Theatre Exam 3 #2
Cirque du Soliel
"Noveau cirque" 1970's combo of circus and theatrical storytelling focus on: aesthetic impact character and story development lighting design orignal music costume creative prop set/use
"Ntozake"- she who comes with her own things
"Shange"- she who walks with lions
vernacular forms on broadway in the heights in class video
"a way to keep broadway fresh, changing and moving" Annie the mOvie was done by Bob Fossee integrating street styles to keep boradway current hip hop, b-boying (breakdancing), pop/lock, house dance, crumping, dab
Walking Dead Analogy:
"do you think we can come back from this?" American indian removal act- legal to hunt/kill native american (bring their skin back) dif. payments based on male/female/baby/child -they couldn't trust anybody bc being hunted - specific tactics to disable native americans- give them alcohol they explicitly used alc. as a tactic
Feminist performance: Guest Speaker, Caitlyn what is feminism?
"flawless" beyonce theories/ social political mvmnts. not just about equality personal is political politcial and personal project to end sexism intersectionality
Post Modern Dance 1960s
++rejected conventions of modern dance ++(no training, presentational format) -viewed all movements as dance (trash dance) -process more important than product -emphasized experimental improvisation
stigma/masks- colored girls
+abortion story-poetic, not clear, prego is shameful in their community +date rape- what u think rape is like isnt how it actually is your friend rape you +bathing woman
Agnes De mille
- rodeo was her piece in american ballet, asked to do Oklahoma -nyc wealthy theatre family danced after college seriously Rodeo 1942 ABT people in play were dancers/characters/ dance only works for oklahoma (not interchangeable) -dream version girl is torn bt two lovers to take her on picninc loves one, scared of the otheer, imagines a future and a bad wedding, marrys the bad one & runs away works out the problem through dance. this was new at the time
performance art tenants look similar to those of feminism
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20th centurty NAP: R Lynn Riggs
-author, poet, playwright Green grow the lilacs (1st draft/inspired of Oklahoma) in 1943, Oscar Hammerstein sad "Lynn Riggs ad Green Grow the Lilacs are very soul of Oklahmoma"
feminist performance
-collaborative non hierarchical creative process -autobiographical solo performance -interdisciplinary -non linear concept of time -body centered -gender bending -non realist
Ntozake Shange (Paulette Williams)
-influence by BAM&civil rights interested in issues of race/feminism -rebuild system to include women, POC, queer (3rd wave of fem) changed name seen as classed to race -naming herself starts the rebuild
how do performers use humor?
1) identification- speakers on a more equal field 2) clarification- short, clear, soundbites 3) enforcement- criticizes while maintaining ID 4) differentiation- contrasting self with opponents (views/groups)
Spring Awakening the musical
16 years before making broadway 8 tonys book Steven Sater music: Duncan Sheik choreo: Bill T Jones plot has same focus alt. rock to explore teen angst and bring story into modern era "mama who...."-song
Constantin Stanislavsky
1863-1938 Russian actor, direcot, coach developed Stanislovsky system - before, acting didn't relate to the actor -now the actor is related to the character by building certain parts of yourself certain poses mean certain things/mark great acting
1st wave of feminism
1880s-1950s- right to vote, inheritance and property rights, right to ride bikes for women
Dadaism "art is for the common people"
1915 abstract anti-bourgeois- displacing art from high culture impulse & intuition over reason and logic (say wahts on mind, it will do the thing it needs to do) not about perfectionism, about first impulse value is in the interpretation rather than object itself
2nd wave of feminism
1960-1980s issues: workplace inequalities, sexual violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ issues
American indian theatre emsemble (Contemporary era)
1970s Hanay Geiogamah (Kiowa/Delaware) Aims to create an anthology of Native American plays first all-indian repertory company combats negative stereotyping of native americans (ex. body indian) also created the american indian dance theatre no longer around- worked to combat native american stereotypes
Casinos
1988 Congress passed the indian Gaming Regulatory Act -if u have a reservation with substantial land, can make a casino bc. their little nation which governs themself is "independent" , but they can tax them but not help them "domestic dependent nations" Casinos are a good way to make money bc they are taxed heavily theres not much option for them to develop industry
Evening at the Warbonnet
1989 written during turbulent personal moment play workshopped and produced by mostly students premiered in 1994 by University of NM since presented around the US: (primarily by Native american schools/programs/etc)
exam
35 questions 3 pt each
3rd wave of feminism
3rd wave: 1980's-now needs of women of color, eco disadvantaged communities, queer/transex women, representation, sex positivity and education
post modern
60s 70s short 10 year dissipated out
19th century
75 English language plays written about Native Americans -performed for political, artistic and or commercials reasons for example: Metamora: or The Last of the Wampanoags (1828) -courage and nobility of defeated native americans Written for very famous actor (white) Edwin Forrest -forrest offered a $500 reward for a play that made him look good -controversy: Plays relationship to Indian Removal act (deals with Noble Savage)
Early Choreographers on Broadway 1940-50s
Agnes De mille
Happenings 1950s-60s
Allan Kaprow- performance artist American Painter/pioneering performance artists "you will become part" invitiation no plot improv directions /score sometimes provided no intended/predicted outcome audience is integral -used scores (Yard 1961 filled with tires?)
