What is Performance?

What is the 'Point'

This blog was created so that i could explore, analysis and learn about different performances. 

Throughout my blog i have learned that most types of performances can be classified as a performance. However i no longer believe that the question is "What is performance" as that is a very broad question to ask. However to simplify and more confidently justify that question you need to rather ask "why isn't it a performance".

What could a performance include for it to be classed as a performance?

- A story/message to tell

- Actors

- Something that people can relate to

- A target destination

So in retrospect a performance is a way to communicate and bring together a community or even different cultures. A performance makes you feel something/ want something/ aspire to be/do something. A performance makes an impact no matter how small or big, it allows people to choose the path they want and shows different situations that can be related to. 

An analysis of the performances was necessary for my blog as it allowed me to further develop my thinking for each of the performances i saw or researched. An analysis allows you to see where the performances come on the performance scale between post dramatic and dramatic being the basics of the scale. It then allows you to further depict whether a performance has a purpose. 

Learning about different performances can lead to ideas being created for future work and gives an aspiring actor something to work towards. Learning about different pieces of work can open your mind to so many new techniques and give you the means to do something better then already has been done. 

So what I'm trying to say is that all of these simply ideas and notions come from a performance. A performance is a thought provoker. It gives people hope, dreams, ideas, inspirations. A performance isn't just something that you just see once. It is something that stays with you even when you don't think about it. Your later actions may happen because you have been influenced or provoked to do something different. 

What is performance? A question posed but never truly answered.