The Traditional Performing Arts: Music, Dance, Theater
The performing arts have provided a form of expression filling the world with endless entertainment!
An emphasis on appearance, race, gender, and sexuality have created certain stereotypes that many strive to meet in order to meet the criteria of being a performer. This has caused both mental and physical issues with performers as well perpetuate a lack of represntation of the society we live in today.
The Entities who are making a difference
Hamilton's cast represents the society we live in today
He states that Hip-Hop, Rap, and R&B are the music of a revolution and that this diverse cast is the best people to perform it
Copeland was set apart from the traditional ballerina because of the color of her skin, her athletic, curvy body and her late start to training at the age of 13
As soon as she began dancing however, it was evident how talented she was. She brought a huge African-American audience to ballet
She is a role model for many and shows that greatness comes in every size, color and shape
Whiteside is openly gay but plays heterosexual roles mainly as there is a lack of representation of the LGBTQ community in traditional ballet
Outside of ballet, he is also a singer and a professional Drag Queen
On his website he states:
"HI FRIENDS,
THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY OFFICIAL WEBSITE, MY SAFE-HOUSE FOR ALL MY CREATIVE ENDEAVORS. LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN FREE AND LEAVE SOCIAL NORMS TO THE NORMAL. I DARE YOU TO BE EXTRAORDINARY AND DON'T FORGET, GREAT MINDS THINK FOR THEMSELVES!
BE EVERYTHING. DO EVERYTHING.
WITH LOVE, JAMES"
By Devon Rooney
Credits:
Created with images by Alexis - "glass broken break" • Unsplash - "microphone boy studio" • val_girl - "Dance" • koroed85 - "ballet evening sunset" • MCAD Library - "Hamlet" • EaglebrookSchool - "Eaglebrook_School_2013_SpringMusical20130529_2204" • daniellehelm - "Is this the perfect girl?" • rich701 - "two man band in blackface" • mkd. - "Kelli" • Jennie Park Photography - "Cinderella and her Prince Charming" • Kryziz Bonny - "Ballet Shoes 2" • jim68000 - "ballerina" • qimono - "sunrise space outer"