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| *live*ephemeral(ever changing)*collaborative*synthesis of many arts |
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| 1.actor 2.audience 3.space 4.script/playwright 5.visual elements 6.director |
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| constrasts with world view with fundamental truths |
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| captures the reality of contermporary life and the impossibility of cultural isolation |
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| respect for neighboring cultures living under the same political system |
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| blending of traditions from various cultures |
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| exoticizing asian arts- an imposition of a western perspective on asian forms |
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| explores identity within the georgraphic boundaries of formerly colonized states in Latin America, Asia, and Africa |
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| the ability to observe a work of art with a degree of detachment and objectivity |
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| the imaginary line between the end of the stage/actors and the audience |
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| climatic is the last 24 hours of Protag's life backwards-has a steady climb to climax then descends to resolution. Episodic is up and down in energy, has many subplots, and may not have a resolution |
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| variation of Aristotle's structure-formula for producing one successful script after another |
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| expressionism, realism, neoclassism, theatre of the absurd |
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| thwarts the desires of the protagonist |
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| types of class of characters |
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commedia del arte
merchant |
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| greek god that theatre festivals are held in honor of. means god of theatre wine and fertility |
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1.tragic flaw-"Huberis"=pride 2.accept consequences 3.upperclass/middle class 4.poetic/prose
*these rules are called "poetics" by aristotle |
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| the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel |
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| resolves everything means "god of the machine" |
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| hints to you what is to become |
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| the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved |
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| the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something |
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| a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest |
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| french word that means author and originator of a concept |
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| a burlesque of mythic legends that provided comin relief after performances of tragedies in ancient Greece |
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| A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect |
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| A comedy satirizing the attitudes and behavior of a particular social group, often of fashionable society |
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| situation comedy or sitcoms. tv shows basically |
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| after WWI in Germany and Austria seen through the eyes of the protagonist |
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| "song drama" a huge contribution because of incidental music |
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wrote "three sisters"
*wrote tragic/comedies |
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wrote "theban plays" which includes oedipex rex (wrote tragedies)
*had three main characters and a chorus of 15 |
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wrote "House of Atreus" (wrote tragedies)
*had one actor play the hero, one actor play everyone else, and had a chorus of twelve. |
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wrote "Madea"
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| Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| means "mad words" was a form of satyre. performed back to back with Noh |
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| freezing to emphasize the climax (kabuki) |
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| words that sound like sounds |
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| flower path- throws flowers during mie (kabuki) |
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| "stylized naturalism"- prosceniem stage with thrust |
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"stylized naturalism"- prosceniem stage with thrust. aesthetic opposite of Noh theatre. it is explicit, popular and brash. written with three characters that means music,dance,and craft of skill. means "tilted". Tokyo is the home of Kabuki
*first performed by geishas |
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very buddhist. oldest surviving art form- also called: monodrama, court theatre, lyric theatre.
*Very religous the protag needs to cleanse his soul.
*Kyoto is the home of Noh.
*15-20 min long |
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| shogunate-king, samurai-lords |
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| peasants, merchants, and foreigners |
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| rough acting style (kabuki) |
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| soft acting. double suicide plays most common (kabuki) |
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1.God plays
2.Warrior plays
3.Court Lady plays
4.Deranged Women
5.Demon plays |
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| indoors with percedium stage setup usually in the natural state |
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| treating your characters gently (noh) |
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being a good observer (noh)
*created by Kan'ami |
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| "bridge" is like a passage between the world of spirits and our own (noh) |
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female impersonator role
*most popular but hardest to perform |
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martial arts man
(chinese peking opera) |
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young man
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old man
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woman
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painted faces the spirit
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1.eyes
2.hands
3.legs
4.mouth
5.body
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1.sing
2.dance
3.speech
4.martial arts
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| like tia chi and soft. basic chinese entertainment performed in mandarin (common language) and cantanese (hong kong) |
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Kabuki face painting
*little lips, white face, very dainty |
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*dance
*once women then used young boys
*young boys got banned so performed by men caled "yaro kabuki" |
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*has a lyricist/composer, write, libretto, and score
*1910s-1960s musical comedies |
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*most traditional
*relies on characters and plots |
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*(1960s-now)
*primarily follows an idea
*Sondheim is known for concept musicals
*Cats, Into the Woods, Company (first), Chorus Line |
