THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 23 Outline of Last Lecture I Quiz 8 Outline of Current Lecture II Alternative Theatre in the U S III Postmodernism and Diversity IV Latino Latina Theatre V Augusto Boal Current Lecture II Alternative Theatre in the U S Breaking away from the mainstream challenging preconceived ideas about drama Striking theatrical imagery Physical performance techniques Improvisation Texts created by the performers and the directors Environmental staging for each specific performance Freed from pressure of commercial success Reflects postmodern point of view Variety of forms These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III Postmodernism and Diversity Postmodernism logically follows modernism because it is about ac cepting the simultaneous coexistence of multiple styles postmodernism a contemporary concept suggesting that artists and audiences have gone beyond the modernist movements of realism and departures of realism Not a style or a variety of styles as much as a condition which we live or a way of thinking and creating Mix of styles and traditions in a single work Low art is just as valid as high art Deconstruction of the classics non text based theatre no text in the traditional sense scenarios created by a director or an ensemble improvisation often used IV Latino Latina Theatre divided into at least 3 groups Chicano Cuban American Puerto Ri can Nuyorican Chicano theatre came to prominence during the time of the civil rights movements of the 1960s El Teatro Campesino the peoples theatre actos short agit prop agitation propaganda pieces dramatizing the lives of workers V Augusto Boal 1931 2009 experimented with Invisible theatre and forum theatre professed furthering the Theatre of the Oppressed technique of forum theatre includes scenes where the protagonist tries to overcome oppression relevant to the audience
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