SPOTLIGHT!

The one tech thing that i like the most is "Lights." I found a link that explains more in depth of what lights are about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_lighting.
I think that this website is very useful and helpful!
I now know that there is a lot more to lighting than what meets the eye! There are different peices of things that have to do with lights! I can see more of how the lights are applied now!

"Technical" Theatre!

Hello again! Now we are supposed to tell how we feel about the technical side of theatre! I personally like set and painting and such! It is very fun to me! I think that the technical side of theatre comes into play when on stage in the play Mulan because when doing set you make things that add a little extra to the show! We can get up on stage and do lines with as much enthusiasm as ever, but if there is no colors or backround the show will be super boringggg. So tech helps us a lot when it comes to show time! I plan on learning a lot more about tech! I think it is very interesting and I am very interested!

STOMP!

"Boom boom tick bam clash flick" "BANG!"- was what I heard a lot of last night at Stomp! You see that was my second time seeing Stomp, and I would see it ten more times in a heartbeat! The thing that I like the most about it was how much the actors-noise makers got into it. I mean don't get me wrong the sounds were amazing.........but the show just wouln't last without the acting of the performers! Acting just brings the music to life and it gets the audience excited and moving in their seats. I didn't dislike anything about the show at all. If I had to pick something to dislike though, it would probably be the little solos. There were not many solos and they were great sounds when they were taking place, but it was a lot more funny and exciting when the whole group was out there together! I love meeting the performers after the show. I liked how they shared the fact that they all switch part sometimes. I also liked learning about each one of them and learning how long they have been in Stomp. As I said this was my second time seeing this, and last time I was in fifth grade. I did recognize one or two of the performers from the last time. To me the only way that Stomp related to Greek or Kabuki theatre is because it is different from regular theatre. There really was no talking at all in Stomp and there was no singing. They made music with things you would not believe were possible to make music with. Something that I learned that would apply to our performance of Mulan was to always be big with your motions and lines, because these people were doing things as little as flicking little rectangle boxes, but they made those motions so incredibly big and that is why I think people like it.

Greek theatre anyone?

Greek theatre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjqsXvBLgU


This was a video that I found on Greek theatre!
The differnece between Greek and Kabuki was that Greek theatre would usually be a five day showcase that took place every March for the "greatest dramatists of the day." Kabuki was put together differently. Kabuki was more like shows that we do now at HLT. The similarity between Kabuki and Greek was that they are very differnet than the way things run in theatres now. Our theatres include women, and we have shows more often than just every March. Even though they did not include women in shows, I am going to have to say that I like kabuki theatre better because to me it just seems more intersting!
-syd.

Kabuki theatre!

When I researched kabuki theatre I found a website that thoroughly explains what it is.
http://www.artelino.com/articles/kabuki_theater.asp
I found this site very useful, because it not only defines kabuki theatre but it shows pictures and examples of what it was like then.
I would have not liked kabuki theatre because women could only watch shows.
Women were not aloud to be onstage at all for any reason.
-syd

The story of Fa Mulan!

This is a website that sort of tells the story and gives backround information:http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/elejeune/mulan.htm. On this website it also gives other websites for infomation on Fa Mulan. I thought that it was very helpful because it did not only tell about Mulan it also told about other related stories and books written by different authors.
:)
love always,
syd

Musical Theater Anyone?: Tuesday

I found information about musical theare at this adress: http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/musicals.htm. I really like this website because it does not only explain to you what musical theatre an theatre are but it gives history. It made me think about all of those perfessionals on broaway. I thought about how hard they work every day and how their life must work in order to be traveling, and on the stage all the time. It kind of changed my perceptions on musical theatre because now I have an idea of how musical theatre started and what made it happen. I now have a better understanding.