Wade in the Water
Alvin Ailey from Revelations synchorinzed, fluid movement joyful mood equality of dancers no one principle dancers
Ballet choreographers on broadway
Balanchine, de Mille, Robbins narrative/presentationl form of ballet transfers well to broadway
Layered violence themes in colored girls
Beau Willie- his partner deals with domestic violence, layered violence, many things not addressed, be able to stay own stories aloud
Bill T Jones
Bill T Joes/Arnie Zane Dance Company est 1982 Profilic Choreographer/award winner 100+ works for his own company alvin ailey, ect, ect Broadway -FELA! Spring Awakening
Sports Teams
Chief Illiniwek- U of Illinois Washinton Redskins many others offends them
which 2 early artisitc movements directly influenced perf. art?
Dadaism and Conceptual Art (perf. art is blending of visual and theatre)
2015 broadway revival of Spring Awakening for deaf
Deaf West Theatre Company: chairs/theatre accomodate deaf audiences subwoofers under seats SA translated to ASL cast used mix hearing and hearing impaired
when perf. art pushes the physical limits of the performer, the performance is often referred to with the alt. name______ art.
Endurance- pushing the physical limits Nao Bustamente- indigurrito/ puts plastic bag over head, pushes the limits, ex is also Marina Abr. putting knife between her hands,
Origins Of Ballet
French Court King Louis XIV 1643-1715 aka Sun King crowned at age 4 Founded: Royal Academy of Dance
NYC Ballet 1948
George Balanchine most american style ballet concerto barrocco- dancing entire 20 min -architectual shapes/patterns everyone is the star core and principle dancers do same steps wore basic clothes NO BIG COSTUMES focus on dance movements
Yvonne Rainer (trio A)
In her famous piece TrioA-which became known as "the mind is a muscle"; the dancers lacked interaction with the audience. it was performed by a set of three solos. the type of dance was neutral, no repetition of dance moves, and aimed to be functional and to avoid stylization. She refused to project persona or create narrative in her dances.
Terminology:
Indian Native american american indian amerindians- wider coverage/in performace art first nations (566 recognized tribes- indiv. culture/languages/histories)
Pow Wow
Inter-tribal event sometimes intristic sometimes public features dance competition display tribal regalia fair like -food-goods vendors -drum circles -cooking competitions -biggest nuclear disaster happened at 4 corner station and never been cleaned up wear regalia/represent family through beadwork
Women in Modern Dance
Isadora Duncan, Lorie Fuller, Ruth St. Denis
Intersectionality
Kimberely Crenshae in al egal context - black women sued company for not hiring -company hired white women and black men -ppl experience oppresion along multiple axes of identity -black women experience dif oppresion than white women +++++++The term intersectionality theory was first coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989.[14] In her work, Crenshaw discussed Black feminism, which argues that the experience of being a black woman cannot be understood in terms of being black and of being a woman considered independently, but must include the interactions, which frequently reinforce each other.[15]
Xandra Ibarra -performance artist
La Chica Boom is her performance name younger artist from el paso strap ons and sexual pieces period blood in work light up piece says "F*ck my Life"
Hamilton
Lin Manual Miranda wrote in the heights 4 tonys off Broadway feb. 2015 went to broadway summer 2015 hip hop to tell story of Alexander Hamilton color blind casting/diverse cast challenges americas folk musical genre explore gritter side of US foundation
Carnation
Lucinda Childs post modern does not look like dance (carnations are liked by Childs)
2nd Generation of Modern Dance (after Isadora, Ruth St Denis, Lorie Fuller)
Martha Graham 1894-1991
Richard Move
Martha graham, scholar, impersonator, curator
In colored girs, Ntozake shange uses vernacular lang. to express how poorly educated they are
NO its for a meaning, not bc they are not educated
Indian Princess
Pocahontas Pocahottie costume sexualizing these native bodies makes them part of romantic past not the future (grandma was a cherokee princess) real story of Pocahontas - she was kidnapped ransomed/converted to christianity and got married SO different than Pocahontas -owning a womans body= owning land- dealing with ownership/exposure of these bodies
what is a dance score? what dance movement does dance scores?
