Describe a performing art

Many candidates have no ideas on this topic, because a significant majority of students are not familiar with arts and that makes this topic really tough for them. Once you get the topic, you must know what is performing art. Performing arts are art forms in which artists use their body or voice to convey artistic expression (as opposed to visual arts, in which artists use paint/canvas or various materials to create physical art objects. Therefore you cannot talk about painting, drawing on this topic.) Narrow down your topic and think of the vocabularies that are related to the topic. Performing arts include dance, music, opera, theatre, magic, spoken word, circus arts, musical theatre and gig*. Artists who participate in performing arts in front of an audience are called performers, including actors, comedians, dancers, magicians, musicians, and singers. Performing arts are also supported by workers in related fields, such as songwriting and stagecraft. Performers often adapt their appearance, such as with costumes and stage makeup, etc.

Art invites us and requires us to be curious about our full human potential. It can also help us achieve it; training us to think and see, to speak and hear and move and therefore simple "be" more vividly. Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company 'An artist helps transform our thoughts, feelings, relationships to people, place and things into another more condensed shape. This practice is embedded in human lives and we have evidence of these activities from cave paintings to now. Which is such a delicious link throughout our human history. We all have the perception to play and work with our active imaginations. Artists help us to connect with ideas of making and destroying so that we may feel more confident about renewal rather than frightened of change. Siobhan Davies, Artist and choreographer 7 Reasons the Arts are Important . They are languages that all people speak that cut across racial, cultural, social, educational, and economic barriers and enhance cultural appreciation and awareness. . They provide opportunities for self-expression, bringing the inner world into the outer world of concrete reality. . They develop both independence and collaboration.

. They make it possible to use personal strengths in meaningful ways and to bridge into understanding sometimes difficult abstractions through these strengths. . They improve academic achievement -- enhancing test scores, attitudes, social skills, critical and creative thinking. . They exercise and develop higher order thinking skills including analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and "problem-finding. . They provide the means for every student to learn. . WHY ART EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT: 1. Making art involves critical thinking and problem solving. 2. Art empowers students to take risks and do something different. 3. In an age of instant gratification, art teaches commitment to learn a skill and complete a project. 4. The arts are an extension of other curricula. Math, Science and Language are all needed to create art. 5. Art equips students with a diverse set of skills needed to enter institutions of higher learning and the workplace. 6. Participation in the arts builds relationships between students and teachers and among peers. 7. Involvement in the arts improves self-esteem and builds confidence. 8. Art teaches students to be more tolerant and open through multicultural and historical perspectives. 9. Art develops a student's ability to critique their own work and that of others. It instills knowledge of how to make multiple revisions to create higher quality work. 10. Art helps a child develop emotionally and socially, and contributes to a positive work ethic and pride in a job well done.

Advances in science and technology have made great changes to lives of ordinary people, but artists such as musicians, painters and writers are still highly valued. What can the arts tell us about life that science and technology cannot? notes This is a question that asks you a direct question: What can the arts tell us about life that science and technology cannot? Make sure you offer a direct answer to that question. It is not enough to write about the value of the arts. You have not answered the question. You need to writ about the things that the arts offer that science and technology do not. Note the wording of the arts. This is not the same as art. The arts include painting, music and writing etc Essay structure I have chosen a simple structure. Introduction Highlight the task Suggest there are two ways the arts have something different to teach us Topic 1 Point in topic sentence: concepts such as beauty come from the arts Explain: sciences limited to practicality Example: Mozart shows us harmony Re-explain: sciences do not show us this Topic 2 Point in topic sentence: arts make us think about ourselves Explain with art gallery example Re-explain how this makes us think about others too Conclusion Reflect introduction: science makes us comfortable but the arts teach us about spiritual aspects (topic 1) and reflection (topic 2) Sample: There is no doubt that the quality of our lives in the 21st century has been greatly improved by various scientific and technological advances. Despite this, the arts and humanities too still have much to teach us about ourselves and life in general. One area in which we can learn from the arts is that concepts such as beauty matter in and of themselves. In the world of science and technology, the only true measure is whether

