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Getty Villa – Storage Jar with a chorus of Stilt walkers – inv. VEX.2010.3.65. A Greek chorus (Ancient Greek: χορός, romanized: chorós) in the context of ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, is a homogeneous group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the action of the scene they appear in, or provide necessary insight into action which has taken place offstage ...
In 1937 Helfman and the choir performed Schaefer's final unperformed oratorio A bunt mit a statshke (Strike and revolt) at the Venice Theatre. [23] This work, which included dancers and piano accompaniment by Gregory Ashman, sought to portray scenes in the lives of workers via folksongs collected by Soviet musicologist Moisei Beregovsky . [ 23 ]
Choir Boy is a coming-of-age play by American playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney.The play premiered in September 2012 at the Royal Court Theatre, London, before going on to play productions at New York City Center, Alliance Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, and many more regional theaters across the United States.
The internationally acclaimed African Children’s Choir will be performing at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29 at Eastridge Baptist Church, 1300 Evergreen St. in Amarillo. The African Children’s Choir is ...
The term choir is very often applied to groups affiliated with a church (whether or not they actually occupy the quire), whereas a chorus performs in theatres or concert halls, but this distinction is not rigid. Choirs may sing without instruments, or accompanied by a piano, accordion, pipe organ, a small ensemble, or an orchestra.
St Paul's Cathedral in London had a boys' choir since the 12th century; it was only in the 16th century that they began to act in dramatic performances. Playing may have become a part of the boys' education as a result of the influence of humanist teachings, which encouraged students to "develop poise and improve their skill in speaking Latin by acting" [4]
Chicago’s Apollo Theater will host a new production of “The Choir of Man,” a notable shot in the arm for this Lincoln Park venue and Chicago’s currently struggling commercial theater industry.
COSHOCTON — The 90-voice Coshocton Community Choir will present its annual Christmas concert, In Endless Light, at 3 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium of River View High School.