1. How have your opinions or views of the Middle East changed after attending the festival?
2. Many of the plays in the festival used some sort of interactive element in their production. Pick one of the plays and give your response to the way the audience was used.
3. What was your favorite part of the festival, and why?
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1. I didn't really view the Middle East in a particular way, it is very mysterious to me. But i believe that the plays brought light, depth and fun to any opinion I may have had.
ReplyDelete2. Dani's production was very interactive. At the beginning of the play it relied on audience interviews (I was so thankful they didn't pick me) and i thought it was very clever how those audience interviews played a role at the end of the play too. The actors also ask for a little audience participation throughout the play.
3. My favorite part was the play The Girl Who Lost Her Smile. I thought it was done very nicely. It involved child actors and sparkly props. There was a lot of movement and humor that kept me entertained, and the children sitting on the mats. I thought this play was overall a hit with adults and children.
1. I definitely learned a lot by attending the shows at this festival. I found the show HijabTube to be the most informative and eye-opening. It explored the topic of being Muslim in America, and how many people are ignorant to the practices of the Muslim religion. There were a lot of things about that culture and religion that I didn’t know much about, and this play answered a lot of questions I never knew I had!
ReplyDelete2. In the play, Inside Story: Middle Eastern Tales, a facilitator introduced the subject matter of the play by having actors freeze in different poses. The audience was then prompted to give their impression. They also stopped the play periodically to talk about the action occurring on-stage, and to pose questions about the subject of domestic abuse. The audience was able to chime in with ways in which the character could have reacted in certain scenarios, and an audience member was even invited on stage to do some improv with the actors. Because this play was performed in a different language, I found it helpful that there was a facilitator to clarify what was happening in the show.
3. I really liked the Persian dance lesson that was given at the end of The Girl Who Lost Her Smile. A lot of people participated, and it was a really fun way to be involved in the play and in the culture that they were introducing to everyone. It reminded me of a really fun opening circle exercise :)
janet
ReplyDelete1.I learned many things about the middle east culture.I learned that people from the muslim religion disregard there religion as soon as they arrive to America.
ReplyDelete2. The play that give a response to the audience was Hijab Tube. At the end of the play the characters had a conversation with the audience. The conversation was about if you like the play and they also mention that the play was in process. The characters answer any question. They mention that if these play insult anyone or hurt somebody's feelings they will be glad to make some changes.
3. My favorite part of the festival, was the puppet parade. My daughter enjoy all the colorful flags in the parade. My family enjoy all the different activities in the festival for example the facepainting.
1. i realized that the culture of middle easterns are so rich with history, clothing, aswell with music.
ReplyDelete2. "Memoirs of a women" really struck me as almost being too real. the subject matter was so intense and the fact that the audience could interact with the characters on stage was heart pounding. it left me with my jaw dropped.
3. i loved face painting with the kids. it was awesome making them so happy by drawing on their faces. i really enjoyed it.
1. To be honest, I feel more connected towards the middle eastern culture after going to the festival, because it made me realize the difficulty that all cultures have their specific difficulties, esp. 1st-3rd generations. I know for myself, it's been a somewhat of a struggle as a 2nd generation Filipino-American, to distinguish where my "filipino-side" ends and where the american begins, and vice versa. Watching Hijabtube was the ice breaker for me.
ReplyDelete2. Inside Story: Middle Eastern Tales, to me was very interactive with the audience. They used video cameras, and actually used real footage of audience responses. Also, their use of puppets was very interesting and kept the audience engaged.
3. My favorite part of the festival was the parade. It allowed us to get together and be silly. :)
1. I feel like I now have a better understanding of the culture of the middle east after attending the festival. Here in the U.S. we typically see the middle east in a very specific way, and usually our media portrays it in a negative way, so it was really nice to see this other view of it.
ReplyDelete2. I was really interested in the way that Memoirs of Woman was produced. The audience wasn't allowed to just sit there and watch a play, we had to be a part of it. I think it also made us as audience memebers a little bit uncomfortable being asked to respond. But that uncomfort that we felt was intentional to give us a small taste of the true situation that so many have to live with.
3.One of my favorite moments in the the plays we saw was the way that Memoirs of woman ended. I really enjoyed getting to see the traditional dances of Jordan. Thier movements were so graceful and full of life that I was entranced by the beauty of their dances.