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THE ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE

The modern man is no more a nomad because he has to too many responsibilities. The responsibilities

like his career, his family, his bank statements, maintenance of his house. So there is this rat race he is

compelled to be in cope up in every sphere of his l ife. But the more he pushes himself to fast, perfect

and punctual in the day to day life, the more he is emotionally becoming anesthetized by his

responsibilities. So he is always on the lookout of the social gatherings and most preferably an artistic

performance

Man sings to himself to relax in the bathroom or while driving to work but he doesnt get that much

relied until he watches an artistic performance. What makes his performance an artistic one depends on

his popularity among his fans.

Man loves the performances wherein spending some amount of time, money and energy can take him

away from the rat race to his peaceful, jovial dreams. He gets his peace of mind. He relaxes in those

moments and then when he is back to work h can work much better. Once the man has his peace ofmind it is usually observed, that his efficiency doubles. Also when such moments are given to a man in

between hectic schedules he tends to relax much better.

An artist spends his entire life, learning the art of expressing every emotion in the poem, song, dance or

drama. The more he is able to make the audience feel every emotion in that particular poem, song,

dance or drama. Like the time when Beethoven composed the Symphony 9, the emotions that he put

together in that symphony becomes still alive when we listen it anywhere. Thats the power of Music

and the knowledge of the great musician Beethoven and the way he has composed the song that

decades down the line the same emotions are coming alive. Or when we hear the tunes composed by

great Musician, J.S Bach or Mozart in any part of the world while shopping or having a drink in themarket place with friends why do we get captivated by their songs? The reason behind that is, the

correct use of notes to give birth to the particular emotions of friendship, love, hatred and betrayal.

The same reason holds true when you hear Mothers singing to their toddlers. And when they grow up

they fondly remember them as this song My Mum used to sing me as a lullaby. Well a toddler is much

more intelligent than we think he is.

In India, there used to be a famous singer called Tansen, in the empire of Emperor Akbar. When he used

to sing songs from the Raga Miya Malhaar which is a raga of the beautiful monsoon rains, in Akbars

court, the audience were transcended into that very atmosphere in the scorching summer evenings.

There is a place called Mandu in Central India which still sings the glorious love story of poet prince Baz

Bahadur and Rani Roopmati. Both of them were very good classical singers. In one of the instances,

when the prince sang Raga Deepak, the raga of fire, he himself was set on fire until Rani Roopmati sang

Megh Malhaar and cooled him down.

For a Dance or a Dramatic performance the same thing holds true or maybe a good movie. The

classification of a movie or a dramatic performance in a GOOD one is decided by the audience whether

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whatever the director has in his mind, using the technology and other means how in the best way is he

able to put things in front of the audience. For example when we see the dramas of Macbeth or

Othello, the emotions with which Shakespeare has written those plays, the director who has best

created that scene so that we feel the emotions or we feel the era of the play through noise created by

the children in the marketplace, or through the cinematography of a particular scene or the hatred

caused between Macbeth and his people can be felt to this day because hats of to that particular

director to cinematograph and use of sound and other effects in an effective manner. This all is done so

the audience of the 21st

century is taken into that era of the Shakespearean play.