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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Oh NYC Subways…
More often than not, people have interesting encounters on the subway. I am no exception. Let’s start at the beginning though. I was waiting for the LIRR train from Deer Park in order to come back to the dorms after … Continue reading
A Sweet Story
When I reflect on my personality and character, I see a large part of it come from my mom and her business. The intensity of her entrepreneurial spirit actually came from a soft and sugar-soaked cheese ball. A round sponge … Continue reading
What I do.
Judging others is human nature, but when it comes to analyzing oneself, it becomes a mission that is nearly impossible. Everyone has a crazy side, a serious side, a funny side, and a side that no one can describe. As … Continue reading
Subway Inspiration
I don’t usually identify myself as an artist right off the bat, but trying to think of something unique to write about myself made me realize I can vaguely fit into that category. I thought about what I like to … Continue reading
It’s Not Rocket Science
This story is a personal one, mentioning my thoughts about certain people I encountered who had some kind of impact on me. It’s about a design contest I entered and how a failure turned out to be an eye-opening experience. … Continue reading
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Racism in Brooklyn
This summer, I had the opportunity to work on the re-election campaign for NYS Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz. The Assemblyman needed was facing a primary challenge against Ben Akselrod, a relative newcomer in politics. The Assemblyman needed me to reach out to … Continue reading
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Same but Different
I didn’t believe it. They always told me the subways were newer, cleaner, and overall better there, but I always thought to myself, “How clean can they possibly get?” The streets of the city itself didn’t give me any reason … Continue reading
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Embedding a YouTube video in your blog post
You’ve probably all seen this on magazine sites and Facebook posts: a video directly included within the body of the page, rather than a link. Embedding like this helps readers follow up on the video without disrupting their reading of … Continue reading
Diwali: The Festival of Lights
When I was in the fourth grade, one of my friends who was Hindu, invited me to the Festival of Lights. We were good friends and while I knew nothing of the celebration, I was excited to attend. When I … Continue reading
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Many Cultures, One Place
This July, my family decided to make our annual family vacation to Disney World in Orlando, Florida. While in Disney, we explored the various amusement parks, one of which particularly stood out in my mind: Epcot. Epcot is known for … Continue reading
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The Vocaloid Community
I was knocking my head for some ideas of any cultural encounters that I have had somewhere to suddenly come to mind – since I couldn’t recall doing anything this past week that would count as one. Then this epiphany … Continue reading
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Tagged community, composer, cultural encounters, dance, MMD, Music, Vocaloid
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A different lifestlye
I went to Stuyvesant high school, where at least 70% of the students are Asian. This was nothing new to me, after all, my family is Chinese and I grew up with the culture. I met friends easily because we … Continue reading
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THE Word
This incident actually happened a few years ago. What reminded me of it was the “Baruch” blog post of Alessandra. I was thinking what to write for this blog post, and this story flashed into my head… “那个…” This is … Continue reading
Teams for Keynote Photography Presentations
Dear Arts in NYC students, Please review the ten photographers listed on our syllabus (see November 13th). Team up with a classmate and select four photographers who interest you (prioritize your list). We will discuss this in class on Thursday, … Continue reading
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reviews of a review: “A Shrew, and Broadway, Tamed”
In class on Thursday, 9/6, we talked about the review by Matt Wolf cited below. Feel free to continue the conversation online by commenting on this post and/or by replying to others’ comments. What’s working here? What draws you in? … Continue reading
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Précis
A very brief summary of the overall arc of a plot. Whereas a paraphrase restates what you’ve seen in your own words, a précis is a distillation of the plot, with an emphasis on concision: sentences, rather than paragraphs.
