whats the differance between traditional commedia del'arte and cirque du soleil?
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Commedia arose in Italy and was an improvised form of theatre using stock characters and masks and elaborate gestures. It was the first time that women appeared on the stage in Western culture, but even so, the range of roles available to them was limited and stereotyped: \n\n(1) the inamorata (the young female lover) (inomarato, her male counterpart)\n\n(2) pert maidservant  (eg Columbine, the female counterpart to Harlequin)\n\n(3) old witch\n\nThe main stock characters included:\n\nPantalone (a doddery old fool, master to Harlequin and easily duped by him)\n\nIl Dottore (the doctor). Sometimes a doctor of medicine, sometimes of law, from the university of Bologna). Pompous, self-important and head stuffed with useless knowledge\n\nHarlequin and other male servants\n\nColumbine and other maidservants (Pasquarella. Zerbinetta)\n\nThe two young lovers\n\nCommedia Troupes were of 10-14 actors, 3 or 4 of them women.\n\nShakespeare was obviously aware of Commedia, as the Seven Ages of Man speech in As You Like it mentions that the seventh age of man is "the lean and slippered Pantaloon".\n\nI would argue that the characters of Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night are based on Il Dottore and Pantalone respectively.\n\nThe well-known play The Servant of Two Masters "by Carlo Goldoni" is in fact the writing down by Goldoni of a script that a Commedia Troupe had improvised, after it had been on the road for a year and the routines had been honed by seeing what worked with audiences and were well-established.\n\nInterestingly, the Marx Brothers used a similar working method, sending a stage show on the road for several months and only then writing the film script\n\nThe influence of Commedia spread across Europe. The Comedie Francaise in France is so named in contrast to the Comedie Italienne (Commedia) which it had imported.\n\nMoliere's plays, especially when they show servants scamming their masters, are clearly based on Commedia storylines, though the scripts they are based on are now lost.\n\nCommedia spread to England and evolved into the Harlequinade which became the Punch and Judy Show.\n\nThe best-known modern interpreters of the Commedia Tradition are (were? are they still going?) the San Fransisco Mime Troupe who performed in the streets and parks of San Fransisco in the late 1960s and are written about in the pages of Tulane Drama Review of that period.
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Carousels have all kinds of animals, merry-go-rounds have only horses.\n\nHere's a lengthy treatise on the subject, that is quite thorough:\n\nMerry-Go-Round and Carousel\nBy Mark Chester\n\nEliyahu Shahar wrote, in part: "What I learned years ago at Disneyland was that their carousel is a 'carousel' because all of the riders are on horses that go up and down."\n\nI have no doubt that that is what they told him, but if this is what Disneyland is telling their customers, then they are misinforming them. Few machines have only jumping horses, including the ones at Disneyland and Disney World and, in fact these were altered to eliminate the standers and chariots.  It is not authentic.\n\nMost machines have at least two chariots, and approximately one-third stationary animals.  In fact, Philadelphia Toboggan Company referred to its machines as "carrousels" even though its earliest were all stationary.  Charles Looff's first machine at Coney Island in 1876, with all stationary animals, had a sign reading "Charles Looff's\n_Carrousel_."\n\nThe terms "merry-go-round" and "carousel" are perfectly synonymous; there is, and has never been, any difference between their meanings, as far back as we are able to trace their uses.  The best research on this subject is probably Fred Fried's 1964 opus, "A Pictorial History of the Carousel."  On pages 18 and 19 the origin of both terms is\ndiscussed.\n\nCarousel (also spelled carrousel, carrouselle, and possibly a dozen other combinations) is from a French word which is derived from an Italian word.  Patty Slayton reported that "Painted Ponies" says "carosello" was a 17th century Italian word that meant "little war." I believe that the correct spelling for the Italian word would be "garosello" because the Italian word for war is guerro, and the "-ello"\nsuffix puts it in the diminutive just as "fiorello" means "little flower" (fior being Italian for flower.)  I believe that "carosello" is the Spanish version of the same word.  And "merry-go-round" is credited to a 1729 poem by George Alexander Stevens describing the St. Bartholomew Fair.\n\nI think that the biggest difference is a matter of snob appeal here in the US.  "Merry-go-round" is distinctly English (although the English refer to their machines as roundabouts) and thus sounds commonplace. "Carousel" is French-sounding and thus more exotic.  Add a few letters\n("carrouselle") and it appears even more so.  So a manufacturer (or owner) that desired to add an aura of mystique to their machine(s) would refer to it as a carousel and not a merry-go-round.  Most manufacturers used the term carousel (however they spelt it) in their written materials (and that included machines with stationary or jumping animals or even a combination).\n\nPhiladelphia Toboggan Company distinguished their output with a double "r" in the spelling, and that is where the word "carrousel" received its widest use.  (A few other manufacturers also used the double "r".) Hersheypark has PTC 47 which they refer to as the "carrousel."  I believe that Dr. Bill Black derived the spelling of the name of his company, "Carrousel Music", from the fact that it was\nfrom the Hersheypark machine that he acquired his lifelong interest.\n\nMy own experience is with the Whalom Park machine.  When I worked there in the late 1970s and early 1980s it was referred to as the "merry-go-round" both officially on all park brochures and other documents and unofficially among the workers.  The key tag read "merry-go-round."  Once I became more aware of its historical significance (not yet realizing its true significance until the fall of 2001 when I was able to date it more accurately) I started referring\nto it as the "ca
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The sites may help\n\nhttp://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/bazin_intro.html\n\nhttp://www.horschamp.qc.ca/new_offscreen/bazin_intro2.html\n\nhttp://www.unofficialbaziniantrib.com/\n\n“The "Western" is the only genre whose origins are almost identical with those of the cinema itself”
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It looks like most of the instruments are different. \nI found a few websites:\nThe first one is a general overview and includes percussion, string and wind instruments.\nThe second is only percussion but includes photos, description and history (and alternate spellings, which is a huge help)\nand the third is all about Middle Eastern music in general, including a comparison to western music and audio clips
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I hope you have better luck than I.  Alta Vista was suggested, but\ndid not translate in entirety.  I've been trying to find translations of Il Divo's music.  So far only found one that was done by an individual.  Their songs are so sensual they've got to be moving!\nHelp!  Someone find us a translator.   Sites like Alta Vista are confused by syntax I guess???
