Brazilian author, Paulo Coelho once said, "Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention". Anna Sperber's "Wealth from the Salt Seas" is a testament to this statement. The piece was deliberately static, disconnected and lengthy, which challenged the viewer to find intrigue in details and nuances of the work. The hour-long program tested the audience's patience before Anna Sperber even stepped foot on the stage. The house opened 10 minutes late, and in the small hallway of the Chocolate Factory, the anxiousness of the crowd was tangible. After the intimate set of viewers settled in their seats, Anna Sperber entered the room. In a monochrome, brown garb she slowly circled the stage, making eye contact with each person she was about to entrap. After minutes of silence, only disrupted by Sperber's deliberate …show more content…
While Sperber had a number of dynamic dance breaks, the most memorable parts of her piece were those that included unusual props. Her solos were either thrashing and explosive movement, where she would throw herself on the floor, or steady and subtle, where she would gently caress different parts of her body as if she was realizing them for the first time. Despite the beauty of these moments, they felt more like transitions than the main event. I think this was primarily due to her facial expression. In the New York Times, Sperber is described as appearing withdrawn and remote (Citation). She moved with a passion and intensity that was not reflected in her face. As Macaulay stated, "you watch in the hope of understanding her better" (Citation). Although the movement was compelling, her blank expression made it difficult for the audience to connect with her. Instead of watching her movement, I was preoccupied in understanding what was driving her. However, her empty expression was suitable for the sections that included props and enabled me to focus on the intricacies of those
faced him head on is a testament to her character. "I can see my hand in a slow motion
“On her knees, she sucked in the air and listened to the groans beneath her. She watched the whirlpool of faces, left and right, and she announced, ‘I’m not stupid.’” (79).
To not drown the speech in social angst, she includes subtle, yet exquisite humor to continue keeping the crowd engaged. She strengthens and steadies her gestures to emphasize varying points to the audience. She loosens her gestures to provide humor, while tightening her stance when her statements become forceful or personal. By weaving various styles, Ambam solemnly controlled her numerous gestures to emphasize her ideologies of equality and the structured presence of the American
She quickly transitions to explaining how it was not only opportunity but also hard work that got her to where she was. In opening sentence she states, “I was just counseled not to be nervous, that’s almost impossible.” This was the first sentence of her speech, it opened it up with a bit of humor as the entire crowd she wass talking to laughed. The feedback she received from her audience almost gives her slight ease, she feels like she has their full attention. Being nominated to the highest court house in the nation must have really caused her excitement. As she is talking she sometimes slows down to a point where it seems she doesn’t want to lose track of what she is saying. This can be due to psychological noise she might have been experiencing while delivering her speech. The excitement of being nominated for the high ranking position would have made most people have wondering thoughts about the future that awaits
Catherine and I are alike in the sense that we love and caring to those we love. We are also both really passionate in what we do. But, I don’t think that I’m strong as her. I really admire her for her strength. So for the monologue, I really wanted to portray to the audience her strength. The adjustment that I made was to speak loudly and slowly to attempt to get Catherine’s message across and show her strength. I also opened up my body and intentionally used my hands a lot to display Catherine’s passion throughout the monologue.
conception of her encounters highlight her fixation on a kind of lived fantasy blinding her from
Her hand gestures are still natural, but she uses more gestures to express her emotion and the way she feels to further emphasize her story. Her facial expressions and voice tone is more vibrant and aggressive to further go along with the emotion she’s expressing and to grab the viewer’s attention to detail. She does a good job on being the main focus of her speech by not having any outside sources such as slides, note card, etc. and also keeping her body relaxed and in a natural state by not pacing around, expressing natural movements, and many other things. Throughout the speech, she puts emphasis on the word ‘articulate’ as she uses it various amounts of times to get the viewers to catch on to what she is trying to say and the message she is trying to get across. She does express humor here and there but she doesn’t use it as a focal point to keep her audience engaged, instead, elaborates on a story on why she’s
On her way through the moor, she passes two large rocks which tower over Emily Bronte, and elicit the idea she is vulnerable and insignificant. It shortly changes to a medium shot at eye level to show her facial expression of determination, this suggests that she knows where she is going and she may have been there before. It also creates the impression that she is slowly being revealed to the audience, and that they are equal to the character because they are on the same level. Natural shadows cover some of her face This low key lighting is effective because she is covered still partly, so it is suspicious.
Overall, Amy Cuddy gave an effective speech on her topic of the importance of body language. Amy Cuddy achieve the goal of an effective speech by her delivery of the topic, her credibility on the subject, and how she kept the audience engage. In order for a person to give an effect speech they should really look into on how Amy Cuddy gave her
She pays attention to the details of what is going on in front of her such as when this quote is mentioned by the author: “She counted the waves. One, a stroke that seemed to touch only the leg hairs. Two, a tingling pain on her skin––as if the drying salt would pull and crack open her pores. Three, what is this beach?” (210).
Years ago opera singer Sarah Conrad was violently attacked, but now she's ready for a comeback. The problem is when Sarah returns to the stage, she faces another creepy fan named Kevin who's been in her house, collecting things for his shrine of Sarah at home. "A voice like yours should never be silent," Kevin says with a
He chose to place her on the chair while everyone else was participation at the action. This use of proxemics gives the impression that people are gravitating around her which makes the audience understand her higher status, ignorant and arrogant
As a musical artist, she never “sugarcoats” or puts up a phony façade in front of the press. I think most of her critics and her supporters were rather impressed by this piece; further, most of her fans were in love with the fact that she too felt the need to be a perfect person, but discloses that it is in fact impossible to
The light comedic relief provided by Henry and Katherine’s witty exchange in this passage explores their chemistry whilst providing a positive final act to a bloody tale. It allows the audience to infer whether Henry is continuing to be cold and calculating for he has no reason to ‘woo’ Katharine, having already being promised her in the Treaty of Troyes. Furthermore, it is at this point where we can examine whether Katharine has any motives of her own, unbeknownst to Henry. Within the final act of the play, Shakespeare highlights Henry’s calculating nature despite his victory at the Battle of Agincourt and his subsequent success in winning Katharine’s hand in marriage via the Treaty of Troyes as a result. However, despite Henry’s victory,
A simple definition of sacrifice is to give up something for the sake of something else, whether it is for another human life, for an idea, or even for a belief. “She was 17 years old. He stood glaring at her, his weapon before her face. ‘Do you believe in God?’ She paused. It was a life-or-death question. ‘Yes, I believe in God.’ ‘Why?’ asked her executioner. But he never gave her the chance to respond. The teenage girl lay dead at his feet.” (DC Talk 17) This example of a sacrifice really happened at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, on April 20, 1999. In the story Iphigenia and in today’s society, justification can be found in favor of the sacrifice of life for the lives of others, for the sake of one’s country, and for one’s religious beliefs.