The Arts in New York City

Well I thought in the beginning that we had orchestra seats. But we did not… the seats were not so bad, I just had a very tall woman sit in front of me. Very unfortunate.
I did not like the beginning so much because it was droning to me. And the actors were not doing anything […]

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At first, I was afraid that I would have to sit through 2 hours (with no intermission) of boring Greek recitation that I would have no hope of following. My fears were dispelled in the first few minutes as Electra entered the stage with her wailing.
Blood!: The portrayal of the […]

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Hotel Cassiopeia lovely to say the least. The actor who played Joseph Cornell was adorable; his innocence was very convincing and his love for his brother was touching, to say the least. The anachronistic plot, the colorful (yet simple) set and the symbolism were all amazing. This was one performance that […]

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What would yours look like?
I would have espresso beans with green drinking straws, chocolate, guitar picks, a flash drive, a copy of the DSM-IV-TR, Oscar Wilde’s collective works and lots of black jewelry.
Pondering-ly yours,
Priya

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Ok, I’m doing this backwards. I should have commented on BAM first, but, hey, whatever.
Watching a Greek play could be as equally, if not more, enjoyable than reading the play. As Professor Drabik said, there was a poetic element to the words of the play.
Unfortunately for me, I could not keep my eyes open during […]

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To say the least, I was utterly confused because I was waiting for a plot to unfold. When the performance actually ended I thought it was intermission. Sigh. Now that I think back, the whole thing seemed like streams of thought mixed with some scenes that actually happened. In the very […]

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In Hotel Cassiopeia, boxes, drawers and frames were used and appeared recurrently on stage. The background has never gone outside of the box; everything that happened has always remained inside the box. It might imply that, within the box, are the most memorable, most exquisite moments of Joseph Cornell’s life, and the fact that […]

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Start weaving the threads of interpretation: What were some of the expressive elements used in constructing the performance? How were they used? How were they juxtaposed and combined? What mood(s) was the piece trying to evoke? What role Charles Mee’s text played here? What role the music/ film clippings, etc. played? Note how […]

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its a little challenging to connect the paintings of Cornell to tonight’s anticipated performance. However, I still look forward to the play, especially since its a combination of dance and acting. Moreover, i really have no idea of what the space will be like; but as we all realized from today’s lesson, its not really […]

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For the Electra fans,
A payment of $26.25 from the following are due to me:
Appx. Deadline: Wednesday, October 17, 2007
- Evan Leung (of course, I’m paying…)
- Stephen Ma—Paid
- Zareen Tasneem
- Norma N. Perez-Hernandez
- John Ettikkalayil
- Barbara Beacom
- Priya Puliyampet
- Roberth Mendoza
- Samema Sarowar
- Shalini Kishan
I’ll write up some kind of receipt for you.
Pay me in class […]

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