Post Modern uses scores. we did a score in class also in Performance art (Yvonne Rainer is teaching Martha, al capral does scores for the tires in the yard, walk through, eat a piece of toast, follow the 'score') interested in getting the audience to participate by giving them a score (choreography notes are in musicals !)
Joffery Ballet 1989
Rite of Spring stiff harsh, eratic,not symmetric, dynamic Vaslac Njinsky
George Balanchine 1904-1983
Russian migrant to paris (Ballet Russes) co found NYC Ballet 1948 balanchine, barocco,father of ballet american
difference b/t representations of native americans : savage vs noble savage
Savage- totally wild, scary, attacks people Noble Savage- past figure, know all about the earth, sad they're gone bc life was better with native americans, their romanticizing figure who we can do that bc they dont exists any more (the litter makes a native amer. cry)
Marina Abramovic
Serbian performance artists 1946-present interested in: endurance, pain, risk, humanity Rythm Series 1974 The House with the Ocean View 2002
examples of Russian Ballet
Sleeping Beauty Nutcracker Swan Lake
Vaslac Nijinskys controversial Works
The Rite of Spring (russian folklore to renew sping every year) Afternoon of Faun ugly dance that people hate at first Vaslac introduced troubled topics guy masturbates to womens scarf new and off key his choreography in rite of spring was really "jerky and stiff"; it defied everything ballet embodied VS his choreo in afternoon of faun which was graceful. But some people saw his choreo as erotic due to love scene in the dance.
King Louis XIV was known as
The Sun King- because in one of his roles he was Appolo the sun god in a dance
Self Actualization/empowerment in colored girls
Touissant Louveture - black Haitian man free Haiti of slavery/colonialism -"I found god in myself and loved her fiercly" -"Somebody almost walked off with all my stuff"
Rise of Modern Dance
Uniquely american genre early 20th C 1900 Pioneered by women rejeted conventions of ballet creative expression over technical Parallell legs bare feet anti homogenization (dont look alike) Natural movement
Yvonne Rainer
Yvonne- student of Martha Graham- aesthetics nemesi
bell hooks defines fem. as...
a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression
Low brow
accesible to public, sexual, slapstick, physical comedy stump speech, vaudeville 1800s 1900s- talk shows, radio youtube, vine comedy has a bad rap- dont take it seriously, plays with sterotypes
Physical Theatre 2
after ww2 and bombing reject colonialist influence we use allows us to say what cannot be said hard to define bc. always changing
in Oklahoma
agnes de mille: -used dance to further musical plot -in the dream ballet scene: there was no language; just dance. There was a better dancer who took over the lead actors role for that scene.
Royal Academy of Dance
aka paris opera ballet reserved for royalty/aristocrats only men across europe: italy, england, denmark, russia
double casting in Sp. Aw
all adults are double cast only 2 adult actors female does all female youth are all their own person adults same
AIM
american indian movement part of civil rights mvmnt 1968 issues: sovererignty, systemic racism, community health -Wounded Knee massacre 1890 (300 NA lives lost, 30 US calvarymen killed, 20+ awarded) Lakota group in South Dakota, military trying to round NA up, gov. kills buffalo to kill NA wounded knee incident 1973 -protest against maltreatment of NA by the US gov. turned 71 standoff gunfire on both sides media prohibited from site
Modern dance in musical theatre
artsy not established completely pop dance is important
La Sylphide- Tamara Rojo
ballet costume is romantic era
Swan Lake
black swan pas de deux
contemporary
blend, jazz, street, ballet ,requires VERY trained dancers in multiples styles post modern didn't care if u had training
Contemporary Dance
blends ballet, modern, jazz, postmodern, vernacular, (common/street) requires training in various styles*** hard to define/flexible/still forming
name u need to know for jazz
bob fosse
Modern Dance in Musical Theatre: FELA!
