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theatre
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Undergraduate 1
09/17/2012

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what is art?
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human created product; has form; sharpens thought and focuses feeling
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fine arts
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different opinions by everyone
ex: poetry, music, theatre
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applied arts
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agreed upon purpose
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spatial art
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occupies space. needs space
ex: painting
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temporal art
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occupies time; requires anticipation and memory
ex: poetry, music and theatre
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subject
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the total of all possible things that influenced the play
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content
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the "thing" that's being perceived or taken place
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form
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how content and subject come together
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participation
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play your part
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descriptive criticism
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expressing thoughts on suitable information
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evaluative criticism
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making a judgment
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interpretive criticism
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reasoning on why the choice was made
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theatrical conventions
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agreed upon the audience and the actors, by which the audience suspends its disbeliefs and accepts the play as a temporary "reality"
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theatre
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taking drama and putting it on stage
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drama
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scripts written for theatre
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derivative of theatre
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"a place to see"; perception and understanding
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derivative of drama
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"to do" human deeds; seeing people do things and know they're pretending
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the crafts
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directing, acting, producing,designing, building, playwright, crewing, house managing, stage managing
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producing
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finance, securing all necessary space; legal matters
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directing
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controlling the play
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crewing
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technicians execute properly
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stage managing
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the responsibility of "running" of a play
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house managing
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seating audience
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six components of theatre
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plot, music, theme, characters, spectacle, diction
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dramaturgy
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a play is an action but it is a patterned action. a play's dramatic action tends to be crafted in well compositional patterns
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