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Another France story
The french do not seem to take the drinking age seriously. Walking through the streets Paris at night, looking for a decent place to eat is a relatively simple task. Choosing a place is the difficult part… If someone is … Continue reading
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Two Speedy Cultures
BEEEEP! I glanced at the speedometer, which read 60 mph. I felt dirty looks on me as drivers raced past the car. Sixty miles per hour was right below speed limit, I thought to myself. Why are these people horning? … Continue reading
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Zotero
zotero.org. A bibliographic manager that lives in your web browser. What does that mean? With a single click, you can grab all the relevant citation information from a newspaper article, academic database, google book, or just plain website — and … Continue reading
Appellate Courthouse
When people fall into a routine, they often lose their inquisitive nature, and in turn, transform into running horses with partly obscured vision. Today I decided to pull off my blinders and see the magnificent city in which I study, … Continue reading
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Cultural Encounter
Whenever I hear someone speaking Chinese in the city, I usually hear the dialect used most around the world; Mandarin Chinese. But this wasn’t always the case. There was a time when Cantonese flourished among the streets of New York … Continue reading
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Critical Terms
Interrogative: (adj) of, pertaining to, or conveying a question Interplay: (n) reciprocal relationship, action, or influence Perception: (n) immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities Unruly: (adj) not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; … Continue reading
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A Different Style
It was time for dinner, but where were the chairs? And why was the table only two feet off the ground? It was my first time being a guest in a very traditional Korean household. I was cause by surprise … Continue reading
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Critical Terms
melodrama: a play, film, etc, characterized by extravagant action and emotion dramatic irony: irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. … Continue reading
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Critical Terms
1. Agon– A conflict that takes place, often between the protagonist and antagonist. In Ancient drama, it is a formalized debate that usually occurs within a comedy. 2. Tragedy– A dramatic composition that typically has a great person, through an … Continue reading
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5 Critical Terms
Anticlimax – A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events Staging – An instance or method of presenting a play or other dramatic performance Schmaltz – Excessive sentimentality, especially in music or movies Charismatic – Exercising a compelling charm … Continue reading
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Critical Terms
Monologue – A lengthy speech by a single character given to other characters in the play, this should not be confused with a soliloquy Soliloquy – This is used as a device to let an audience know what is going … Continue reading
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Dasha
Today, as my family and I went out for a Labor Day outing at the beach, we bumped into my uncle’s coworker and her family. My cousin and I were too busy fishing by the shore to notice the company … Continue reading
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Critical Terms for Theater
Cue – An act that a stage manager does to remind an actor of their line or an act that a stage manager does to tell the technical crew to perform a certain action. May be verbal of with an … Continue reading
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Review of “Fighting to Have the Last Word “by Ben Brantley
Please read and analyze the following theater review for this week: http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/theater/reviews/tender-napalm-by-philip-ridley-at-59e59-theaters.html?ref=theater
A 12-Hour Cultural Encounter
Every summer it was just implied that my sisters, my mom and I would be traveling to India to visit my family. We take a direct flight there, enjoy ourselves for about a month and a half and then come … Continue reading
5 Critical Terms
OVERTURE: The overture is the introductory musical piece played before a musical which contains many of the musical motifs and themes of the score. MARK: The mark is the place on stage where an actor is to deliver a particular … Continue reading
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Critical Terms
Revue: It is a play (of many acts) consisting of musics, skits and jokes, and is a review on a recent event. Casting: It is an event to select the performers for a live performance on stage before the actual … Continue reading
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Critical Theater Terms
Trap Door – An opening on the stage floor (opens into the bottom of the stage) where performers and/or props can appear in/disappear from stage. It is hidden from the audiences’ view. Wings – Areas of the stage that are, … Continue reading
5 Critical Theater Terms
Comic relief – comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections. Shakespeare often incorporated episodes of comic relief in his plays, even after very serious, heavy scenes. Diction – the choice and use of words and … Continue reading
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Musical Preferences
Until I was in the eleventh grade, I only listened to Indian music. However, as I got to know more people, I began to talk to them about what type of music they liked, who their favorite artists were, what … Continue reading
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1. Aria – a musical structure that expresses emotions as opposed to advancing the plot of a drama 2. Improvisation –the situation in which actors spontaneously invent the dialogue and action of the character he plays 3. Futurism – a … Continue reading
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5 Critical Terms in Theater
Climax – The point of greatest dramatic tension or transition in a theatrical work Denouement – The final resolution of the conflict in a plot Crisis – A decisive point in the plot of a play on which the outcome … Continue reading
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