Performing Arts
Types
Function of music in people's lives
Entertainment
Therapy
Learning of values through learning to perform
Can you make money from being an artiste? Essential work?
Arts scene in Singapore
Music
Dancing
Theatre
Live art installations
How do schools promote Arts?
Singing
Live performances vs recorded performance
Behind the scenes work
Types of music/dance/art/drama that appeal to young people
Do you want to pursue a career in arts?
Live
Recorded
incorporates theatre arts, dance, music and visual arts, etc.
Used to be called Singapore Arts Festival
celebrate local arts from the diverse communities in Singapore
Local and international participants
Singapore International Festival of Arts
Government initiatives to promote arts
e.g. launching the School of the Arts (SOTA) in 2008
Funding for artists
Singapore Arts Story
arts as an expression of our shared identity – our people, our geography, how we live, breathe and move in this world
Art and Music Elective Programmes
Arts related learning journeys (e.g. to watch plays/to museums)
Art and music lessons
Art workers
Literary arts
Visual arts
Writers, editors, poets, etc.
painters, sculptors, photographers, performance artists, etc.
Most art workers are paid poorly, many have other jobs, not just being an artist
Passion and sense of satisfaction that keeps them going
Essential or no?
"the survey was conducted during a global public health crisis, when many respondents' minds are understandably on health and their basic needs such as food. This might be why they consider artists less essential."
"many people in Singapore appreciate and enjoy the work of artists"
"During the circuit breaker period, many Singaporeans kept themselves sane by reading books, listening to music, and watching film and television shows and concerts online. It is not right to regard our art workers as non-essential. Without them, Singapore would be a cultural desert."
Planning and Designing
Rehearsals
Art/music teachers might have better pay than performers/artists
Set/scene design
Costume design
Lightning design
Advertising
Safety and security
Security guards
Medical teams
Sound engineer
etc.
Publicity and media teams
Logistics
Resilience/perseverance
Teamwork
Listening to music reduces stress level of a person and thus changes one’s mood
attending a concert offers the excitement of hearing live musicians
pleasing to the ears and mind and also nurturing for the soul
Physical benefits
Mental benefits
Can be playing an instrument/listening to music
can calm anxiety
Creativity
Music therapy is used to aid in physical discomfort by improving respiration, lowering blood pressure, improved cardiac output, reduced heart rate and relaxed muscle tension
Reduces stress and its side effects (i.e. behavioral/emotion problems)
direct attention away from pain or anxiety, distracting the listener with comforting music
offer a rhythmic structure for systematic release of body tension
provide a musical stimulus for rhythmic breathing
Music
Rap music
K-pop
Drama
Comedy
Pop music
K-Drama
Action/adventure
Crime drama
Suspense/thriller
Electronic Dance Music
Hip Hop
Audience has some level of participation (e.g. cheering)
Atmosphere - surrounded by fans who support the same performer
More natural - no edits/retakes and you are able to see a performer's talents
Only get to see one performer's face at a time
"Perfect" - does not feel natural/human due to editing
Able to see every performer's action/expression/gesture
Higher level of intimacy between performer and audience
generally refers to human movement, typically rhythmic and to music, used as a form of audience entertainment in a performance setting
Playing musical instruments
Orchestra
branch of performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience, using a combination of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound, and spectacle
Play
Musicals
artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space
Drama
Pursue as an interest, not career
Not passionate till the point I want to do it as a career
act of producing musical sounds with the voice