Dance Show evaluation

During the dance show I was in two piece - Rooster and Mein Herr. The piece Mein Herr was based on cabaret and Fosse jazz style. His key style was shown during the movie 'Cabaret' - the film our piece was based on. This dance was originally a solo that I created and that as a group we adapted to a quintet. Throughout the piece we used a number of choreographic devices, such as canon and repetition. Our musicality was good and well rehearsed as certain movements matched the music like in one part when we do a little shoulder shimmy it matches the piano scale, and we also drop when the music does. And one section when we line the chairs up down the middle we step out from them in time matching our steps with each note. However, when the music got faster the movement got abit sloppy. We could've used more rehearsal on that part to make sure the movement was sharp and in good unison. My extension in my arms and legs was quite good and I made the movements big and extended. In the beginning our unison was good but as I said with the increase in pace we became slightly less in time.

Greek Theatre

• Most Greek cities had a theatre. It was in the open air, and was usually a bowl-shaped arena on a hillside. Some theatres were very big, with room for more than 15,000 people in the audience.
• Greek actors wore masks, made from stiffened linen, with holes for eyes and mouth. Actors also wore wigs. They wore thick-soled shoes too, to make them look taller, and padded costumes to make them look fatter or stronger.
• The masks showed the audience what kind of character an actor was playing (sad, angry or funny). Some masks had two sides, so the actor could turn them round to suit the mood for each scene.
• The Greek theatre history began with festivals honoring their gods. A god, Dionysus, was honored with a festival called by "City Dionysia".
• Athens Drama Festival originated from the Great Dionysia, a festival where people would take part in performances that explored great issues in their society.
• At the early Greek festivals, the actors, directors, and dramatists were all the same person. After some time, only three actors were allowed to perform in each play. Later few non-speaking roles were allowed to perform on-stage. Due to limited number of actors allowed on-stage, the chorus evolved into a very active part of Greek theatre. Music was often played during the chorus' delivery of its lines.
• Greek theatre has provided inspiration for most playwrights around the world and led to the evolution of the genre .Through the different types of Greek Drama, the ancient Greeks ensured that every aspect of human life is investigated.

Tragedy

• The earliest tragedy that survives, is Aeschylus Persai, dates from 472.
• Thespis is considered to be the first actor and originator of tragedy.- which means 'goat song', perhaps referring to the sacrifice of goats to the god Dionysia. 
• Aristotle argued that tragedy cleansed the heart through pity and terror, purging us of our petty concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'.

Comedy

• The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness.
• The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit-coms.
• Aristophanes is considered as the master of producing Comedy plays and his works like “Clouds”, “Birds”, “Frogs”, etc. deal with contemporary problems on a satirical note.

Satyr

• These short plays were performed between the acts of tragedies and made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters.
• The satyrs were mythical half-human, half-goat figures and actors in these plays wore large phalluses for comic effect
• Few examples of these plays survive. They are classified by some authors as tragicomic, or comedy dramas.

All Sophocles’ tragedies were written for and first performed at the Great Dionysia, a series of celebrations lasting several days in honour of Dionysus, god of wine, theatre, and transgression. Each year, three playwrights were chosen to write three plays (plus a Satyr play) for the competitive spectacle. The cost for each set of plays was born by a wealthy citizen (the choregos), who was obliged by the city to undertake such liturgies as a kind of taxation on the wealthy, In turn, the choregos and the playwright stood to gain a great deal of prestige from a successful production. A panel of judges was chosen by lot to adjudicate the competition, and Sophocles’ popularity is demonstrated by the claim of ancient authorities that he won first prize twenty-four times, and his plays were never given third place.
The Great Dionysia’s civic processions, priestly actions, and political ceremonials provide an inescapable backdrop to the plays themselves. At the beginning of the competition, the ten strategoi poured libations to the gods, opening the ceremony in front of the assembled citizen body in the theatre. The tribute paid to Athens by its allies was laid out in the theatre, the sons of those who had lost their lives fighting for Athens were paraded, and those who had done conspicuous service to Athens were named and honoured. It was a celebration of the power and civic identity of democratic Athens, in front of both its citizens assembled as the polis as well as visitors from across the Greek world.

http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/322578-set-text-guide-sophocles-antigone-handbook.pdf

Jazz Dance

Jazz Dance

In Tuesdays lesson, we started out first Jazz lesson. For the first our Kat went through different movements with us and ran a Jazz workshop for the class on the basics. In the second hour, we started learning a phrase to opening song from 'La La Land'.

WWW: When we learnt the piece my timing and musicality were quite good. My kicks and pirouettes have improved as well.

EBI: I need to work on my arm placement and ensuring that I have full extension in them and my hands are splayed.