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Hi :-) ! I suppose you had better ask in the category "Entertainment and Music" if you have not done so already. I only know the terms in French, which are "contrepoint", "harmonie" and "fugue". In English, it might be the twelve tone technique. Maybe have a look on the links below. \n\nHope this helped a bit if it was indeed about music. Or was it for a poem or something else? Good luck!
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Well the person above was referring to "O fortuna" not "La". Also thats not really opera. It's the opening of a concert piece that is sometimes staged but isn't really an opera. ok...and on to opera.\n\nMaybe the Guillaume Tell Overture (William Tell overture) by Rossini. You'd probably enjoy the Flight of the Valkyrie by Wagner. Other cool ones that are exciting are songs like Largo al factotum from the Barber of Seville (make sure you get Thomas Hampson singing it) that or the Queen of the Night aria from the Magic Flute.\n\nOh and your comment about old people...most of the popular opera is regular opera. A lot of opera is boring, but a lot of it is exciting...however that typically is the case that each opera has its moments...you just have to sit through it. Oh and i'm not old...just love opera.
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Cultural mores and tradition.
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Hazel, \nGood question.\nYou're correct that they have different but similar roles.\nOne key difference could be shown from a unique recruiting assignment I was offered: Help a world-reknown opera star find a personal assistant who could not only fulfill the normal roles of an executive assistant such as typing, answering phones, and making appointments but who could also be available to help with wardrobe changes when she was performing.\nHope this helps and I hope you get a GREAT job! :-)
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If you mean Art Artists, Then I must say Salvidore Dali. I have always appreciated surrealism, and he was a master of that. I was fortunate enough to have visited the Dali museum in St. Petersburg,. Florida (go if yer goin!) The actual paintings were so much more than the prints in books. I spent all day with my jaw dropped. Whatever your tastes, tho, See as much as you can! Get all types of art into your life, and take someone with you!   As far as music goes, If you haven't seen GWAR, well, you should, They are pretty artistic.
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Depends on your mode of thinking.  If you feel that there should be a disconnect between the art and the audience, then film is the highest form.  If you feel there should be a connection between the artistic creator(s) and the art's audience, then theatre is the highest form.\n\nI say this because these two art forms incorporate all the classical aspects of art and pull them (or at least try to) into a cohesive vision.
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A good arts subject to compare and contrast I feel would be\nabstract art vs. classic art! This is nothing new, but you could use various art mediums such as: concrete, steel, canvass, murals etc...\n\nGood Luck! \n\nHave fun with it. \n\nPlay around with different ideas and different approaches might also jump out from the corners.
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National Theatre, 1897\n\nhttp://www.kostaryka.org/galeria2002/index.html
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http://www.razorgator.com/theater/shows/cirque-du-soleil/tickets.asp?c=20-0-0-0-0-0-0 NYC next saturday
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Le Fantôme de l’Opéra \nLe Gaulois \n\nOther versions listed at the site linked below.
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It depends on what you want to see.  There's always Ticketmaster, but their fees are usually pretty high.  Broadway.com is pretty good, but again high fees (but it has a listing of all the shows so it can give you an idea of what's out).  Also, you can always try TKTS when you get to the city, but then you can't be guaranteed of any tickets at the same time.
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The difference between them are the Major motion pictures usualy cost more and have alot af familer actors/actressesin it and an Independent Film usualy is based on something the had happened where ever they lived.  Like See Grace Fly is a Canadian independent film and is based on This brother in search of his siter who left their home right after their mother died.  It's a christion based film.  one of the Actors in it is PAul Mcgillion and He stares in Stargate Atlantis.  So you probubly have never heard of him.