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by +++CoolValley+++

Realizing the students’ potential The importance of developing the spiritual side of one’s personality cannot be underestimated. For this reason, the developers of the college programs should incorporate the courses aimed at satisfying the students’ spiritual needs into the curriculum. Besides taking the course of Religious studies, students should devote time to an academic discipline of Performing Arts. Encompassing such spheres as music, theatre and applied arts, this subject is beneficial for broadening the students’ outlook and receiving aesthetic pleasure. Incorporating such academic disciplines as Performing Arts into the college curriculum, educators enable students not only to develop their professional skills but to realize their creative potential and improve their self-presentation skills. Certainly, the knowledge of history of art cannot be compared to knowledge of profile disciplines. Still, it is an essential constituent of the person’s general literacy. A number of studies demonstrated that non-material dimension is not less important than profound theoretical knowledge. Academic discipline of Performing Arts is expected to balance the complicated college subjects and provide learners with an opportunity to mix business and pleasure and enjoy at least particular moments of their studies. The main benefits of Performing Arts 1. Academic discipline of Performing Arts enables students to develop their spirituality and demonstrate their hidden talents, regardless of their profile subject. Realization of the leaner’s potential is important for his/her harmonious development. 2. Aesthetic pleasure received from observing the works of arts, visiting historical sites and art galleries is helpful for relieving the stress caused by academic overload and inspiring students to make progress in their professional sphere. 3. Preparation for amateur performances during the theatre lessons improves the students’ self-presentation skills. Talents of impersonation and playing roles may be advantageous in various life situations as well as in the context of one’s professional activity.  Read more...

by miamism

The annual festival sees hundreds of seasoned performers and aspiring artists take to the streets and set up their stalls at numerous venue to show the people of Edinburgh what they can do…be it comedy, singing, body-popping, break-dancing or fire-eating…

You may be asking yourself what distinguishes the Fringe Festival (sometimes referred to as the Festival Fringe or simply ‘The Fringe’) from the Edinburgh International Festival…

Well it really all comes down to invitations and gate-crashing, to put it simply. When the Edinburgh Festival was set up in 1947, only those artists who had received official invitations to perform at the Festival were ‘allowed’ to attend. This is still the case today.

As a kind of peaceful protest, seven theatre companies simply turned up in Edinburgh to perform for the crowds, determined to share their artistic abilities and message with the people of Edinburgh.

It is this approach which makes the Fringe Festival so unique and popular. The passion displayed by both the performing artists and the huge crowds embodies the essence of performing arts as a means of expression.

As one might expect, there was a subtle rivalry between the Edinburgh Festival and the Fringe Festival in the first few decades as there was a feeling among the Edinburgh Festival organisers that this Fringe Festival ’side show’ undermined the official festival despite attracting huge numbers of people to the city and positive publicity.

In 1959, the Festival Fringe Society was founded with the aim of providing an element of organisation to the expanding festival. Official guides to the Fringe were produced for the first time to help visitors make the most of their time at the festival.  Read more...

by +++CoolValley+++

Thrissur, the cultural center of Kerala cradles this named center. The center is at the banks of Bharathapuzha (Nila) Cheruthuruthy.

This primary center for performing arts in Kerala follows Keralite traditions of classical dance forms, where ancient gurukula system is disciplined. It offers training for Kathakali, Koddiyattom, Mohiniyattom and Thullal. Regular, Long Term, Short Term and Intensive courses are available that makes an amateur into a professional.

The uneding passion of Vallathol Narayana Menon, (a poet and scholar) towards Kathakali and other performing arts, paved way to the establishment of Kerala Kalamandalam in 1930. Pattikkamthody Ravunni Menon, Guru Kunchukurup, Kalmandalm Krishnan Nair, Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambeesan, Kalamandalam Krishnan Kutty Pothuwal, Painkulam Rama Chakyar, Thottasseri Chinnammu Ammu are the celebrated personalities who did their contributions to Kalamndalam.

The troupes of kalamandalam travel to different countries creating cultural wave throughout the world. They have participated in different International Dance Festivals. Kalamandalam also hosts a number of students and researchers from abroad.

At the primary stage, the staffs found it difficult to meet the expenditure for its maintenance; later it was converted to a grant-in-aid institution fully financed by the government. Presently a hierarchy of executive council and general council administers Kalamandalam (nominated by the State Government). The secretary supervises the day to day matters.

Campus

Presently functioning at Vallathol Nagar offers many facilities for the disciples.

• Kalaris – the training rooms

• Koothambalam- The Temple Theatre

• High School

• College Library

• Recording Studio

• Staff Quarters

• Hostels

• Employees Co-operative Society

• Administrative Block

• Art Gallery
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Art cannot be defined by using definitive paradigms. It is a topic that envisages the ways in which individuals, groups, communities and nations live, work and practice their customs.  Writing an art dissertation is not merely about the word art, but the meaning it entails as a whole. As a study, art dissertations can be very meticulous in their substance and provide information about specific branches of arts in detail.

The first and foremost part of writing an arts dissertation is deciding a particular topic your thesis is going to be based upon. You have to be very specific while choosing the topic of your dissertation. Some of the topics that you can use are listed below for your convenience.

HELPFUL TOPICS

•Art history dissertation

•Fine art dissertation

•Ancient art studies

•Modern art dissertations

•Vocal arts discourse

•Performing arts critique

•Dissertation on art evolution

•Visual art study

•Art dissertation on Sculpture

•Abstract art philosophy

•A discussion on art philosophy

•Graphic arts exposition

•Dissertation on art as a form of expression

•Art Dissertation on political art

•Street art dissertation

The list can go on and on but it is time to move to the next part of this article.

OPENING

Once an appropriate topic is finalised, you have to proceed to the next level. The primary step towards any type of writing is research, which firstly supplies a particular theme and in the end contributes important material required for the main thesis.

A FITTING TITLE

Subsequent to topic selection is having a suitable title and then to start writing an articulate dissertation on the chosen subject.

THE BODY

This elementary segment of the dissertation needs to have the following sub segments.  Read more...

Looking for a new method to minister to your congregation or attendees? One that has withstood the test of time? One word: Storytelling. Jesus used storytelling to communicate deep spiritual content in a user friendly manner. Are you looking for a way for your ministry to inspire today’s culture with life changing spiritual truth in a relevant manner? Check out storytelling with sand animation or “Sand Art.”

Sand Story is a fresh and innovative storytelling approach to effectively communicate the gospel to others. Mixing sand and light, pictures are formed and reformed into ever changing shapes and images that tell visually powerful biblical stories. Set to music, these images inspire, challenge and minister in a compelling manner. Sand Art is performed live and projected on screens for a powerful life transformation experience. More than entertainment, Sand Story will leave your congregation and attendees with a deeper understanding of biblical truth.

Sand Story also reaches across a broad spectrum of venues from churches to conferences. Newsweek Magazine has also affirmed the versatility of Sand Art as a storytelling marketing strategy for business: “Part performance art, part visual art and part storytelling, the craft has been featured at Cirque du Soleil and Christian youth camps, and corporate events. Live shows enchant audiences not only because the visual effect is riveting, but because they tell a story, typically about love, war, or faith.”

Internationally known artist, author and master storyteller Joe Castillo has traveled to over fifteen countries Joe is an artist, author and storyteller with a passion for promoting a ministry using the visual arts as a way of touching the heart.