Thursday, January 14, 2010

The beginnings of performance 14-01-10


FORMS OF PERFORMANCE

WHEN AND WHERE THE FORM ORIGINATED

EARLY EXAMPLES

PAOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED AT THE BIGINNING

Blues music

Within the American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century

Memphies Blues, St Louis Blues, Beale Street Blues, Loveless Love,.....

George W Johnson,Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson,and other performaers

Melodrama

In Europe, especially France and England during the late eighteenth century.

Sigismundus, Pygmalion, Ariande auf Naxos, Medea, Zaide, Fidelio, Der Freischütz

Johann Eberlin, Jean-Jacques Roussau, Anton Schweitzer, Georg Benda, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber

Morality plays

In Europe during the 15th and 16th century

The Second Shepherd’s Play, Hickscorner

Dominican and Franciscan Monks

Classical ballet

Late 15th century in Italy

Russian ballet, Italin ballet, French ballet and British ballet

Enrico Cecchetti, Agrippina Vaganova, Jean-Georges Noverre, Christoph Gluck.

Ragtime music

African American music in the late 19th century

Maple Leaf Rag, All Coons Look Alive To Me, The Entertainer

Scott Joplin, Ernest Hogan

Sattriya dance

15th century by Srimanta Sankardeva

Apsara Nritya, Jhumutra, Sutradhara


Lindy hop

New York City in the 1920s and 30s


“Shorty” George Snowden, Big Bea, Little Bea,...

Restoration comedy

In England from 1660 to 1710

The Country Wife, Provoked Wife, The Rover, The Wife's Excuse

Nell Gwin, Elizabeth Barry, Anne Bracegirdle and Susanna Mountford

1980s alternative comedy

UK 1980s

Beyond the Fringe, That was the week that was, Q5

Ben Elton, Paul Merton,...

Punk Rock

USA,UK and Australia, 1974-1976

Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi!, Horses, Hey Joe, Piss Factory

Patti Smith, the Velvet Underground, the Dolls Of New York, the Ramones, McLaren, Bernie Rhodes.

Britpop

In the UK in the early 1990s

Popscene, The Drawners

Blur, Lush, Suede, Elastica, Buzzcocks, Autuers, Sleeper, Who, The Small Faces

No comments: