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THAR 281: EXAM 1
3 crucial factors to have theatre |
Live playing space, live actors, and live audience |
mimesis |
active imagination; how we learn |
methexis |
group sharing experience |
zeittgeist |
form & content at any given time |
aesthetic distance |
the closer to an event, the more you will be connected |
4th wall |
imaginary force field throughout the performance |
catharsis |
to purge emotions (positive/negative)
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verse |
poetry
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prose |
non-poetry |
how to distinguish poetry from prose |
the first letter of each line must be capitalized in verse (poetry) |
theatron |
"the seeking place" |
proscenium arch |
architectural structure that goes from one side to the other; border between actor/audience
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apron |
space just in front of proscenium arch |
thrust |
audience sits on 3-sides of stage; aesthetic distance shorter
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arena |
audience surrounds the stage; circular/square/rectangular; aesthetic distance short |
found |
any "non-traditional" theatre space. e.g. classroom, park, hotel room... |
trap |
trap door in stage |
stage direction |
refers to rake stages (up/down, R/L, w/respect to actors) |
rake |
stage is on incline, audience flat |
blocking/staging |
setting actors' movement, helps tell the story |
fly/flyspace |
space above the stage; people, objects (drops, scenery) |
wing/wingspace |
side of the stage for entrances/exits
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flat |
wooden frame covered canvas that gets painted and arranged |
drop |
painted scheme brought down
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Aristotle's Poetics (in order of decreasing importance) |
Plot, character, theme, language, design, & spectacle |
Robert Edmond Jones |
father of modern theatre design |
3 types of Visual Elements involved in modern theatre |
scenic design, costume design, lighting design
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Where is theatre said to have begun and when? |
Greece, circa 500 BC |
Definitive characteristic that distinguishes "ceremony" from "ritual" |
ceremony contains an authority figure, while ritual does not |
efficacious |
looking for a result, favorable from deities, often supernatural
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