F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 “The Great Gatsby” tells a good story, but the real artwork is in how the story is delivered. The story is imbued with Fitzgerald's sense of a dream that is stronger than reality, in which the main character, Jay Gatsby's love for Daisy is a romantic illusion. The book exists in its own arena of expertise that it is difficult to understand why so many people, film directors, theater producers and dance designers are now determined to adapt it into different forms. After reading the Great Gatsby numerous times, I have come to appreciate all the literary nuances that contribute the Fitzgerald’s seminal masterpiece. The diction, perspective, chronology, and dialogue create an experience for the reader that can lead …show more content…
The show has an almost cinematic feel to it, combining detailed narrative, sweeping scenes and a mixture of choreography, ranging from traditional ballet to the Charleston. What I appreciated was the aspect of matching the style of dance with the tone of the Scene. For example, the party scenes were full of life with lots of movement and upbeat fast styles of dance. By conveying the fun and decadence of the era with the uplifting and joyous music, these scenes of energy and enthusiasm made for a delightful experience and produced a genuine smile of excitement. This made the juxtaposition with the love story, the themes of loss and regret, loneliness and divided loyalties even more moving. In contrast to this high-intensity style of dance, were the slower and more emotionally driven scenes that featured the types of ballet that I (an inexperienced ballet viewer) would consider traditional. Scenes such as when Gatsby meets Daisy for the first time, or when Gatsby reveals to Nick the truth of his past, communicated to the audience more intense feelings such as love, remorse, and sincerity. The dancing during these scenes directly contrasted with the other high tempo periods which made for a fluctuating experience of emotions for the audience.
Not only did the correlation of dance to the fluctuations of the story fascinate me, but I was also impressed by the costume and set designs, the lighting and staging,
In the book “The Great Gatsby” there is many things that people say made Gatsby a great or a not so much of a great person. Gatsby was a great man because he became someone with almost everything anybody could and would want but grew up from with nothing, He made all this money from working jobs that were not so great and people envied him for it even though they did not know what he did, and he was just a very mysterious and many people found that very intriguing about him. person For people that didn’t know who he was when he was younger, they all expect him to be old money and get the money from his parents, but as we learn he made his money by working, good or bad jobs he still made money and he was successful and he was proud of it.
In book, “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts how the American was corrupted through wealth. Fitzgerald provides many examples. The most common example shown was Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s idea that to achieve his American Dream must be to acquire wealth. In order to show this, Fitzgerald uses various literary elements. Two of those being imagery and foreshadowing, these played a critical role in describing the theme, and specific moods to show what was to come and as well as describe the story as a whole. These play a vital role in representing Gatsby’s life and journey to acquiring Daisy, his version of the American Dream.
The society our nation lives in today has developed morals and principles through the lessons experienced from the past. The Roaring Twenties was a time of change and a chance to pave a path for the person you wanted to become. Morals and principles served as guidelines rather than rules and were merely preached that practiced. Thus, the severity of the immoral actions taking place created opportunities for lessons to be learned. In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrated various moral lessons through the downfall and corruption of various characters based on their immoral actions. The narrator, Nick Carraway is a young man who throughout the
The Great Gatsby (2013) is a romantic drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann. The film’s screenplay is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) novel “The Great Gatsby.” It starts Leonardo Dicaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki and Isla Fisher. It follows the life of a multi-millionaire Jay Gatsby from the perspective of the narrator Nick Carraway who moves to New York out from the Midwest chasing his own American dream and end up living next door to Gatsby. The film is very alluring because it allows us to learn about the different aspects of the American Dream through an epic romantic drama between Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan.
