Thursday, April 2, 2009

Music & Performing Art

The Performing Arts Program at the Arizona Commission on the Arts serves the community by ensuring that the public has access to and benefits from the performing arts dance, music, opera and theatre, as well as interdisciplinary events.The program acts as liaison to statewide, regional and national service.

You've just hit the local magic shop, picked up some cool new magic tricks, and are ready to astound your friends and family members with your wizardry, right? Not so fast. While many magic tricks are easy to perform, practice makes perfect! As with any art form, practicing magic requires extensive practice.

Choreographer and dancer Sin Cha Hong is joined by master Korean musician Byung-ki Hwang on kayageum (twelve-string plucked zither) and extraordinary vocalist Kang Kwon Soon in a provocative convergence of traditional Korean and contemporary performance. Using innovative instrumental techniques with cello bow, changgu stick and the bow of the keomungo, Hwang explores the inner voice of the kayageum in a piece that expresses the life cycle, from birth to death.

Not only must you master the mechanics of the trick, you must also master your script, delivery, and distraction techniques - all while injecting your own personal flair into the act. The program administers organizations in the fields of dance, orchestral music, theatre and presentation.

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