Show Budget

As I will do the tech myself, I wont need to spend any money hiring anyone.

Sourcing figures and best pricing

Costume	Primark Ebay Own Wardrobe Charity Shop	Own Wardrobe & Primark	These are the cheapest options to save the production money. Primark has a good selection and is close.
Set/Props	Own stuff Charity Shop Ebay	Charity shop & Own stuff	These are the cheapest options to save the production money.
Posters/Flyers	College printer Print at home Vista print	College Printer	These are the cheapest options to save the production money.
Refreshments	Pound Shop Tesco Asda	Pound Shop	These are the cheapest options to save the production money. It is also close by.

Analyse a Budget

										BUDGET PROPOSAL
				PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE
										INCOME:						GROSS (£)	NET (£)
				Budget Request Form						Ticket Sales						351.00	292.50
				Fill out only red cells with numbers						2	x Adult @	£8.00		16
				Fill out only green cells with information						6	x Student @	£6.00		36
				Everything else will be worked out for you						13	x PA @	£5.00		65
										3	Performances			117
			Society:		SUSU Theatre Group						(Assuming	70%	capacity on	30	seats)
										Programme Sales						3.00	3.00
			Show Slot:		Independent					(	2	sold per night @		£0.50	each)
										Sponsorship						50.00	50.00
			Name of Show:		Waiting for Godot					(please specify here)
			Proposed Date(s):		13th-15th October 2016					Contribution						0.00	0.00
			Venue:		The Education Building					Other Income						0.00	0.00
										(please specify here)
			Event Organiser:		(please specify here)
			Contact Email:		fda1g13@soton.ac.uk					Total Income						404.00	345.50
Please provide a description of the event you are organising and any additional information:
										COSTS:
(please specify here)										[140]	VENUE HIRE (includes StageSoc hire)					0.00	0.00
											(specify here if needed)
										[144]	PERFORMANCE RIGHTS					234.00	234.00
											(specify here if needed)
										[143]	PUBLICITY (Total)					29.00	26.50
A Few Budgeting Notes:											Posters (with VAT)					15.00	12.50
											Flyers (no VAT)					14.00	14.00
All underwritten society events pass all their income to SUSU accounts and claim back expenditure from SUSU accounts. Because of this, you will have to account for VAT in your budget calculations. The GROSS figures are what money you actually collect/pay, but the NET amount is what you actually receive and so profit/loss is worked out from the NET totals.											Other		(specify here if needed)			0.00	0.00
										[141]	SET/PROPS					45.00	37.50
											Props					20.00	16.67
											Staging					25.00	20.83
											Other Set		(specify here if needed)			0.00	0.00
										[146]	SOUNDS/LIGHTS/TECHNICAL					0.00	0.00
INCOME: All income (ticket sales, sponsorship, contribution etc) includes VAT @ 20% so the NET income should be calculated as follows:											Sound					0.00	0.00
											Lights					0.00	0.00
											Other Technical		(specify here if needed)			0.00	0.00
	NET = GROSS ÷ 1.2				GROSS = NET x 1.2					[142]	COSTUMES/MAKE-UP					25.00	20.83
											Costumes					25.00	20.83
On the form attached, the NET column will be worked out for you so you only need to input the GROSS amount for each item.											Make-Up					0.00	0.00
										PROGRAMME PRINTING						1.00	1.00
										(4.5 per page for b&w double-sided page printed at uni)
COSTS: Typical costs can include a mixture of things which may or may not include VAT. A few common costs that do NOT include VAT are listed below:										[149]	SUNDRY (anything specific that isn't listed above)					0.00	0.00
											(specify here if needed)
	Flyers									OTHER (in case of emergency)						10.00	8.33
	University room hire
	Items purchased from charity shops or small businesses									Total Costs						344.00	328.17
In these cases the NET figure will be the same as the GROSS.
										Net Profit/Loss							17.33
In most other cases VAT will apply, the NET figure worked out using the formula above.
										CAST & TEAM SHOW DEPOSIT							0
StageSoc Technical Hire for Annex = £35 per performance (Excluding VAT)										Should total at least 10% of total NET costs =					£32.82		0	x	£0.00

• They're expecting 70% of capacity (30) so that's 21 people.
• To increase they're budget, they could try and get more sponsorship or fundraise more.
• They could make a bigger deal of the programmes and spent slightly more on them to make them nicer so more people would buy them and charged more than 50p each.
• They could reduce there spending by creating an online programme for people to download on their phones.
• They paid a lot for performance rights, if they devised their on play they wouldn't have to pay.

Gross and Net

The gross income is an intermediate earnings figure before all expenses are included, and net income is the final amount of profit or loss after all expenses are included.