Performing Arts Discussion

NOTE: Be certain to be comprehensive in your responses in order to receive full credit. One to three sentence responses are NOT acceptable.

Answer the following questions and post your responses in Discussions under "Performing Arts Discussion".

- In the video presentation, Vibraphonist, Stefon Harris states, "The bandstand is an incredible space. It is really a sacred space. One of the things that is really sacred about it is that you have no opportunity to think about the future, or the past."

1 - What is the significant point made in this statement in the context of the entire message from Stefon?

a - How did you personally respond to the experience of the music being performed by Harris's group? Be

honest.

b - When discussing how the music is to be performed, Harris states, "It is about being in the moment,

accepting one another and allowing creativity to flow." What do you think Harris means by this statement?

c - Compare and contrast the two performance types and styles of the orchestral performance of Tchaikovsky's

1812 Overture and Stefon Harris's jazz performance.

d - What specific human values do you perceive is being communicated through each of these two styles of

music?

2 - Find 3 specific themes from the La Otra Voz (The Other Voice) theatrical project and discuss how these themes explore the lives of women domestic workers and the cultural and human values expressed through their theatrical performances.

3 - Reflect on your experience with watching the "Dance of 1000 Hands".

a - What specific artistic aspect of this performance informs you of the culture and human values being expressed

through this performance.

b - What did you personally find meaningful in this performance?

4 - Respond to 4 of your classmate's posts.