The Great Gatsby is a novel about a man who tries to win over a woman
But the thing I am most amazed is the dance of ensemble. From those videos I can see they are almost always on the stage dancing around the main characters. I think their dance plays an important role in promoting the development of the plot and setting the mood. The light effect and the background music played by Alex Lacmoire’s band are fantastic as well. Each piece of this musical is magnificent, and because designers, actors and director understand each other’s part and collaborate with each other well, a master piece, a musical as a whole has appeared in front of the
My immediate response to the whole performance was astonishment. When I say astonishment I mean that the whole show was like nothing I’ve seen before. I would call the Dance Theatre of Harlem more of a modern ballet instead of classic like Cinderella or The Nutcracker. It was interesting to see how ballet is interpreted by a different company such as the Harlem Theatre of Harlem. I
Last night was all a blur. It was definitely one of the most memorable night of my life. Everyone was all done up in expensive and ornate clothing. I felt so plain in my simple party dress. I silently drifted through the crowd choosing to observe the crowd rather than joining in on their festivities. After all, the only way I was able to obtain an invitation was through work. You see, my boss wanted me to write an article on Gatsby’s party. I was refused at first but my boss knows some things about me that I do not under any circumstances want exposed.
In the beginning of The Great Gatsby, the narrator Nick is critical of the upper class, but hopeful. Toward the end he is disappointed because he realizes how the lifestyle they live is unrealistic. During the novel, the upper class is disrespectful and full of themselves. When he gets to know the characters he notices how the upper class is so unfriendly and snotty. This easy and luxurious lifestyle that they are living is unattainable to everyone because nobody can get there. The American dream is described as making a ton of money and being snotty about it. In the novel, the hopeful and disgusted tones reflect Nick’s points of view on the unrealistic society and his points of view changes when he sees how greedy they all are
“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so,” once said Charles de Gaulle. This valiant quote by a former president of France accentuates my opinion of the Great Jay Gatsby. From humble beginnings rises our main focus of F. Scott Fitzgeralds’ The Great Gatsby. Young Jimmy Gatz is brought to West Egg from his heavily impoverished North Dakota family. His desire to be something greater than a farmer drove him to fortune and love through any means necessary; his life long obsession, Daisy Fay, infatuates Jay in his own insatiable thirst for her affection. James follows Daisy in the years after he is deployed to World War 1, and when he sees she has married Tom Buchanan he becomes hell-bent on replicating the success Tom has inherited in order to win over Daisy. Through moderately deceitful ways, Jay Gatsby builds his wealth and reputation to rival and even supersede many already lavish family names. Astonishingly, the great Mr. Gatsby, overrun with newfound affluence, stays true to his friends, lover, and his own ideals to his blissfully ignorant end.
Dance was not a new element in the theatre realm. It had been used for years as a way of interpretation of feelings of a character that the writer or director wanted the audience to feel visually. Through movement, expression of those feelings was portrayed and helped the audience to somewhat
In the third section Ms. Donna Wood looks like an African goddess and her body has an unexpected gracefulness. Even stage color was bright reddish, warm atmosphere around the dancer, like a sunrise in the morning. Stage would fill with colors. Music and performer are singing together. A sound of music tempo gets faster. She has the happiest face ever, no pain and no slavery. She jumps, she swings her leg and arms, and even she pulls her dress up and shows her leg an entire dance. Sound and lightening create the environment and good mood. She uses high level of dance than in previous two sections. She moves in between melody. I liked how she uses
While observing this dance ballet, there were many things that caught my attention. First, the theater itself was extremely large, and the stage itself was big, and the dancers had plenty of room to move across the stage and perform their routines. There were many dancers, and they all played various roles that ranged from Clara, Fritz, Herr Drosselmeyer, the Rat King, the Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, and many more. All of the performers wore vivid costumes
The play included all types of dancing, including Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Tap, and Lyrical. Most of the dancing, however, was a form of Jazz. At one point in the play a group of bugs perform a tap dance. This scene was comical, but the tapping was outstanding. Most of the actors are accomplished singers, actors, and dancers with a lot of previous experience. Many of them have attended performing art schools and not only rehearse their main role, but also understudy 2 to 3 other characters. The actors are all well practiced, which is evident in the quality of the show.
Another interesting thing I found was how many types of dance there are. Through the reading I learned that there multiple types of ballet. It was easy to see the differences in the ballets in the video clips. For example, the Joffrey Ballet dancers had a much more contemporary style than the dancers from Swan Lake. The Swan Lake dancers were classic ballet and they told a story with their movements. Joffrey Ballet did not tell a story but made Prince’s music even more interesting. Their dance did not tell a story, but instead aided the music and made it more interesting.