{"id":246,"date":"2013-06-19T13:39:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T20:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2013-06-19T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T20:32:10","slug":"what-performing-arts-teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/archives\/246","title":{"rendered":"What performing arts teach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Performing arts offer communication, catharsis, and outlets for expression. Holders of purse-strings—parents, administrators and others—sometimes need reminding that performing arts also teach skills that are valuable in all kinds of work: <\/p>\n

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To know your raw materials intimately.<\/p>\n

To perform to a high standard on demand and in real-time.<\/p>\n

To tolerate not<\/i> knowing an answer—not knowing the correct interpretation of a Beethoven sonata, say—until the solution comes together irresistibly after careful study. (Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman pointed out how important this quality is for scientific work.)<\/p>\n

To be objective while intensely involved. (When we practice or perform, our involvement is four-fold: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.)<\/p>\n

To re-create your understanding with every performance.<\/p>\n

To respect your audience.<\/p>\n

And, for ensemble performers, to know how to cooperate intimately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For performers, these values are goals! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Performing arts offer communication, catharsis, and outlets for expression. Holders of purse-strings—parents, administrators and others—sometimes need reminding that performing arts also teach skills that are valuable in all kinds of work:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}