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What is Theatre?
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a PERFORMING art
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What is Art?
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1. created by humans
2. Provides the perception of order 3. subject and medium- what is it about? what method is used to create it? 4. communicated to emotions |
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Art requires:
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-Creators
-Interpretors ie: an actor + an audience = theatre |
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What is the Purpose of Art?
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- to help understand human experience
- to improve upon nature - to capture nature |
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Where does the word theatre come from?
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greek word "theatron" means "seeing place"
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Theatre versus Drama
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theatre: the live production
drama: the literature |
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The 5 Categories (Types) of Theatre:
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- Commercial
- historical - political - experimental - cultural |
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The 3 genres of Theatre
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- tragedy
- comedy - tragicomedy |
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Procenium Theatre
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"picture fram stage"
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Thrust Theatre
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seating on three sides
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Arena Theatre
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"theatre in the round"
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Suspension of Disbelief
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Willingness to accept new "reality" on stage
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Aesthetic Distance
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ability of the audience to distance themselves and reflect on a story, awareness that art and reality are not the same
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe- How do you criticize art?
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1. What is the artist trying to do? (purpose, communication, etc)
2. How well has the artist done it? (story, acting, stage design, etc) 3. Was the attempt worth making? (value judgement) |
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Who is Aristotle?
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A Greek philosopher, possible author of "The Poetics"
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