2 at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. The music conductor was David Zinman, and the piano soloist was Khatia Buniatishvili. While enjoying the impressive concert performance, I made notes and participant observations regarding the concert culture of Western Art Music.

Performers

The orchestra consisted of approximately 60 performers for the first piece, and 90 performers for the second piece. All the performers were in a formal Continue reading...

Constantine Stanislavski is considered as the most influential person of modern day acting. He developed his famous style of acting which is called the Stanislavski system which contains very many elements that help an actor bring out their designated roles with a lot of originality. The components of this system include emotional memory, the magic if, units and objectives motivation, before and after as well as the subtext (Lively Art 100). These steps are considered an enhancing environment which helps create an inner stimulus that inspires actors. All these steps can guide an actor into making a play more Continue reading...

The Joyous African Celebration Music concert was performed at the Carnegie Hall on Saturday May 3rd 2014 and the following day (Sunday the 4th). The event organizers of all African performance concert targeted the growing number of Africans studying and working in America. Most of these people, especially South Africans, are not exposed to live performances of their cultural heritage. Living thousands of miles away has hindered many South Africans from attending live concerts of their most coveted traditional music. Over 15 musicians were invited to perform for the audience that included a few whites and Asians who loved Continue reading...

Both "Victor Hugo's Ted Talk" and Bruno Latour make a case, in their own respective manners, about the significance of the agency of acting in art and architecture. Hugo, with his 19th-century assertion that "Architecture is information", could have landed himself a spot as a TED speaker. Latour, using the metaphor of acting, argues that actors in any given scenario exhibit more complex agencies than social theorists, with a limited metaphysical vocabulary, can possibly describe.
Latour propounds his Actor-Network Theory (ANT), stating that once an actor, or "actant", invents a technology such as the computer as a result of Continue reading...

Drag refers to clothing that has an important symbol representing the roles played by different genders. Drag is used when people of opposite genders wear the clothing to bring out various aspects in the society. The use of drag appeared in print during the1870s, which shows it was acceptable in the society. Drag is used for a number of purposes that include comfort, performance and entertainment, convey of social statements, and as a method of self-expression. The use of drag is sometimes associated with gay culture but people of all genders practice it. Drag artists often overdo their various Continue reading...

Introduction

People go to work and fulfill their duties and responsibilities expecting that their employer would compensate their efforts with salary in the form of money and other perks and privileges such as insurance coverage and eligibility to be included in some government-sponsored public and social services programs. Whenever a person looks for a job, however, his choice would almost always be affected by this one thing: money. People would naturally be inclined to accept a job offer that promises to pay them periodically with more money compared to one that offers a lower salary. This reaction or behavior is Continue reading...

Do the Right Thing one of the greatest films ever produced in Hollywood to date was directed written and produced by the well-known producer Spike Lee whose works has been great over the years. The movie produced in the year 1989 was a major success that is still regarded as one of the greatest movies ever produced over two decades later. Spike Lee not only produced this great piece of art but also played as ‘Mookie’ in it. The cast of this drama film includes several great actors such as Danny Aiello, Richard Edson, John Turturo, Rudy Dee, Bill Continue reading...

The remarkable story of The Prime of Miss. Jean Brodie illuminates two interlaced eras; the 1930s when most of the action takes place and the 1960s when it was published. . Most of the novel takes place during the 1930s at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland, The book center on the schoolmistress, Miss Jean Brodie and her girls, a small group of students, known as "the Brodie set." The girls are six, junior level, ten year old girls when they became Miss Jean Brodie’s “crème de la crème” and started a two year Continue reading...