book and choreo by: Bill T Jones help from Jim lewis music about Fela Kuti radical activist influential Nigerian musician Dance style: modern w/ african and jazz bill t jones and lewis also choreo. Spring Awakening
West side story
boradway 1957 adaptation of romeo and juliet Gypsy lyrics only (sweeney todd, into the woods also highly awarded)
Alvin Ailey: Blood Memory
celebration of Af. Amer. culture through movement and music Unique style combines: western and african dance aesthetics US State Dept. Cultural Ambassador -us paid him to take these dances and show them around US
Guillermo Gome Pena (1955-present)
chicano writer, multidisciplinary artist, activist, educator intercultural id's- border control oppresed bodies (via race and gender) museum of fetishized identities cuts his ear and nose almost --evokes a reaction- crazy & grotesque costume is cultural either indian or mexican
how is choreopoem dif. than musical theatre
choreopoem speaks in poetic ways, example is for colored girls (ntozake shonge made up that term) both use music, songs, lyrics, dance, text, but the choreopoem and musical have dif. value system
Incongruity
close enough to the norm to not threaten, but dif. enough to be remarkable cognition- normal patterns of reality vs differences key ingredient: surprise or a new perspective (violate expectations of audience) buzz feed food video joke key and peele
Feminist modes of performance
collaborative non-hierarchical creative processes autobiographical solo performance interdisciplianry non-linear concept of time body centered gender bending non-realist
For Colored Girls
collaborative bc. each woman talked about own story but worked together to tell 1 story music incorporated into it with song stage directions indicate dance poem format interdisciplinary- media is pulled non -linear concept of time 1890s-1800s clips move in time circles back to dif. times not in order not realism body centered
Musical Power Duo
composers Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II
intersectionality
concept originated by Kimberle Crenshaw in a legal context ++case in which black women sued a company for not hiring them for discriminatory reasons they lost because the company hired (white) women and black people (men) and therefore was able to successfully argue that they didn't discriminate based on gender or race ++recognizes how people experience oppression along multiple axes of identity not additive: black women experience different oppression from white women, not twice as much of the same kind of oppression
Two undiscovered amerindians visit 1992
couple is in a cage in museum
Coyote and Loon
coyote: trickster loon: divine messenger loon has to dive down to water/pulls earth though water and brings it to the gods access all of the elements- he is the weaver bt the world and the earth how do Ducky and Ki connect to the two figures? in the end when they unburden, ki shifts into these figures (coyote) shape shift, fools you to believe someone else Loon- ducky mandates the space, controls the space his ultimate job is to ? who is the punisher?-
Concerto Barocco aka Neoclassical Ballet
created distinct stylized modern American ballet aesthetic virtuostic minimal sets, lighting, costume, abstract of simple narrative dances takes narrative out
Marina Abramovic- Rythm Series
cuts hand with knife, speeds it up
Physical theatre is often..
devised inter-disciplinary shown in: experimental performance spaces (proscenium) -Bill T jones is physical theatre -kinesthetic empathy
Why do performance art?
disrupt routine and expectations inspire to change incite discussion/interaction evoke reactions and impressions that linger create beauty and wonder
why do performance art?
disruption of routine and expectations -inspire for change to incite discussion and interaction -to evoke reactions and impressions that linger -to create beauty and wonder
spiderwoman
diverse company of women which included both of her sisters. They were of varying ages, races, sexual orientation, and worldview. The collective sprang out of the feminist movement of the 1970s and the disillusionment with the treatment of women in radical political movements of the time. They questioned gender roles, cultural stereotypes, and sexual and economic oppression. They took on issues of sexism, racism, classism, and the violence in women's lives. Their weaving of humor with popular culture and personal histories along with their sometimes shocking style excited the hearts and spirits of the women (and sometimes the men) in their audiences, in the United States, Canada and all over the world. Spiderwoman Theater broke new ground in using storytelling and storyweaving as the basis for the creation of their theatrical pieces. The performers wrote and performed personal and traditional stories organically layered with movement, text, sound, music, and visual images. In the early 80's, Indigenous communities in New York and nationally and internationally identified the women of Spiderwoman Theater as a powerful voice for their concerns and so the company emerged as a leading Spiderwoman Theater's work bridges the traditional cultural art forms of storytelling, dance, and music and the practice of contemporary Western theater. Born in Brooklyn, their work springs from their own lives and experiences as "city Indians".In addition to presenting their own work, they are collaborating with and incorporating the work of these artists into the company. The women of Spiderwoman continue to move forward in their ambition of creating an artistic environment where Indigenous arts and culture stands on its own as a vital element of the larger arts community.
Native American Performance
do not feed the stereotype Origins in: Traditional ritual- Public ceremony-ceremonial piercing/sacrifice Storytelling- related 2 spiritual guides/honoring of history/mythology Spiritual guides- medicine women/men/ people who work to protect community/knowledgeable about community
performance art is very often...
done in solo forms uses the body as the primary instrument for expression -subjective -spontaneous -autobiographical
Rosas 1983-1989
done in video unusual bc it was video Beyonce rips it off in countdown
Fondly do we hope
dont rely on movement effective way of theatre about abe lincoln bc more interesting for viewers to watch than boring history video Bill T Jones- FORM OF PHYSICAL THEATRE in honor of Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial commissioned by Ravinia Festival.
