{"id":17770,"date":"2020-05-01T03:07:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T09:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=17770"},"modified":"2020-05-02T20:22:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T02:22:21","slug":"final-reflections-a-class-that-ill-never-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/?p=17770","title":{"rendered":"Final Reflections: A Class That I&#8217;ll Never Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Elena Grantcharski <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am extremely grateful that I was able to be in this class. I was able to reunite with my love for the arts in full force. It was amazing to have a performance to look forward to every single week and I am going to continue going to performances at Krannert more often because I have realized how healing it is to experience art and how much it has helped me deal with stress this semester. I was disappointed that I was not able to enjoy this class to its full capacity due to COVID-19&#8230;I was really looking forward to the remaining performances. However, I am still extremely happy with the experiences I took from the first half of the semester and I also really enjoyed the Digital performances and I am also happy that I now know that a website like that exists so I can enjoy more performances online this summer if I want to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=16051\">Butterfly Lovers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7045-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7045-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7045-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7045-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7045-1024x768-1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Butterfly Lovers was my favorite performance. I was able to remember how much I loved watching ballet and my hopeless romantic self was extremely enchanted by the plot of the ballet as well. I am hoping to see more ballet performances at Krannert next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=16307\">Drumfolk<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7132-2048x1183-1-1024x592.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7132-2048x1183-1-1024x592.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7132-2048x1183-1-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7132-2048x1183-1-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7132-2048x1183-1-1536x887.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7132-2048x1183-1-624x360.jpg 624w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7132-2048x1183-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drumfolk acquainted me with stepping performances and I am very happy I got to experience it. Using art as a source of combatting oppression is extremely powerful and beautiful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=16619\">Make Up Event-Johnathan Swensen<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7244-2046x2048-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7244-2046x2048-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7244-2046x2048-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7244-2046x2048-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7244-2046x2048-1-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7244-2046x2048-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7244-2046x2048-1-624x625.jpg 624w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7244-2046x2048-1.jpg 2046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This Cello performance reminded me of my true love for classical music and the dreams that I had for myself. I am glad I was able to go to a classical music event as it has been a very long time for me since I last went. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=16725\">Anna Deavere Smith<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7258-768x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7258-768x683-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7258-768x683-1-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_7258-768x683-1-624x555.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was able to enjoy a completely unique form of journalism through Anna Deavere Smith&#8217;s performance. Her ability to capture and spread people&#8217;s voices is extremely unique and does a huge service to social justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=16815\">Cabaret<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG-0087-2048x809-1-1024x405.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG-0087-2048x809-1-1024x405.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG-0087-2048x809-1-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG-0087-2048x809-1-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG-0087-2048x809-1-1536x607.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG-0087-2048x809-1-624x246.jpg 624w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG-0087-2048x809-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabaret was a classic musical. I was glad I was able to see it because I had never been able to before. I was also glad I saw it at our university, with actors from our university. I was so proud to be at an institution where my fellow students are so talented. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=17317\">Make Up Event-The Tempest<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/207141_The-Tempest-production-photos_-2016_2016_Web-use_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/207141_The-Tempest-production-photos_-2016_2016_Web-use_2.jpg 570w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/207141_The-Tempest-production-photos_-2016_2016_Web-use_2-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tempest is an original Shakespeare play that I also was never able to see before this. Since I saw this play in a digital format, I was able to appreciate the costumes and special effects on a way deeper level since I am actually a little blind. Regardless, I do not really like Shakespeare but I did enjoy this play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=17326\">Metamorphosis<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-17.32.39_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-17.32.39_1.png 940w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-17.32.39_1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-17.32.39_1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-12-at-17.32.39_1-624x352.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Metamorphosis was a play that really freaked me out but in the best way possible. It was definitely the most obscure and eccentric play that I have ever watched. Although it kind of gave me nightmares, I really appreciated the acting, costumes\/makeup, and the use of the set and stage. I also really think the commentary that it provided on the working class is important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=17330\">The Container <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-09-30-at-11.28.34.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"17778\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-09-30-at-11.28.34.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?attachment_id=17778\" class=\"wp-image-17778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-09-30-at-11.28.34.png 940w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-09-30-at-11.28.34-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-09-30-at-11.28.34-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-shot-2010-09-30-at-11.28.34-624x352.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Container was my favorite of all of the digital performances. I was so impressed how it was a short film and a play at the same time while also covering a very important issue that is very prevalent in the present day. I hope that in the future there will be more productions like this in the performing arts world as I love both theatre and short films. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Comments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to give my thanks to Dr. Collins and Dr. Robinson. This course that they co-taught will have a place in my heart forever. The arts are so important and I am so glad that a class like this exists on campus so that students become more acquainted with all the performing arts concert opportunities AND museums they have access to on campus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elena Grantcharski I am extremely grateful that I was able to be in this class. I was able to reunite with my love for the arts in full force. 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