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Attending music concerts, comedy shows, and heading to the theatre are at the top of my list of ways to spend my free time. It’s all art—performance art, more specifically. Sitting in the audience always make me second guess my career choices as I convince myself (from my seat, of course) that I can sing and dance at the same time, tell an anecdote that makes you laugh and ponder on the way to the perfect punchline, or be vulnerable enough to show an emotional range that includes ugly crying (mascara running is optional) in front of hundreds of people. But something always snaps me back into reality, and I realize my place is in the audience enjoying the art. Let the artists “art” under the spotlight. I can always write about later.
In this issue we are writing about performance painter, Morgan Mandala and dancer Nuria Marin Fandos. Morgan uses the experience of the crowd, the music, and the energy to encapsulate her paintings (page 14). Nuria has been trained in various dance techniques and styles, including ballet and jazz (page 30). But it so happens that her best piece of advice isn’t about technique.
We also discuss how music has been impacted in the digital age, and we travel back to the time of William Shakespeare’s famous theatre.
As we provide you with a taste of Performance Arts, we hope you are inspired to check out a play, travel to a music festival, or laugh till you cry at a comedy show. It’s the art in it all that makes life a little sweeter.