Karen Finley -performance artist
drwas picture of the sext you send her take home your own artwork deals with sex, abuse, disenfranchisement scary?
modern
early, started in 40's-60s before that was Nijinsky doing ballet Russe (starting to change topic, movement, uses parallel feet)
west side story originally called
east side story Jews Vs catholics -rejected idea
Humor Function
enforcement id- jayz hears Beyonce song about him cheating differentiaton
Matriarchy
eternity cycles of time ritual magic altered states art makes own rules process>product
Lorie Fuller
extravagant costumes, color from lights stage conventions to re-make dance lorie from full house is a celeb, makes her ballet it extravagant!
what is an american folk musical?
family and community naturalization of dance central/opposed/balanced couple when the couple comes togther the community does also (in fairy tale the community is background/for fun)
american folk musicals emphasize themes of ___ and prize ___ in song and dance
family and community; naturalization (it flows, naturalizes the story, fairy tale music allows spontaneous) Laurie in Oklahoma actually could sq. dance
Nao Bustamente
feminist, queer, chicana, perform artist, filmmaker, video and visual artist associate prof. and vice dean at USC Roski school art Intersectionality: queer, feminsit, woman of color working across genres ++"Indig-urrito" 1992 solo burrito performance-in class video of her basically nude making men kneel and eat a burrito off of her
Enduring (problematic) imagery
fictional represenation (theatre) is a way we learn about others (like native americans) savage- they learned scalping after being hunted, but then they get blamed for it -the crying indian commercial- nobel savage
in class vid of west side story-the story is still happening without words/music, dance moves portrays the story. The "Jets"= gang, they own the streets; shark shows up. this is all portrayed via dance.There are choreo notes imprinted in the script. So choreo is copyrighted. (Jerome robbins)
fiddler on the rood- jerome robins
take home message for colored girls (only play that used choreopoem)!!
finding your strength in their struggle, rising above their struggles, they learn to love themselves when the world is trying to keep you down, need to learn to love urself (you have worth, value)
Martha Graham integrated Dance Company 1926
first integrated dance company influence by psychoanalytics (sigmund frued and carl jung) explored repressed/unconsious forces that determine human behavior (think graham, fire, psychoanalytics)
Oklahoma!
first musical by Rogers/Hammerstein premiered on broadway 1943 (2,212 performances) 3 revivals adaption of a play Green Grow in the Lilacs (lynn Riggs) play was a flop ++hugh jackman once starred as the lead role
3 Waves of Feminism
first wave: 1880s-1950s- right to vote, inheritance and property rights, right to ride bikes for women 2nd wave: 1960-1980s issues: workplace inequalities, sexual violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ issues 3rd wave: 1980's-now needs of women of color, eco disadvantaged communities, queer/transex women, representation, sex positivity and education
Spiderwoman theatre
founded in 1976 3 sisters first of its kind Material Witness- violence and stories of healing in the lives of indigenous woman quilt represents hope on the threshold of healing -bolster efforts to get the show/violence against woman out in native community lois weaver was first in this group, but left to do Split Britches
Split Britches Split Britches has worked with concepts of lesbian, queer, dyke, butch and femme identities and cultures [1] in a context of American feminism and live arts movements which emerged through the 1970s
founded: Peggy Shae, Lois Weaver, Deb Margolin told story of 2 weavers 2 aunts and great aunt living in blue ridge mtns. in VA -theme: personal is politicla used vaudebville, cabaret, satire to: -explore gender -make political commentary center queer experiences +lois weaver: the idea of leaving a mistake or a flaw in the work came from my experience with Spiderwoman. +The group was named after a Hopi goddess, and she taught her people to weave—but she taught them always to leave a flaw, so the spirit could come and go."
composers Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II
from NYC, jewish descent met at frat at Columbia Hammersteins dad owned vaudeville, went to law school until dad died and he could do what he wanted succesful as a pair 1940s-50s worked well together "golden age of musicalS" (Caroseul, SOuth Pacific, the King and I, Cinderella, Sound of music) 34 tonys, 15 oscars, 2 grammys, 1 pullitzer Oklahoma!
