THR100 UAB Exam 1 Questions And Answers With Latest Updates

How is theatre different from literature and visual art - each instant is a direct immediate experience drama is an imitation of an action - Aristotle 384 BC - 322 BC Event Ceremony - formal religious or social occasion led by a designated authority figure Procedure Ceremony - Acting out established prescribed procedure repeated in a specific way to reinforce specific beliefs (wedding) Birthplace of western theatre - Greece Types of theatre - multiethnic, multicultural, performance art, avant garde, experimental, crossover Variety of plays - old,new,classic,cutting edge, multiethnic, multicultural, political Performance spaces - indoors,outdoors,elegant,modern audiotoriums, bare stage theatre - metaphor to play along with the performance audience has a - communal experience crowd has a (Gustave Le Bon theory) - collective mind how does the audience participate - attention, experience feelings with charactersAesthetic distance - seperation of audience from performance (acknowledging seperation of real and fake) willing suspension of disbelief - believing the the performance is real and true and the story is actually taking place realism - Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov anachronism - taken out of time period and placed in another pantomime - pretending to use objects that arent there musicals are - nonrealism representational - look and feels realistic, ignores the audience (TV, PLL) presentational - Acknowledging the audience, the theatricality of the event, and playing generally toward the house (Big Brother) Elements that must exist - One or more actors particular place audience time particular Why are plays written? - express purpose of performance, imitation of human behavior Live Actor - ability to connect to a live audience, exchange through attention Imitation - roles on stage mimic people in real lifeRole Play - adopt predetermined attitude, social and personal roles stage acting is always - deliberate and conscious Musical performances are - not intended to replicate real life, fantasy world Realistic Acting - what people can identify with and verify their experiences Stanislavski Method - method of acting, named after its founder, in which actors respond according to their motivations and emotional reactions in a scene ( natural acting) Relaxation - physically relaxed, fluid movement, allows character to come to surface Concentration and Observation - "circle of attention"-a tight circle around the actor where his concentration is focused (there is no audience, only the world on stage) circles of attention - performer must be able to concentrate on only self, other actors, and stage, not audience (Stanislavski) The last circle defines the physical world of the play inner truth - thought and emotions of the character magic "IF" - cant accept truth and reality of events emotional recall (the method) - dont act, recall details from real life emotion or details (physical, hearing, smelling) Russian Acting - method acting, very honest responseensemble playing - every character is important throughline - spine of character, continuity to role, mapped out for character superobjective - ultimate goal, NEVER CHANGES Body and Voice - tools, plastic components, easily adapt to walking different, talking different monologue - extended speech by one character