Sentence examples for court performance from inspiring English sources
The conductor Christopher Moulds is also attuned to the difficulties of this staging, but acknowledges that performing in the round aids intimacy, bringing Orfeo closer to its original staging; Monteverdi was commissioned for a court performance, so it would have simply been performed in a large room.
Second, there was a merging of folk and court performance styles into a single communal tradition appreciated by all.
His best grass court performance to date was reaching the semi-finals at Halle this year, when he lost to Roger Federer, and his current ranking of No 41 is not far outside his career high of No 35, from September last year.
She could even be asked, if present at a Court performance, to participate in the action (briefly) in her own person, as she did at the end of Peele's The Arraignment of Paris, where the three Fates surrendered their spindle, distaff and knife into her hands, and she had to accept the golden ball of discord now resolved as a tribute from Diana, her tutelary goddess.
It was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua.
Colorado funk outfit The Motet gave a similar shout out during their own last track at their Sherwood Court performance.
Court performances stopped with World War II, but wayang orang continues to be performed by some 20 to 30 professional troupes in major cities.
Ballet, after all, came from European court performances, whereas gymnastics evolved from physical training exercises.
A Chinese envoy to the Chosŏn court in 1488 described court performances that included the Ozoyong dragon-god dance play, children's dancing, acrobats, ropewalking, and displays of animal puppets.
The Tempest was given two court performances, the first in 1611 at Whitehall and the second in 1613 for the wedding festivities of the Princess Elizabeth and the elector palatine.
At his peak he was earning well in excess of £1m ($1.5m) a year; but those who bought his services thought him excellent value.The court performances were meticulously prepared and rehearsed.
