THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture23 Outline of Last Lecture I. Quiz #8Outline of Current Lecture II. Alternative Theatre in the U.S.III. Postmodernism and DiversityIV. Latino/Latina TheatreV. Augusto BoalCurrent LectureII. Alternative Theatre in the U.S.•Breaking away from the mainstream, challenging preconceived ideasabout 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 formsThese 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 move-ments 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 usedIV. 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 dramatizingthe lives of workersV. 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
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