Giselle example of Pantomime/Romanctic Ballet
gets sick and dies night of her wedding, dies a virgin goes to land with WIllies, takes her place and dances to death with other virgins symbols convey language so you can follow the story ex. Les Ballet Trockadero
in performance art- you follow THE SCORE; that's what gets the audience to participate
given directions on how to interpret an art piece via participation
Sam Provenzano Guest speaker
guest speaker acting
high brow vs low brow
high- for soph. people low- low class people
Patriarchy
history linear time dogma rational waking reality science follows rules
Paradox
humor can unite and divide in gorups & out groups, sometimes at the same time if you dont know about beyonces song, u wont udnersntad lemonade
Comedy and pop culture
humor is pleasant and persuasive willing to digest the comedy- pleasant comedian persuades u to pay attn. Humor is reicever centered who is the audience? how will they recieve it? trump vs. bernie in midnight press debate
Marina Abramovic- House with the Ocean View
in nYC museum after 911 people watch her live she did nothing central focus +dedicated to the people after 9/11 +there were three units, she went to the bathroom, slept etc:. in front of an audience -she also fasted for 12 days
High brow
intelligent for certain people, not everyone will get it (opera, history of comedy in america)
performance art is not easily defined
interdisciplinary live, ephemeral, unique each time provocative, combative, unforgettable autobiographical/cultural installation based ON SITE SPECIFIC INTERACTIVE ritualized image heavy PROCESS-oriented
womens one world cafe (WOW cafe- )
international womens theatre festival 1980 permanent location in NYC east village performance space for lesbian women performance as tool for empowerment for women and trans. people -poetry -perform. art -plays -dances -venue support and space for artists w/o money collaborative governance structure (open weekly meetings where artists share ideas build coalitions and work)
choreopoem: how is novnerbal comm = to verbal comm.?
it means that saying something can send as much message with body language feminism says we interact with our bodies/make meaning/do things and are just as important as text
themes in the Romantic Ballet
love/marriage ethereal fantasy (fairieis, withces, curses) quest for weightlessness: point shoes, tutus, wire rigging, gas lights Pantomime: gesture to create meaning ex. Giselle
Misandry
man hating does not equal feminism
Children of Theatre street
measure russian kids to find perfect dancers recruit kids, train them and give free schooling very powerful social status
musical
might have those things, but doesn't have to
staging choices in Sp. Aw
modernizes it music style breakout staging for songs/ actors on side of stage ready to dance/gut up
dif. humours devices-
most effective speaker uses many dif. devices in their comedy hyperbole portamnteau etc. think about how the audience will recieve a joke, dont beat peole down who are already down (punch up, not down)
Isadora Duncan- MOTHER OF MODERN DANCE
movement is natural easy. (isa is easy)
reading bell hooks
movement to end sexism not anti male male is not the enemy could not work bc some women are sexist -sexism in work place -often individual black women active in fem. movement were revolutionary feminists -black women knew they would never have equality
Components of a musical
music lyrics book/script/dramatic structure bringing together the music and lyrics with a dramatic structre- like a script the words/story Choreography Spectacle- lavish costumes, lion kind on broadway opens loudly Helipcopter lands on stage in Miss Saigon "all musicals are books" the script has a dramatic structure choreography spectacle- often makes use of lavish costumes
Spiderwoman refers to
native amer. goddess who weaves together stories u leave a mistake in the finished piece to allow people in n out humans are imperfect
Kinesthetic Empathy
o "Dance, although it has a visual component, is fundamentally a kinesthetic art whose appreciation is grounded not just in the eye but in the entire body" (Ann Daly 2002)
agnes de mille broadway credit
oklahoma carousel brigadoon
Origins of musical theatre
outgrowth of: traditional plays, vaudeville, opera bridges together: music, song, spoken text, dance +value written on virtuosity of the singer- chose actor based on their talent, give them the best role for talent
which is a convention of modern dance
parallel feet as basic position (opposed to turned out) AND "natural" movement
BIll t jones: we are pleased to participate in world of ideas
people would expect him to address Abe in a certain way, but he just wants to talk about him. what are his expectations/artist expected to do for the audience its complicated, its much more nuanced and he wants to challenge/honor/ do all things/participate in this way
Greg Deal
perf. artist do not feed the stereotype "Last American Indian on Earth" photo/performance art series wears headdress while mowing lawn..commentary on what he needs to look like? -guy says he knows native amer. bc he "is a redskin fan" -very offensive -people have strange comfort with this guy
dadaism and conceptual art directly influenced
performance art
in class video about indigenous people being put on display in a cage is a cage is an example of _______ and was ____ but the audience thought it was
performance art not real
dance comes out of dif. origins what is dif. between dance and physical theatre?
