THET110 Notes November 7 2012 World Theater Colonialism a practice of domination conquest of one people to another Post colonialism an active resistance of colonialism s power and hierarchies Post colonial theater a decolonizing process through drama and performance Independent nations effected by colonialism Africa Latin America Australia Canada India Ireland New Zealand the Caribbean and South East Asia Elements of Post Colonial Theater Using theater and performance o As a stimulus to agency action o To locate and restore history o To utilize na ve cultural practices o To subvert European domination Hegemony western patriarchy o To be prideful of identity as other Key Elements within African Theater Ritual o Sacred vs secular African vs Western Reality prayer death marriage birth vs Play football presidential election Myth folktale o The historical accounts of the people and cultural o Not a fable legend or fictional story The talking Drum o Form of communication Language form of resistance o Orature orality o Narratives o Nomma Body Politic o Race o Gender o Physical experiences of the body Yoruba Group of people located in West Africa o Spiritual belief system o Language o Culture Yoruba cosmology o A spiritual belief system o Olodumare supreme being God Orishnas Yoruba petites or Divine Spirits Possess qualities of the supreme beings The Strong Breed and In the Red and Brown Water Hybridity merging of two cultures o Western theatrical practices and African rituals practices Ex Sarafinas Traditional Characters western and embodiment of Orishnas o In the Red and Brown Water Oya spirit of the wind storm fertility Elegba Elegua trickster figure creates confusion messenger Shango spirit of thunder drums and dance
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