Music Performance Paper & Dance Performance Paper

Art is an expression of thoughts and emotions which shows not only our personal perception of the natural world but provided a means for us to share the way we experienced the world. Art is a communication of intimate concepts which cannot be portrayed by words alone. Rather, Art is an exemplified use of a media in order to convey a message intended to be expressed. Performing Arts is one of the various forms of creative activity which is aimed to perform in front of an audience, such as drama, music, and dance. Although, performing arts encompass variations, particularly in the use of a medium-whether it was through graceful movements, sound harmony, or even both, those media still found to share commonality and distinct uniqueness in terms of expression. Despite the differences, I do believe that both music and dance productions I have witnessed aimed to educate and entertain the target audience just like any other forms of art. I also do believe that the two presentations explored the same meaning and that is about how to deal with life lessons and experiences. In this article, the relationship of the dance and music performances will be further analyzed. Similarities and differences will be extracted from the two in regards to several elements of performing arts which include the purpose or goal of the performances, focus, theme, and design aspects. Music and dance diverge in various ways in reference to content and focus. Music, being the universal performing arts, focuses on auditory attention since it dealt with sound technicalities such as time, tempo, and polyphonic variation. It was evident in the production when the symphonic band conductor used different musical elements to show that the band has their own rhythm and order (“The Conductor between Hearing and Listening”, 2018). Dance, on the other hand, being a very complex among performing arts, which emphasizes more on visual appeal since it aimed to promote postural stability through graceful and variety of dance movement for aesthetics. The physical movement of “Taking Flight” highlighted the complexity of dance as a performance since before starting to dance in an African style, the group of dancers initiated the act by running first across the stage from left to right for emphasis. (Platz et al, 2012) The mood or emotions that each production wanted to illustrate also differ. From the musical performance, it was obvious that the mood intended to be express was the solemnity and classicality of the show which somehow provides a spirit of inner self-meditation and cycle of emotions towards the audience. This has been very apparent when the symphonic band utilized a cyclic emotions approach to the sounds they produced. It was started first with sonata followed by a trio and finally, Allegro, which I found totally pleasing for reminiscing and contemplating (BBC, 2018). Although, the musical performance aimed to deal with life lessons, the production became too particular with the constant flow of emotions from infancy to adulthood. As opposed to the musical presentation, the mood being established during the dance performance was an energetic and vibrant display, which engages the audience to acquire the same positive vibes of emotions. It was noticeably demonstrated when production did the “seasoning dance” wherein the male performer appears at the stage and start...