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Ideas of Theatre
Major Theatre Theorists and Terms
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 2
12/03/2014

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Maly Theatre
Definition
Known for psychological realism, Stanislavsky was inspired by this
Term
Moscow Art Theatre
Definition
Founded by Stan the man and Vladimir Nmeirovich-Danchenko in 1898
Term
Synechdoche
Definition
Figure of speech associated with Artaud in which a significant symbol is used to represent a whole
Term
Reptile Brain
Definition
A term associated with Artaud that refers to the most basic aspects of human nature
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Limbic system
Definition
Memory, judgement, behaviour dreams, associated with Artaud
Term
Deadly Theatre
Definition
BROFP
Boring
Repetitive
Original Form
Failure to grow
Predictable
Term
Holy Theatre
Definition
The invisible- made visible
Term
10 Laws of Stan
Definition
GREAT PIE CI
Given Circumstances
Relaxation of Muscles
Emotional Memory
Attention
Truth and Belief
Pieces and Problems
Extraneous Aids
Communication
Magic IF
Term
Peter Brook
Definition
We Can Defend Uncle Sam Boldly
-Began writing on theatre after WW2
- Formed the CIRT (Centre for International Theatre Research)
- No divide between realms of imagination and reality- children
- Limited separation between audience and performer
-Bashtahondo
-Universality
Term
Stanislavsky
Definition
MMOUS
-Born 1863, Moscow
-Maly Theatre
- Principle of opposites (Finding different aspects to your character
- Founded Moscow Art Theatre
-Unity of aesthetics
-The Seagull
Term
Stan's 2 major principles
Definition
Seeking truth in character
Laws of creative art (inner and outer work)
Term
What playwright is associated with Stan?
Definition
Chekhov
Term
Realism vs. Naturalism
Definition
Realism imitates everyday life and what is real
Naturalism presents everyday life and what is real
Realism=chicken costume
Naturalism=legit chicken
Term
Artaud
Definition
TMS
-Theatre of Cruelty
-Mexico
-Sanitarium and shock therapy during WW2
Term
Artaud's Theories
Definition
TACDS
-Text is NOT sacred
- Need for new associative language
-Disassociation between audience and reality
- Semiotics
-Characters of mythic proportions
Term
Metonymy
Definition
When a symbol is used to represent something else ie. The White House= The President
Term
Compare and Contrast Artaud and Stan
Definition
Compare:
-Artaud demands that a physical language replace basic text
-Stan wanted emotion to replace artificial movements
Contrast:
- Artaud wanted to focus on chaos in the world
-Stan wanted to focus on the personal
Term
Theatre of Cruelty
Definition
USE CAT
-Universal
- Subconscious/ Primal
-Emotion as language
-Conflict
-Artaud
-Throws of expectation
Term
Rough Theatre
Definition
NUTE
-Uses whatever is available
- Transgression
-Energetic
-Non-traditional space
Term
Brecht
Definition
CAME
-Alienation
-Cabaret (Weimar Republic)
-Marxist
-Epic Theatre
Term
Verfremdungseffekt
Definition
Alienation!
Term
Theatre of the Oppressed
Definition
-Augusto Boal
-Theatre as rehearsal for life
-Gives people a voice under oppressive circumstances
Term
Forms of Theatre of the Oppressed
Definition
FINI
Forum- stop start, includes legislative
Image- short silent scenes with strong imagery
Newspaper- reenacts current news stories
Invisible- Based locally and publicly, like a flash mob with audience unaware
Term
3 Degrees of Spectactor Process
Definition
1. Intervention through suggestion
2. Intervention through transformation of images
3. Forum Theatre
Term
The Quiet Revolution
Definition
Rise in art after Duplessis' death as a form of protest of the orphanages etc.
Term
Intertextuality
Definition
The shaping of text through other text
-The use of passages from other texts, ie. Richard 3 in Hamletmachine
Term
Duplessis
Definition
Premier of Quebec, super oppressive, Duplessis orphans, "Canadian Holocaust", class structure, church power
Term
Joual
Definition
horse, associated with working class quebecois
Term
Performance Text
Definition
the text of a performance; different from script, ie. Hamletmachine
Term
Le fait national
Definition
Quebec's identity as a separation
-manifest destiny for Quebec
Term
Gilles Maheu
Definition
Promoted le fait national
Dance as an expression
Desire to create language of the body
Term
Robert Wilson
Definition
Non-text based theatre
Einstein on the Beach
Term
Carbon 14
Definition
Quebec Theatre Company
Emotion, physicality, movement as more imprtant than text
Le Dortoir
Term
Post-colonial Theatre
Definition
-Counter-narrative to Western view
- Themes include: CHOLOM
>containment of knowledge
>hybridity
>otherness
>lack of history
> objectification of self
>mimcry
Term
Terra nullius
Definition
Land that belongs to no one
Term used to strip indigenous peoples in Australia of their right to land
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