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Postmodernism |
Late 20th cent, departure from modernism, "art for arts sake" |
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Dada |
Started in 1916, movements in art, deliberately irrational, "nothing for no reason" |
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Performance Art |
Performance to an audience, 4 elements - time, space, performer's body, the relationship between the performer and audience |
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Robert Wilson |
Oct 4, 1941. Installation design for the Olympics, really long works, a lighting designer and set designer, also director |
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Robert Wilson |
Oct 4, 1941. Installation design for the Olympics, really long works, a lighting designer and set designer, also director |
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Michael Counts |
A theatrical designer, stage director, early pioneer of immersive theatre |
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Susan Stroman |
Oct 17, 1954. 12 Tony nominations, won 5 |
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Matthew Bourne |
Jan 13, 1960 - current. Choreographer, won Laurence Oliver Award, Tony, and Drama Desk Award |
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Blue Man Group |
A performance artist group, center performance around themes |
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Stomp |
Created by Lewis Crestwell and Steve McKnickeless, started 1991, percussionist and choreography |
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Peter Brook |
March 21, 1925. Tony for directing, "one of the greatest living theatre directors", wrote "the empty space" |
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Broadway |
1750, Walter Mara and Thomas Keen started Broadway with 10 people |
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Not for Profit Professional Theatre |
Also called regional and regent, rely on box office, big donors, company sponsors |
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Shakespeare Festivals |
Theatre organizations that stage Shakespeare plays |
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Summer and Dinner Theatres |
Provide popular regional entertainment for audience, 1 room for dinner, other for performances |
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Yale School of Drama |
Founded in 1924 in Newhaven, Connecticut. Specializes in acting, directing, stage management, first to establish theatre as a course of study. |
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Proscenium |
Traditional idea of an opening, acting space and viewing space are clearly defined, most common form |
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Thrust |
Thrusts out into the audience, more actor centered than scenery |
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Arena |
Audience surrounds all of the stage, ie football stadium, has very minimal scenery |
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Black Box Theatre |
A black room, pretty much do whatever |
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Lighting |
Basic condition for theatrical experience, offers visibility, for focus, invoke mood, create atmosphere |
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Make-Up |
One of the only design aspects left to the actors, with exceptions |
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Sound Design |
One of the more recent designs in theatre, started in 1970 |
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Denis Diderot |
Oct 5, 1713 - July 31, 1784. French philosopher and writer, wrote an essay called "the paradox of acting" |
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George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
First director in the modern sense, first to think about an aesthetic for the stage |
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Neil Simon |
July 4, 1927 - current. Jewish, american playwright, started off as a TV sitcom writer, over 40 plays produced on Broadway since 1961 |
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August Wilson |
African American, died of liver cancer in Seattle |
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Margaret Edson |
A kindergarten teacher in Atlanta. Wrote "Wit" |
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Sarah Ruhl |
1974 - current. "Vibrators" "the clear house" |
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Technical Director |
In charge of every technical aspect of a production |
