Sorry, Karen but I don't know if I'm prone to agree with you on all of these unless I'm witnessing a regional phenomenon. See comments below.
Pat
On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:49:46 -0500 (EST) Karen Mercedes <dalila@R...> writes: (snip) > > Here are some performing art forms I consider well and truly "dead", > at > least in the West - that is, if they are undertaken at all these > days, > it's in extremely rare, esoteric one-time performances: > > Liturgical dance Liturgical dance usually only works in churches whose tradition allows social dancing & are willing to try new things. It was kept in the spotlight by the magazine "Christianity & the Arts", until its recent & rather unfortunate demise. > > Mystery and morality plays I often find that opera is a morality play that is sung (i.e. "Faust"). You will frequently find modern versions of these in churches that use dramas in their worship services. > > Chanted poetry recitations to the lyre Okay, you are probably right about this one. > > New wave I often listen to some of my "fave" songs from the early 80's that had a New Wave influence & then I turn around & listen to some of the current pop music, I'm still hearing those influences, even if New Wave no longer exists in its original form. > > > Disco, on the other hand, seems to have been resurrected. Go > figure. Those of us who listened to disco in high school are now in their late 30's - early 40's & have money to spend on those albums being re-issued on CD. These songs could probably be considered my generation's "oldies". There will probably be a renewed interest now due to the death of Maurice Gibb (Ay, ay, ay, ay stayin' alive...) &, let's face it, Abba will never go away until "Mama Mia" stops playing. If we're going to go that route, I say that there should be a revival of "Chess"! > > In addition, there is one art form that is pretty much "dead" when > it comes to new examples being created - vs. old examples being > revived: operetta. This is probably true as well seeing the new twist that musicals have taken. > > > > Karen Mercedes > http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html > ________________________________
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