Drawing upon the particularities of an observed performance event of your choosing, use TWO perspectives

Drawing    upon    the    particularities    of    an    observed    performance    event    of    your
choosing,    use    TWO perspectives    from    the    Spring    Term    to    answer    ONE of    the
following    questions:
1)    To    what    extent    did this performance    transform    participants and/or maintain    the
status    quo of    society?
2)    How    did this performance    speak    to    the    past    and    to    the    present?
3)    How    did your    own    presence affect    the    performance    event you    witnessed,    as    well
as the    performance    of    other    participants?
You    can choose    your    own    performance    event    to    analyse in    the    essay,    but    it    must be
witnessed first hand and specifically for the purposes of this assessment.
Previous    examples    have    included:
Church    services
Weddings
Court    Proceedings
Musical    concerts
Professional    sports    events
Your    essay    might    also    engage    with    the    following    points    to    discuss    the    specificity    of
the    event    you    are    writing    about:
• History    – How    is    the    performance    a    product    of,    or    a    reaction    against,
tradition?
• Context    – What    are the    social,    political,    economic    and    cultural    contexts of
the    performance    event    you    are    witnessing?
• Theory    – How can    theoretical    perspectives    from    the    course    enable    you    to
decode    the    symbolic    significance    of    the    performance    event you    see?

 

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