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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






2. Collection of mystery plays






3. A group of performers working together vocally and physically. A chorus of approximately 12-15 singer-dancers who interacted with and responded to the actors was an important element of ancient Greek theatre.






4. Actor in 5th century Greece






5. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






6. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






7. Actor in 5th century Greece






8. An actor/ audience configuration in which the audience is on only one side of the performance area; all audience members face the same direction.






9. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light






10. Seats less than 100; amateur.






11. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'






12. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience completely surrounds the performance area






13. Attempts to represent reality on stage






14. Fee for each performance






15. 'seeing place'






16. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






17. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'






18. Spoken words






19. Generally rhyming






20. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






21. Designs costumes for the show






22. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






23. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






24. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






25. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






26. Sentences/paragraph structure






27. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






28. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






29. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






30. Sentences/paragraph structure






31. Seats 100-500; professional






32. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






33. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






34. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






35. Body (dance - martial arts) - voice (projection - articulation - breathing) - and mind (improve - script analysis - character development)

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36. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






37. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






38. Greatest dramatist of all time






39. Oversees artistic aspects of show






40. Creates a visual home for the play






41. A dramatic genre featuring a conflict between good and bad characters - fast paced action - a spectacular climax - and poetic justice






42. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






43. Set at an angle. Early proscenium theatres featured a raked stage: the stage was elevated much higher at the back of the stage (upstage) than closer to the stage (downstage). Modern designers sometimes build a raked stage for a particular production






44. Creates a visual home for the play






45. Who or what opposes the central character






46. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century






47. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






48. Set at an angle. Early proscenium theatres featured a raked stage: the stage was elevated much higher at the back of the stage (upstage) than closer to the stage (downstage). Modern designers sometimes build a raked stage for a particular production






49. The area farthest away from the audience






50. Seats 500-1800; professional.