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Theatre & Dance Final
TD 301
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2011

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Proscenium Theatre Space
Definition
Rectangular w/ stage at one end 
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Thrust Theatre Space
Definition

audience is on 3 sides of stage 

(3/4 Round)

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Arena Theatre Space
Definition

theatre in round 

stage in middle of audience

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Black Box Theatre Space
Definition
flexible, can be changed
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Found Theatre Space
Definition
use of non-traditional space
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Genre
Definition
division of drama into categories as they represent different kinds of human experience
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Farce 
Definition

extreme form of comedy 

challenges authority resulting in anarchy

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author of Dog Lady
Definition

Milcha Sanchez Scott

 

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Sanchez- Scott uses comedy to 
Definition
address growing up, serious issues
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Interlingual
Definition

fuses two or more languages & cultural experiences 

 

(spanglish)

 

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Magic Realism
Definition

mix of traditional & modern elements

audience is surprised 

if you can explain it, its not magic realism

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 5 Goals of Solo Performance & Performance Art 
Definition

disrupt routine & expectations

inspire change

incite discussion & interaction

evoke reactions that linger

create beauty & wonder

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4 Characteristics of SP & PA
Definition

storytelling

documenting

mime & movement

mixing media

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book
Definition
scripted action & dialogue of musical
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book musical
Definition
musical with integrated plot
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concept musical
Definition
organized around a theme w/songs functioning as connected episodes
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jukebox musical
Definition
musical comprised of existing pop songs
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Ki means
Definition
coyote
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author of Evening at Warbonnet
Definition
Bruce King
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Playwrighting Approaches
Definition

Solitary Work & Revisions

Research

Working Closely w/ Company

Workshops, Staged Readings, Productions

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_____ prioritized plot, character, thought, diction, music and spectacle
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Aristotle
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there is a dancing and singing act in the play
Definition
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
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Book Musical has an
Definition
integrated plot
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Theatre of the Oppressed
Definition
audience collaborates with actors 
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"spect-actor"
Definition
audience collaborates with actors in Theatre of the Oppressed
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Willie Colon
Definition
Nuyorican Salsa Musician in For Colored Girls
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2 aspects that are present in all areas of stage design
Definition
practical and aesthetic
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A type of HipHop that involves spray paint
Definition
Graffiti Art
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Who shifted costume design towards Realism?
Definition
Duke of Saxe Menningen
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Script
Definition
dialogue, stage directions, character descriptions that constitute printed text of play
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Ntozake Shange
Definition
author of For Colored Girls
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Scatological
Definition
type of lascivious, trickster, body humor
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Real Murder that Mable represents
Definition
Anna Mae Aquash
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Luisa Ruiz
Definition
The Curandera who has healing power in Dog Lady
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The play that represents Magic Realism and Comedy
Definition
Dog Lady
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Not concerned with technique, more storytelling & movement
Definition
Solo Performance & Performance Art
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A mixture of Traditional and Modern elements
Definition
Magic Realism
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Amplification
Definition
sound through electronic means
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Trickster
Definition
self gratification, impulsive, manipulative, cowardly, shape-shifting, charismatic, mischevious and lascivious 
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MCing
Definition

singing and speaking

slam poetry

spoken word

Term
Will Power thinks Hip Hop is
Definition
two or more elements of Hip Hop Theatre
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Cipher
Definition
sacred circle & one person is in the middle dancing 
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Grassroots
Definition

characteristic of Hip Hop

 

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"get something from nothing"
Definition

characteristic of Hip Hop

 

Term

THe other characteristics of Hip Hop

(6)

 

Definition

-activism

-innovation

-musical

-Resistance, reaction

-Social communal practice

-Youth driven, centered

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Docudrama
Definition

script comes from interviews, court proceedings 

(primary documents)

Term
Not a complete blueprint for production
Definition
Script
Term

wrote Pittsburgh Cycle & Joe Turner's Come and Gone

-educated himself

Definition
August Wilson
Term
Wilson's influences
Definition

Blues

(Bessie Smith)

Art

(Romare Bearen)

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Arena and Thrust spaces allow
Definition

the audience to see eachother

 

(NOT REALISM)

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Environmental Sound
Definition

contributes to interpretation to play or as an expressive part of the performance

 

 

Term
Set designs give
Definition
spatial definition info about setting
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Paint Elevations
Definition
used by scene designers to communicate their design
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Terrains
Definition

open playing spaces for the action

 

Adolphe Appia

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Gels 

Gobos 

Cues

Definition

Color

 

Shape

 

Timing of Light Design

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Practicals
Definition

items used onstage as they are in real life

 

(flashlight)

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Light Plot
Definition
diagram of position and type of each lighting instrument to be used for production
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novelist, essayist, musician, dancer

 

struggled with mental illness, now an activist

Definition
Ntozake Shange
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Jazz Aesthetic
Definition

no center

improv

movement

- used to create the script, not IN the script

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Jazz
Definition
no specific order, informal
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spectacle
Definition
visual elements of the performance
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Anagnorisis & Peripeteia
Definition

other important Aristotle concepts

 

 

Discovery & Reversal

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those who replace the protagonist
Definition
spect-actors
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catharsis
Definition

used in tragedy

release of emotion

Term
very culturized playwright
Definition
Milcha Sanchez Scott
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5 examples of Solo Performance & Performance Art
Definition

Mummenschanz,

 

Guillermo Gomez-Pena

 

Improv Everywhere (flash mob)

 

Tim Miller ( personal & community stories)

 

Theatre of Sand

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Concept Musical
Definition

fairy tales

 

(Into the Woods)

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folk musical
Definition

integrated plot

Oklahoma!

 

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Ducky
Definition
Loon (bird)
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the play that is both Realism and Theatricalism
Definition
Evening at the Warbonnet
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Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) beliefs
Definition
believed they must cross river to pass to afterlife
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