something works or not. This is a limited view of the world and the arts differ in that they offer us an alternative and more spiritual outlook. For example, if we listen to Mozart we can learn about harmony and joy through the medium of music or if even we read an author like PG Wodehouse we learn about the value of humour. These essential aspects of life are absent from the clinical world of science and technology. The other way in which artists can teach us about more about life is that enjoying art encourages the habit of self-reflection. If you walk into an art gallery, attend a concert or even just stay in to read a book, you will almost certainly begin to think about your inner values. For me, this is a invaluable lesson in life as if we begin to reflect about ourselves, we begin not just to become more human, but also consider the lives of others too. So while science and technology may have made our physical lives more comfortable in the 21st century. It remains true that the arts and humanities are still absolutely necessary for ordinary people as they promote a more spiritual and reflective view of life that is essential to our humanity.

The Art should be better funded by the government but there must be more control over where the money goes. Discuss. Since prehistoric ages The Art highlights our lives, adds beauty and happiness and cultivates the taste among the people. However, nowadays creative projects became very pricey and can not bring pay-off to its authors. Some people think that the government should pay for those projects and, of course, observe precisely how those funds are being spent. This is quite obvious that no structure except government knows nations cultural needs best. It can evaluate which sphere of cultural life have the necessity of development and achieve its goals of public loyalty by funding a specific field of The Art, controlling budget by giving maintenance only to projects they are interested in. However, funding The Art selectively can lead artists to the lack of freedom in expressing themselves. In other words, then those who have power use money to regulate cultural life, it can limit the imagination and put artists into borders they would be scared to cross. Thus, here comes the censorship, which has nothing in common with the main democracy principles. For example, similar situation was in the Soviet Union, there solely the government controlled The Art and therefore the only career an artist could pursue is praising the

Communist Party by his creations. As an alternative of letting a government to control spending money on The Art, a nongovernmental independent organization could be established. It must consist of the best cultural activists from a country. This would add a certain level of budget control and would guarantee there are no limits for The Art. To conclude with, I believe that funding The Art is one of the main tasks of a state, but the purpose of it should be development, not making it to serve government political needs.

Government investment in the arts, such as music and theatre, is a waste of money. Governments must invest this money in public services instead. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Sample: These days, the government spends a large part of its budget not only on public services, but also the arts. Although I agree that it is important to spend money on public services, I do not think spending on the arts is a waste of money. There are several reasons for spending a significant amount of the government budget on public services. First and foremost, public services are the things such as hospitals, roads and schools, and these things determine the quality of life that most of us will have. For example, if the government does not spend enough money on hospitals, the health of our society may decline. Similarly, if not enough money is spent on schools, our children may not be properly educated. Also, it will be the poor in our society that will be affected more if we do not spend enough on these things because they are the ones more dependent on such services. However, this does not mean that the arts should be completely neglected. To begin, it is difficult for many arts institutions to generate much profit, so without some help from the government, many theaters and other such places may have to close. Moreover, the arts also have an important impact on our quality of life. Many people get great pleasure in going to see music and theatre performances so it is important that the government assists such institutions so that they can continue to provide entertainment to the public. To sum up, there are clear benefits of ensuring a large amount of investment goes into public services as this influences the quality of life for nearly all of us. That said, I do not believe spending money on the arts is a waste of money as this too provides important benefits. (299 words)

How do people express themselves using art?

Expression is what connects us to one another. It is what makes us unique. By expressing emotion and feeling, we show our individual assets - our sensitivity, our tastes. We all, as human beings have amazingly unique personalities and we can learn about ourselves from responding to the expression of other people. By expressing yourself you can create fine art painting, for example. If you possess creativity, you definitely can make art. Be inspired by all the things around you, be spontaneous, be brave. For artists, painting is a wonderful way to relax and is kind of a fulfillment. When you have created something beautiful and enjoyable, you take pride in your job and get this sense of fulfillment. For some people it is an outlet from the pressures of work and family situations. Art is a way person can express how he/she feels at the time. People may also wish to spread a good feeling they have and share it with others in the hopes of brightening their day. Anybody can selectively reproduce reality, but if we do this in a creative way, it tells us what we are. People can explore themselves using works of art. They use art as a springboard for exploration of your inner self. Artists make some money doing art and they do like that, but they would do it any how and any way, if they are really good artists, I mean if they are in-born talents. Artists are people who invest time into their pieces of art, people that really love art, love their own art and are constantly engaged in the process of producing art. Galleries give people a chance to show their work.

