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40 Cards in this Set
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Why is performance art not theatre?
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It doesn't have a story/plot.
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What are 2 ways theatre is spelled and what are their meanings?
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Theater-Place
Theatre-Art form |
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What are the 3 characteristics of Performance Art?
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-Performer
-Play/Composer -Medium |
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List 3 Qualities that make theatre a unique art form:
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1. Live Audience
2. About Human Condition 3. Collaborative |
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Tragedy-
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the theme is always universal and significant.
Character recognizes flaw. |
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Does someone have to die in order for it to be considered a tragedy?
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No.
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Tragic Hero-
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Someone of high moral status that recognizes he/she has a flaw.
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Why is performance art not theatre?
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It doesn't have a story/plot.
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What are 2 ways theatre is spelled and what are their meanings?
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Theater-Place
Theatre-Art form |
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What are the 3 characteristics of Performance Art?
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-Performer
-Play/Composer -Medium |
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List 3 Qualities that make theatre a unique art form:
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1. Live Audience
2. About Human Condition 3. Collaborative |
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Tragedy-
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the theme is always universal and significant.
Character recognizes flaw. |
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Does someone have to die in order for it to be considered a tragedy?
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No.
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Tragic Hero-
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Someone of high moral status that recognizes he/she has a flaw.
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Fate-
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Tragic Flaw.
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Fear-
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Audience Experiences
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Melodrama-
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-good always triumphs over evil.
-always based on threat of the innocent. -2 dimensional character types. -spectacle ex. saving a man from a train on the railroad tracks. |
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Comedy-
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-2 dimensional character types.
-journey of the foolish. -often a love triangle -it's relatable -we understand so we laugh -level of intellect -repetition |
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How is theatre used?
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-to educate
-to push for social change -to make money |
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When was theatre invented?
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Western theatre started in ancient Greece as respect to an ancient god.
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Representational Theatre
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Acts as if audience is not there.
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Presentational Theatre
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Talks to audience. Play is to/ about audience. Presents everything right in front.
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Group Dynamics
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The idea that you lose your identity and do whatever the group does.
-Similar reactions as everyone else around you. ["Papering the house"=giving tickets away to influence critics.] |
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Improvisational Theatre
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Theatre created on the spot with no planning. Takes no/little preparation.
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Playwright
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Author of the play. Writes the play.
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Scenic Designer
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does many things. decides what scenery looks like.
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Technical Director
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Coaches the actors.
Sees that everything Producer wants, happens. |
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Lighting Designer
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Designs lights.
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Producer
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hires everybody
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Costume Designer
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Designs costumes.
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Willing suspension of disbelief-
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Remind yourself that it's a play.
Anything you just accept as part of the show. ex. Don't need full windmill to know it's a windmill. |
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Aesthetic Distance
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separating yourself from show so you can judge it.
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Why is a football game not theatre?
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It doesn't tell a story.
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What makes comedy funny? Why do we laugh?
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B/c we know what's going on/ we get the joke.
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Compare and contrast theatre as entertainment and theatre as art.
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Entertainment:
money safe (doesn't ask big questions) emotionally based created for masses Art: purpose-education asks big questions pushes for social change common to leave thinking does not make money Elitist |
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Why is the audience important to a theatre production?
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Actors feed off audience.
Creates energy. Without audience, all you have is a rehearsal. |
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My Kid Could Paint That: Did dad help?
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Did help Marla but did not do anything for her...just made suggestions. At first probably gave no help.
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Name of girl
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Marla
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Name of news
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60 mins.
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Marla's style
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Abstract Modern Art
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