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| examples: Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, Rocky Horror, Hair, Rent |
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short format that doesn't have storylines or characters
*usually about celebration
*Ex: Ain't Misbehavin, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, All Night Strut |
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edgy musical found underground enviroment/satire
*Ex: Showboat, Oklahoma, Porgy and Bess |
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*South Pacific
*Oklahoma
*Sound of Music |
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| Company, Sweeny Todd, Into the Woods |
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| Phantom, Cats, Stylic Express, J.C. Superstar, Miss Saigon, Eveda, Les Mis. |
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| Chicago and Caberat Musical |
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| incoporated many different kinds of dramatic texts and was humorous. Was made for family enjoyment. |
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| no family oriented. usually included a striptease |
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| a nineteent-century racist performance style in which white both appropriated African American culture and music and simulateneously created the denigrating blackface, white-lipped racial stereotype. |
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| A mid-nineteenth century bourgeois entertainment that borrows many features from opera and incorporates dance, farce, and clowning to tell a simple story that always culminates in romane fulfilled. |
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| Great Depression but golden ages for American Theatre |
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*Everyone came to work for it, mostly caucasions but now eventually every ethnicity
*Orson Wells stemmed from this writing "Citizen Cane"
*FTP did not last long because people accused them of spreading idealogies (communism) |
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| Special Interest Theatre Groups |
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*First time for black theatre
*August Wilson and Larraine Hanesbury were famous playwrights
*also has asian, native american, hispanic, and feminist theatre |
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*stemmed from Special Interest Theatre Group
*wrote: Fences, King Hedly, Piano Lesson, Joe Turner Come and Gone |
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*stemmed from Special Interest Theatre
*wrote "M. Butterfly" |
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| requirements for craft (qualities of acting) |
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*vocal training
*dialect (most plays are written in German, Spanish, French, and English)
*movement (dance/stage combat-[west= ki-aikido])
*sing (pays the most) |
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| The two broad acting styles |
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*presentational
*representational |
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*most traditional= external acting
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*started in early 20th century, more modern
*(Ex of actors??) |
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*started "Realism" marks current western drama
*started Method Acting or internal acting
*ran Moscow Art Theatre |
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| Suzuki Method- a physically arduous system aimed at drawing out this human, animal energy. |
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| Viewpoints-a system of physical actor training that develops awareness of the basic components of movement- line, rhythm, shape, tempo, and duration. |
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*audition
*callbacks
*rehearsal |
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*audition
*call backs
*casting
*rehearsal
*perform |
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| Director's weekly routines |
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week:
1-tablework
2-blocking
3-stumble through
4-technical rehearsal |
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*run through
*cue to cue
*first dress rehearsal
*2nd dress rehearsal
*preview
*open (director leaves and stage manager takes over) |
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*actor's director
*design director (julie taymore)
*auteur director (wilson) |
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| controls artistic integrity of whole company |
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1. artistic (interprets the text, conceptual approach, casting)
2. managerial- create schedules, must be a good communicator |
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| "The New Stagecraft Movement" |
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| Appia and Craig came out with this design philosophy. Means we should pay more attention to the dramatic essence of the text vs. objective reality |
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| metrosexual in the 1800's |
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| Controllable Properties of Lighting |
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*intensity
*direction/angles
*color
*instuments
*texture (Gobo) |
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| a series of sketches showing how the sets or costumes change to tell the story through time |
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| a view of the dimensions of the stage and the placement of set pieces as seen from above |
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| a 3-d mock up of the set design that gives the production team and the actors specific info about how the design will actually look and work in the space. |
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| raised wooden constructions that can provide playing spaces on different levels. |
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| a moving platform on wheels that serves as a mobile stage (5th century Greek) |
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| a chart recording the costume pieces worn by each character in each scene of a play |
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| a blueprint of the stage and auditorium with the lighting grid and the location of each light to be used for a production specifically marked. (lighting is counted from right to left) |
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*dues ex machina
*periaktoi (3sided prism)
*wagons
*life size masks |
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(religous plays= earth heaven and hell)
*flight
*jaws of hell |
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*before, everything was flat
*perspective drawing=false perspective (Michaelangelo)
*first indoor theatre by Italians Teatro Olimpico
*guilds= unions (Technicians= I.A.E.T.S.E) |
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| Restoration Chariot System |
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*women now on stages thank to Charles II mistress
*pole and chariot system
*(costumes= youngest in theatre) |
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*lighting (used candles before)
*electricity
*computers
*panorama- series of realistically painted scenes |
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*Board of Directors/Producers
*usually powerful people/investors |
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*Regional (Alliance SE, Guthrieth MW, Seattle Rep NW, Arenath NE)
*Educational (High school/college)
*community |
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*in black box theatre space
*thrust stage used
*theatrical configuration
*unit design
*used scrims |
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| a device for accomplishing instantaneous set changes invented by Giacoma Torelli and consisting of a series of ropes and pulleys attached to a succession of painted flat wings set in grooved tracks on stage |
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