Performance - Topics

What is the appeal of acoustic versions? Why is improv comedy so hard yet so entertaining? How does Chinese opera tell its stories? What makes a performance unforgettable? How do magicians create mystery? How do you manage underperforming teams? How do you prove your value to an employer? How do you build a high performance team? Front of house staff shape what audiences remember Why film criticism survived on the internet and theatre criticism did not Local theatre criticism disappears and touring shows lose their only record Who decides when an audience should clap? Rehearsal time is the first thing cut when budgets shrink What you lose when you watch a live performance on a screen Is film a visual art or a performing art? How a concert hall plans its season a year in advance Representation on stage still tends to stop at the chorus Livestreamed performances found audiences who never bought tickets When a performance is cancelled: refunds and insurance Why performers are paid so little for so many hours How a venue fixes bad acoustics without rebuilding the hall The economics of a 2000-seat hall versus a 300-seat black box Do pre-game rituals cross the line into superstition? Why theaters struggle to fill Tuesday and Wednesday nights Orchestras learned that a filmed concert is not a replacement for a hall Where the line between visual arts and performing arts actually falls Reading a passage aloud changes what counts as a good sentence Understudies hold a production together invisibly The case against splitting the arts into performing and visual at all Does trash talk on the court actually work? How hard should a goal be before it stops motivating you? Singing your own lyrics for the first time in front of a crowd