phys. theatre comes out of clown, mime, butoh, has dif. origins, contempory sense of bill t jones blend dance and theatre dance doesn't generally use language (body mostly)
Bruce King (Onieda)
playwright, musician, painter born on oneida reservation, WI, raised in chicago vietnam veteran mentored at Cafe La Mama lives in Santa Fe, NM wrote Warbonnet in lowest pt. in life -watercolor painting, turns shapes into warriors on horses -subject of landscape/serenity -he's a storyteller, paintings through imagination
choreopoem in colored girls
poety, dance, music, song non verbal comm = verbal comm de-emphasis on plot/character no character most imortant plot still can exisit + values: self definiton, liberation, soliditary
Judson Dance theatre
post modern dance informal gathering of dancers in NYC short lived movement
post modern/modern dance
post modern was interested in movement for movement sake, every1 is a dancer, no divas, modern- ballet , narrative,
Rules of Humor
precision- make it clear synthesis- cut out extra language, clear punch line rhythm- hand gestures commitment is key, never apoligize for saying a joke no one laughs at
Physical Performance
process > product man dances with his baby physically
what does spring awakening mean
puberty
in comedy, perceptions of relief refers to:
purposeful building of tension, and punch line that diffuses nervous energy (relief the energy they built up) (mix matching and surprising ingredient belongs to incongruity, when we don't expect them/its funny)
Spiderwoman 1976-current
reaction against radical politcial movement that sidelined womens needs -theatre is a place to contemplate racism, sexism, classism and violence -humor/storyteling/dance/poetry/music/western theatre traditions reverb-ber-ber-rations +++++Spiderwoman Theater broke new ground in using storytelling and storyweaving as the basis for the creation of their theatrical pieces. The performers wrote and performed personal and traditional stories ++++Spiderwoman Theater's work bridges the traditional cultural art forms of storytelling, dance, and music and the practice of contemporary Western theater.
Bob Fosse *name associated with jazz/musicals
related to JAZZ chicago born dancer/actor/writer/director idolized Fred Astair/musicals moves to NYC to dance very stylized broadway credits: Chicago: (sassy movements, distinct, puntuacted) Sweet Charity: classy, isolated movements, part of jazz is moving pieces of body independently musical theatre makes jazz more concrete -the Little Prince and I video- reminds us of Mich. Jackson ++Jazz Started on the streets and got big on broadway
in order to cross the river in evening at the warbonnet, each character must
release their burdens
Functions of Humor in Messages: Humor Theory
relief incongruity- dave chappel, oscar the grouch uses cuss word superiority
The Romantic Ballet
rise of Prima Ballerina mid 1800s large male fan base female ballerina objectified
humor is situationally dependent
rleies on the moment it happened, jokes arent funny if u tell them 2x to same people
American Play House video
same thing, but in realism "somebody almost ran off with all my stuff" -energy talks to women
the 5 Positions
set by King Louis transitions from each position codified: wrote down rules in a book
Martha Graham Night Journey 1947 (she also wrote Appalachian spring- both stories were autobiographical)
sexual costumes on man women conservative chorus like the greek theatre rope represents umbillical cord sexual desire determines behavior (night journey, they basically have sex on stage @ night) ++ about the Greek legendary figure Jocasta. had a theme of incest...Odepius had her sons child
familiar but not familiar
shakepere quotes are supposed to be funny but we didnt know cuz language is different now
What kind of environment do these images create?
shows little power, they look sad/dead/gone,
Solo performance art
single artist is central focus subjective, autobiographical, intuitive, spontaneous less emphasis on technique or virtuosity (allows performance art to be more democratic) body as primary instrument of expression doesnt cost much $, can be done in street
Patriacrchy
social system where men are primary political leaders/moral guides/ retain majority of eco and social privileges
value of choeropoem
solidarity, representation of marginalized groups, injustice
post modern dance
somatic training systems (yoga)
Tyler Perry video
somebody almost ran off with all my stuff reflective talking to man
evidence of a joke
someone laughs, energy in the room communication is KEY- lies in the statements of the audience
For colored girls
started as 20 poems by SHange, 1974 no order 1st performed by shange and 4 other women womens bar in berkeley moved to nyc moved to off broadway after bars 1976 on broadyway 742 shows she re worked the poems they weren't completely shanges
Physical Theatre for purists
started with mime/clowning relies on physicality but NOT at the expense of other expressive forms Influenced by: eastern theatrical performance tradition ex. Butoh and by somatic training systems ex: géant de Sel Butoh (舞踏 Butō ?) is a form of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. Following World War II, butoh arose in 1959 through collaborations between its two key founders Hijikata Tatsumi and Ohno Kazuo
Humor Theory: 3 ways humor emerges Perceptions of Relief
stress is reduced/nervous energy released. joke- diffuses tension That mitchell and webb look white house correpsondants dinners SNL candygram shark
