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            The genre of music known as disco made its inception into the world around the 1970s. For the disco era, I’m choosing Michael Jackson and his worldwide popularity for music. Not only was his choreography spot on, but his 15-minute long mini-movie, Thriller, which launched on MTV was a music and cinematic experience mixed into one that no one had even seen before let alone his choreography. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA             The genre of music called dubstep is a genre of music that hasn’t been around for too, too long. When I think of dubstep, the first name to come to my head is that of Skrillex. Sonny John Moore or Skrillex, which was his stage name, rose to fame as a solo artist by producing music using electronic sounds developed by using synthesizers to create the unique type of music know today as dubstep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw             Punk music started to become popular at around the same time as disco

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I was still a little confused on what performance art actually was when completing this assignment. However, I did pay attention to at least two of the things performance art seemed to consist of which is that of an action or activity done out of the ordinary as well as carrying with it some kind of underlying meaning. As with most of the other projects, I chose to base my performance off of what I am very passionate about which is hockey. With the topic of hockey combining that with something unexpected, I replaced the puck with an orange, and replaced the environment and scenery of ice with that of downtown, Tampa. For one thing, hockey is not played with an orange, and second, hockey is not played in the middle of a city let alone with random people or strangers. The meaning is just to simply expect the unexpected; no one necessarily knows what is supposed to happen in the near future, so preparation for anything in general is vital in terms of taking caution. This assignment de