My experience going to see the production of Godspell was pretty amazing. We arrived at the News Journal Center where the theatre was located just short of seven ‘o clock, only to meet up with lines of people waiting for a ticket and waiting to go up the escalators into the actual theatre. I was almost surprised to see how many people were there waiting, especially since it was only a Thursday night. It made me even more excited to see what was in store and what Godspell was really about because I figured this would be a really good production since the crowd turnout was so great. I had purchased my ticket earlier that day so I was excited I didn’t need to once I was there. As I waited patiently we got there somewhat early enough to not have to be last to wait in the long lines. Finally about fifteen minutes until seven-thirty which is the specific time the show was meant to start, we were able to enter the Gillespie theatre and I was excited to see the set. I was also surprise to make out that it was a set as if it were after 911. There was debris and smoke coming from the fallen buildings. I was excited to see what was in store as I waited patiently with my friends. We sat in the middle section more towards the middle seats to try to get the best full-on frontal view, since there were so many people and so very few seats. The theatre filled up and everyone was chatting excitedly and before you know it everyone got quiet and the show started. As the show went on and the songs were sung, during some of the more upbeat songs, I looked around and actually noticed pretty much the entire crowd was clapping to the music and dancing along with the cast! I thought it was great on how into the show the audience was. It was cool because I knew the audience was into the show just as much as I was and they really liked what they were seeing together as a crowd. The response did surprise me but the show was so good it seemed only right for the audience to be so engaged and react the way they did. Clapping along with the actors and after the different songs is a convention and not considered rude during the exciting moments of the play as opposed to the more serious or sad songs. They came to see a performance and that was exactly what they were getting and a great one at that. I am sure that fueled the actors to really put on a show for us just from the energy the audience was putting out. During intermission the audience was able to go up on the stage and get punch served by the actors and almost interact with them a little bit. I think that kept the crowd entertained even during a moment where the entertainment was supposed to take a break. That isn’t usual in many productions but not uncommon but I think it helped the audience stick around. After the amazing show I did indeed discuss it with my friends on what different parts I liked the best and what made me sad or laugh. We were even singing the catchy songs that were in the production on the way home and I am sure we weren’t the only ones at the end of the night. I couldn’t wait to spread the word on such a great crowd and a great show.
Storytelling has shaped our societies and the way we think for all of recorded history. Before that to the days of cave paintings, and even before that into some shaded depth of time that we have only the barest sense of today. To primitive man, storytelling was magic. There was little separation between what was spoken and what happened, it seemed logical that if we could describe a great adventure that or thing that happened in our lives we should bring it home, in all its vividness and glory .
There are many different types and translations of stories through storytelling but one of the many common forms of it is that of Native American storytelling. Native American storytelling is an important part of many people's lives. Many Native Americans tell stories to keep their customs alive. People, weavings, paintings, dance, carvings, and oral, all tell stories. Native Amaerica storytelling I think is important also to us as americans because it is our history before any sort of forign settlement began.
A way they would tell stories is by symbols such as Carved and painted tree logs, called totem poles which show Native American history and beliefs.
Paintings also tell stories. Some Native American homes are called tepees. Painted tepees tell a story about the people who live there. Another major way is through music , dance and voice. Native Americans, like all people, liked to tell tales about the things that had happened in their life. Native Americans did not write words down in books, but they did have a form of writing. They drew pictures on hides, rocks and on bone. Some of their pictures were left as warnings to others. Native American storytelling is still a popular form of story telling today and still uses traditional customs but it is more of a form of entertainment rather than something done to spread the word. Stories are useful to preserve historic facts, teach younger ones life lessons, express the hopes and fears of the heart, entertain, amaze and amuse.
Greek Story telling was during the Grecian Dark Ages, some people even became professional storytellers going from town to town, earning a living simply telling stories. They told the same stories over and over, in Greek. It was not long until nearly everyone in ancient Greece knew all of the stories by heart. They also knew the Greek language by heart, as it was the language of the storytellers. There are many other ways to express Greek story outside of the oral tradition and that is Greek symbols
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There are different types of the greek storytelling such as A FABLE is a story that ends with a lesson to be learned. Probably the most famous of all fables came out of ancient Greece during the Greek dark ages – the stories of Aesop. Aka Aesop's fables, some of the most popular stories known today. A LEGENED is a popular story that has been told over and over again about something that happened in the near or far past. To be a legend, there can be no proof that the story is true. That does not mean that it is not true. It only means that to be a legend, there cannot be proof that the story is true. One of the most popular legends was the story of the Trojan horse A MYTH is a story about one or more magical deities. The Greeks believed in many gods and goddesses ,magical monsters and mythical animals. Greek myths are still enjoyable today! Some popular fables are, “The Ant and the Grasshopper which is about a selfish grasshopper who refuses to help the ants collect the harvest before winter. “Another is the Tortoise and the Hare”. Greek mythology tells stories about gods and goddesses, other immortals, monsters, extraordinary heroes, and some ordinary People. There are many popular Greek gods and creatures such as Zeus, Poseidon, Hercules and Cerberus. ZEUS
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Which also ties into the different myths of what really happened with the sotries of the Greek gods and mythical creatures. Modern intepretations of Greek stories and tales of the gods and creatures and what was said to have happened back when, have been made into plays and movies and books. Clash of the Titans is one movie made on the Greek happenings
There are popular plays like Oedipus the King written by Sophocles (496-406 BCE) which is basically explaining how your fate was destined no matter what back then with the gods.
Greek Storytelling is most popular today in modern times as either a play or a movie. It is not something always orally told but visualy seen and told through watching and listening. Storytelling is an amazing thing and not just a thing of entertainment but also educational. I think without it we would not know our history like it is today.
