Theater midterm
Theater grew out of ritual which is
A reenactment of actions that have acquired special meaning
At the heart of the theater experience is the
Actor audience relationship
The degree of separation between the object or an event, which an artist creates an audience observed it's called
Aesthetic distance
Stanislavskis early research into realistic acting techniques with conducted while he was directing many plays by
Anton chekhov
Elaborate scenery on/in a doing is impossible because it would block the view of audience member
Arena stage
The program developed by Meyerhold that emphasizes physical exercise in circus like control of the body is known as
Biomechanics
Which tragic form are the central figure of the play caught in a series of tragic circumstances
Both traditional and modern tragedy
Because of the power of an audience mental and emotional participation in a theatrical event, those in authority Mayfire the affected theater can have. This fear sometimes results in
Censorship
And which type of genetic structure the construction of the plot is very tight
Climatic structure
Medic structures that feature the restricted number of scenes
Climatic structure
Which type of dramatic structure requires extensive exposition
Climatic structure
Semi professional and experienced amateur group the present plays that appeal to their specific audience
Community theater
Circle of attention
Concentration on some object person or event while on stage
Special interest to experimental or Avent Gaarde practitioners
Created or found space
Which type of dramatic structure features large numbers of locales
Episodic structure
Which type of dramatic structure often truth many characters
Episodic structure
Which type of dramatic structure uses the technique of juxtaposition in contrast to connect scenes
Episodic structure
Imparting of details about the past that are not covered by the action on stage is known as
Exposition
Importance of specific
Expressing an emotion in terms of concrete activities
Because it is important that the audience not be distracted while character speaker dinner for Vasche believed that the actors should in in Athens stop acting when they were not the main focus on the scene
False
Diversity it in theater turns to reflect the homogeneity with melting pot philosophy of our culture
False
Dramaturg comes from a French word for dramatic advisor
False
Fight global influences, contemporary theater tends to maintain the uniform and traditional style of the country of production
False
If a play right is writing about a historical event it is inappropriate for the play right to change the order of events to suit his or her purpose
False
If a review or dislike the particular production I just probably best to avoid it
False
In order for an actor or actress to probably prepare for a roll here she should always begin with and outer aspect three for a walk a posture a peculiar voice delivery three fourths and then develop the inner life of the character
False
It is wise to always agree with the theater critic when deciding to purchase a ticket for a play or musical
False
It was not until the 21st-century but yet chuckle techniques were affected by global influences
False
Many of the plains of playwright George Bernard Shaw can be placed under the special heading of comedy of ideas
False
Performers must not mix acting methods
False
Summers must not mix acting methods they should find a method that works for them and then strictly adhere to their methods approach
False
The realistic portrayal of characters in the life like fashion has been characteristic of theater throughout history
False
The word genre mean in ability to generalize about all human beings by observing a small portion of their actions
False
Exaggeration is one of the main ingredient of
Farce
Which comic form has few intellectual prententious, its humor arises as the result of ridiculous situations?
Farce
Comic form requires a temporary suspension of the natural laws of probability and logic
Farce, satire, burlesque
What kind of theater first to theater not just in the Western tradition but theater from around the world such as India China Africa Latin America and Native American cultures
Global
Theater from around the world not just in the Western tradition
Global theater
Which way is the approach of lee Strasberg different from the approach of acting teachers like Stella Adler Sanford meisner And Uta Hagan?
If uses past emotion as a springboard into action
Magic if
Imagining how the actor would feel in a particular situation
In order for a performer to convincingly play a role here she must synthesize the inner and outer aspect of training through a process called
Intergration
Inner truth
Internal or subjective world of the character
In response to the new realistic drama of the late 19th century what devised a system to teach performers how to chief the necessary believability
Konstantin Stanislavaski
Which of the following is not a convention of common climatic dramatic structure
Limited conflict
Non-mediated theater
Live theater that has not been observed through an electronic medium
Centering involves finding the place where all the lines of forth in the body come together it is located directly in the
Middle of a Torso
What is akin into a three ring circus
Multi focus theater
Techniques for developing personal charisma were developed by Stanislavaski, Boggart, Wilson
None of these answers are correct
Typically Hiali individual and prevented by only one person the content of which is usually highly personal and may be combined with our dance film or music
Performance art
Regional theater
Permanent professional mom Papa theaters offering first class productions to their audience
Site-specific theater
Presentations and nontraditional theater setting such as warehouse is churches firehouse the street corners and public parks
Order to throw the boys in to the audience so that it penetrates through the upmost reaches of the theater the actor must
Project
Fourth wall theater describes
Proscenium stage
The Salle des machine or hall of the machine is which type of configuration
Proscenium stage
Psycho physical action
Purposeful action undertaken to for fillet characters goal as the most direct route to the characters the emotion
Permanent, professional, nonprofit theaters that offer a first class to their audience is called
Regional theater
Which one of the following is not an example of experimental form of advant-grade theater
Regional theater
Relaxation
Release of unwanted tension
Another term pray through line is
Spine
Which of the following best characterizes acting and classical Asian theaters
Stylization and symbolism
Given circumstances
That situation in which a character exists
Ensemble
The playing together of all performers
What is the blueprint for a production and which the playwright transforms the wrong material the incident the biographical event the myth into a drama, if he quits of events that features character speaking and interacting with one another
The script
What is a characteristic that each performance is unique and occurs in the presence of an audience
Theater
Developed by the Greeks what with also the type of theater space used by Shakespeare time
Thrust stage
Typical Elizabethan play house with which type of performance space
Thrust stage
What have been the most widely used up all theaters spaces
Thrust stage
Which type of space our Chinese and Japanese drama performed
Thrust stage
Viewpoint theory is an approach the acting that originated in the United States and combines dance in stage move it with concept of
Time and space
Which of the following is not one of the responsibility of a performer in theater? To create and project the Emerald life of the character, to move on stage with even authority, to interact with other performers on stage, to coordinate the elements and vision of the production
To coordinate the elements in the vision of the production
We often attend theater performances because of their sheer excitement as well as to be amused however another often overlooked reason is
To learn about the human condition
Any traditional tragedy the hero or heroine is caught in a circumstance from which there is no escape and which inevitably lead to a fateful end
True
One of you of a dramatic text help to determine its genre
True
Realistic portrayal of characters and I like fashion has been characteristic of theater throughout history
True
Roman domestic comedies are the prototype of modern-day situation comedy
True
The audiences desire to believe and the reality of what is happening on sages called willing suspension of disbelief
True
The configuration of audience and stage space in outdoor Shakespearean performances can be traced to the ancient greeks
True
The size and type of theater space affects audience perception there for the spec to make a big difference to both actors in the audience
True
The term deus ex machina "god from a machine" is used contemporary to describe a playwriting device that allows for an arbitrary or coincidental resolution to the central to the central conflict of the play
True
Theater is the Fountainhead of all drama
True
Theater may be referred to as the lively art because they did a live in a way that other forms of dramatic presentation or not
True
Two ideas essential to tragic drama are the concept that human beings are capable of extraordinary come push with and that the notion that the world is potential cruel and Unjust
True
Wall there have been changes and modifications over the years to stand up for Vasquez approach to realistic acting his theories continue to form the basis for most acting training
True
Super objective
What the character ones above all else during the course of the play
We're the three questions stanislavaskie associated with psychophysical actionsoff the associated with physiologic
What why how