Probing Question: Are artists born or taught?

In 17th century Rome, the Baroque painter Orazio Gentileschi gave all his children the finest art education available. But only one of themhis daughter Artemisiadeveloped into an artist. In fact, Artemisia matched and surpassed her father's skills, and became the first female member of the Academy of Design in Florence and the only woman to follow and innovate upon the tradition of painting established by Caravaggio. What creates a great artist like Gentileschi, Van Gogh or Manet? Talent or training? Artists are both born and taught, says Nancy Locke, associate professor of art history at Penn State. "There is no question in my mind that artists are born," says Locke. Many artists arrive in the world brimming with passion and natural creativity and become artists

after trying other vocations. Before he had devoted himself to art, Van Gogh tried to be a minister among poor miners in Belgium. "He just frightened and overwhelmed people," says Locke. "He was too intense to act effectively in that capacity." Artists are also made, she says. They require training, education and a culture of other artists, often an urban culture, says Locke. "Put an artist in isolation and nobody can learn anything from the work." A craftsman masters a skill, but an artist ventures beyond to innovate. "Artists have to be in touch with other artists, building on what other artists have done," says Locke. Artists must learn a tradition to challenge it, so artists are products of their times and context, both artistic and social, she adds. Like natural talent, the vision is innate. Yet the way that vision comes to fruition depends upon the artist's time and place, the surrounding artistic tradition, training and life experience. "You can take an artist who doesn't have the visionary quality of a Manet," Locke notes, "someone who really wants to be an artist and is less talented and that person can be a follower, can be a technician, can learn a craft and can turn out something that looks like an Impressionist painting. But that person will never have the vision of a Seurat, Van Gogh or someone who's a real innovator." Yet, says Locke, Manet's art, which challenged the Renaissance works and sowed the seeds of Impressionism, owes as much to his environmenthis particular time and placeas it does to his inborn talent. "If you take Manet away from Paris in the late 19th century, if you stick him out in the woods somewhere and nobody sees his art, it wouldn't be very important. It's important because other artists and critics made it important." The necessity of both natural-born talent and societal influences in shaping an artist rings true in the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, she adds. In the early 17th century, women were not allowed to attend all-male art academies and could only become artists if they learned fundamental skills privately, usually from a relative or through lessons. At age 18, Artemisia Gentileschi, a promising young painter, was initially denied entry into all-male professional art academies. As a result, her father hired the Tuscan painter Agostino Tassi to privately tutor her, but after Tassi raped her, Artemisia endured a

painfully humiliating public trialincluding being tortured to test if she was lyingthat resulted in Tassi's one-year prison sentence. Gentileschi's talent, Caravaggio's technique and her life experience is all apparent in her work. Susanna and the Elders, for example, illustrates the Biblical story of a virtuous woman who is sexually harassed by village elders. "If you're a woman and you've been taken advantage of the way Artemisia was, you have a sense of the vulnerability of Susanna. That's a very different approach that comes out of life experience." Gentileschi's painting, Giuditta che decapita Oloferne (Judith beheading Holofernes) (1612-1613), depicts the Biblical heroine Judith and her handmaiden gruesomely beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes. The painting is widely interpreted as Artemisia's revenge for the violence she suffered. Perhaps her success was her greatest revenge. She moved to Florence and became the first female painter to enter the city's Accademia del Disegno. She became known for her paintings of biblical heroines and for mastering the contrast of light and dark. Yet, despite Gentileschi's artistic success, she could not pass on her gift. Although she taught her two daughters to paint, there is no evidence that either of them became an artist.