Tiana W

1/28/2016

I am very fascinated by art and theatre. I have practiced the art of dance for 10 years of my life, and have found a spiritual balance through it. After all the effort and dedication I put into it, I have ended up not regretting a single practice or moment for what pays off on stage. I have always been intrigued by art. From this class, I am hoping to find more motivation to continue doing what I love most.

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Tiana Weaver

1/29/2016 12:18:52 pm

So far, I've learned about the background of theatre and playwright through notes, and activities/ tasks in the Black Box. We have done improv, and small fun assignments for warming up to everyone. I hope to learn more about plays in detail (analyzing plays) because I find them interesting, especially with unexpected plot twists.

Tiana Weaver

2/5/2016 01:21:44 pm

Today in the blackbox, we created a scene as a group of nonhuman creatures and performed (with no audio but background music). I have learned to not laugh on stage, and to keep my comments to myself. All the scenes performed were very interesting.

Mr. Hanks

2/19/2016 09:28:41 am

Regarding your Group Mimed Performance: please make attempts to remain open to the audience. We want to see your face and all that expression, rather than just your back.

Tiana

2/29/2016 12:45:36 pm

During the monologue, I felt a little uncomfortable presenting since there was a somewhat big audience surrounding me. The audience was polite, but I noticed myself, that I had nervous habits. My nervous habits made it difficult to look at the audience while remembering my lines. Other than that, I feel like presenting the monologue wasn't so intimidating. If I were to do something different about my monologue, I definitely would have tried to set aside my nervous habits and focus on the audience and my tone in presenting the script. I had to glance a couple times at my script to refresh my memory on my place in the monologue.

Mr. Hanks

3/2/2016 04:08:35 pm

Regarding you Monologue Performance: your story had a great hook and excellent details. Physically, you came across very stoic. You are allowed for emotions and physicality to be more heightened on stage. You had some subtle facial expressions, but there was a sense of holding back. This worked a bit for the scene, but I'd encourage you to be even more bold.

Tiana

3/4/2016 12:27:26 pm

The genre of my set based play will be an adventurous outdoor theme. The reason for this is because the scenery from my collage contained lots of outdoor places.

Angelica

3/11/2016 12:33:16 pm

I'm totally excited to see your adventurous outdoor theme set. This really sounds like you and i can't wait. I know it will be cool and I know you will do an amazing job.

I Love You and good luck!

Tiana Weaver

4/8/2016 12:26:06 pm

I believe since the roots of drama were so commonly performed and acted that they thrived into modern culture. The masks are most likely common to transform the actor to the actual character.

Tiana Weaver

4/18/2016 01:20:30 pm

Today's puppet performance was pretty scary. Some of the people in my group weren't very prepared so we had to wing it on the puppets. Other than that, the puppets were portrayed well. I was able to play as Slinky from Toy Story. If anything, we could have moved the puppets more to make the play more believable.

Mr. Hanks

5/12/2016 09:02:48 am

In regard to your puppet play performance: Way to support your team by providing them with all your hard work on the script(s). Your perseverance and patience were attributes that aided not only you in this project but all in your team to be successful. Your Slink was great too. I really appreciate the inventiveness in the construction.

Tiana Weaver

4/22/2016 12:31:09 pm

I believe people can highly impact and influence works of art like Shakespeare because they have great ideas that have never been thought of. Trying spontaneous acts can change an entire culture progressively. Previously learning about Shakespeare's writing made it simple to see why his writing was so beloved. He had very interesting characters and plot lines. I look forward to learning further about Shakespeare and his writing.

Tiana Weaver

4/29/2016 12:21:20 pm

During a dance showcase I had when I was younger, I played a young aspiring Broadway dancer. My outfit was very flamboyant and had many accessories included. The costume was designed to be easy to dance in (spandex, and flowy materials). It was bright pink with black polka dots and it had a flashy white skirt with rhinestones attached to the bottom. My tap shoes had bright pink bows, and my hair accessory was polka-dotted and made to fit my head perfectly with all the movements. My outfit had a tight fit at the top and a flowy fit at the bottom (the skirt). The costumer did well on the idea of the matching with the theme and song so that the dance number would come very well together. She/ he payed very close attention on how the costume would affect the piece, since in dance, costumes are VERY crucial to the dance itself. Not only is the dancer telling a story without words, so is the costume portrayed. Therefore, I think the costumer kept in mind the concept very well.

Tiana

5/11/2016 12:39:22 pm

The " A Midsummer's Night Dream" play was very entertaining to perform. My part was the character "Hippolyta". The old English was very dominant throughout the play. My lines were relatively easy to memorize. The only complicated part was knowing my queue. However, the play flowed very naturally, so it wasn't too hard to know my queue. Only a couple group members didn't know their lines terribly well. It was hard to know who was talking to who throughout the scene. I liked how Thesus in my group, portrayed his lines. He delivered the lines in character. I was a bit nervous, so it was hard to make face expressions to match my lines. I tried my best to muscle through the lines and deliver my expressions to the best of my ability. I enjoyed performing a second time to refresh the lines I had worked hard on memorizing. The second group had a much different vibe than my first. They were both very fun experiences. Although I wasn't a big character, this play was a learning experience for me.

Moses

5/13/2016 12:26:05 pm

Yes, and you did a very great job memorizing your lines and portraying Hippolyta in our scene.

Samantha Fry

5/13/2016 12:29:59 pm

Yes, and I think that you did a good job memorizing your lines.

Angelica

5/13/2016 12:32:56 pm

Yes you did a great job by remembering your lines and Great Job!

Tiana

5/23/2016 12:42:54 pm

My final performance is about a couple that is separated by death, and the girl is in distress. She begins craving his presence in which she resorts to becoming frustrated. The point of the song and dance; is to convey the hurt that they endure from separation. He is there in her mind, but not physically present. In hopes of her return, she faces and suffers loneliness while reminscing on the memories they shared together. (We will be reenacting the memories through dance and song). Something that inspired us to do the piece was the song itself "Little Talks" where the lyrics came to life more when we created the dance. The moves are supposed to flow and tell a story that speaks deeper than the song. I'm hoping the audience can pick up the story through the passion and dedication that's put into the lyrics and dance. There are many obvious giveaways through the lyrics as
to what the story should be saying to the audience, so hopefully that will be picked up by our peers.

Tiana

6/1/2016 12:16:10 pm

I performed (sang and danced) to Little Talks: by Of Mice and Men & Home by: Edward and the Magnetic Zeros. We prepared by practicing in and out of class. We choreographed an upbeat dance portion by using the instrumental. I was extremely nervous thinking of the performance. I anticipated the performance my entire finals experience. Memorizing the songs and the tones was difficult. It was a great new experience- that being said I've never sang and danced with a boy in my performing arts lifetime. I performed with Moses. He practiced at home as well. I do admit I think I could have done better if I sang louder and if I wasn't so nervous. I also performed a couple of lines with Willie and Angelica. It was very casual.

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