Imperial Russian Ballet
strong emphasis on technical virtuosity
Alvin Ailey Revelation:
texas native Alvin Ailey dance theatre 1958 Seminal work: Revelations- 1960 MOST WIDELY PERFORMED VIEWED DANCE EVER
all of these are true of Oklahoma except: it is an adaptation of Lynn Riggs play- green grow the lilacs- (this one did flop originally) actor Hugh Jackman once starred lead in this musical this is the first musical duo rogers and Hammerstein
the first premiere flopped after approx. 60 performances
The play: Warbonnet
the warbonnet is a bar in act 2 it is a purgatory, in a spiritual world, could be in any big city lay tour burdens down because you are going to cross a river into after life (if u cross with ur burdens u drown bc theyre heavy artsy- 1st patron, vietnam vet, burden is mable- brave eagle sugar lin bar ownded by Kai and Ducky the other characters/patrons killed someone/or they killed themselves/have big burdens/theyre all dead we dont know theyre dead until theres nothing outside- the outside disappears/they cant leave what happens to them??- their storylines what shifts bt act 1 and act 2? what moment- darnkess outside, disappearing of outside, they get drunk/in alternate state,
,which song in spring awakening the musical is sung when Wendala and Melchior make love
the world of your body
Spring awakening the muscial themes
time period: percieve time as late 1800s, set in germany now in rock era..juxtaposed rock and 1800s
Technique / what is acting
tools in our pockets are used to create characters/dance pieces acting is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances -practice in class, it was an open scene, could mean dif. things
American Folk Musical Theory by Scholar Risk Altman
tradition, folklore, americana euphoric memory of americas past set evokes reality but is not realistic nostalgic for the past remembering the past in idealized way Family groupings, community and home are central multiple generations creation of the couple/ creation of community couple is balanced: one is grounded, other is free spirirted Dance and Music are "naturalized"-meaning it flows, folk dance (sq dance) is natural, not break out dance) song is also natural and inspired by nature character would do this dance oklahoma
The Ballet russes: introduced
troubled topics- altered the ballet aesthetic
broadway is the original musical theatre epicenter
true
Physical theatre is heavily influenced by several asian theatre traditions including Butoh
true Butoh was one of the large phys. theatre influences Bill T jones is physical theatre (blend bt. theatre and dance) Bill t jones' dance is classified as
20th centurty NAP: Kermit Hunter
unto these Hills: a drama of the Cherokees still performed YEARLY by the Cherokee Nation in NC
William Pope
vastly interdisciplinary 40 dif times in dif locations serious crawled in gutter in nyc park pushing flower pot black man in a suit raisin in the sun
language of colored girls
vernacular honors a language so often degraded color is appropriate term for everyday use holds weight from segregated time period lowercase bc doesnt give power to a word talking to black men, the play is for her community about sexism, inequality, heterosexual play and it calls into account those closest to her/own community
Locating Performance Art
visual art- performance art- theatre middle of spectrum process>product always makes use of body can be on street, in museum, or theatre Stephen cohen- halocaust works
Conceptual Art late 1950s
way art comes to be is more sig. than the value of the work process > product point of it, rather than reality Jackson Pollock- point is his intuition/swirling paint ex: Marcel Duchamp- fountain urinal
how spring awakening story is relevent now
we deal with teaching sex/windala gets preggo/doesnt know how it happened her mom wont tell her how it happened cuz shes too shy- no space to mess up Morit messes up in worst way- human trafficking now a growing US issue she has no fam, has to live with artist community gets abused, passed around, no support system embarassement by mom discuss morality/is her pregnancy immoral they left he daughter in the hands of someone else to kill? she dies in the abortion
Superiority
when people laugh at others they feel triumph over them s disciplinging through laughter happy bday roseanne!
Ruth St. Denis
white lady/diva indian esque costume dance incorporated other world views into american dance mayans, chinese, spanish cultures. +++++"dance should be spiritual instead of entertaining or technically skillful" -she used asian dance forms and bract music that encouraged her students to develop non balletic movements that became known as modern dance" ruth from longest ride is foreign. uses cultures in her dance.
Fairy Tale Musical
wicked, cats, phantom of the opera, fantastical world couple is the center community is flavor not essense dance/song more spontaneous
Jazz
with rise of jazz music af amer social dance forms- charleston, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug moves fast, very practiced, if mess up someone hurt, not one center couple, community around it like ballet weight shared = women and men loss of exact steps like ballet improv- can do ur thing jazz changes with the music of time people get introduced to jazz through musical theatre
Jerome Robbins
worked w NYC ballet west side story producer, director, choreographer born in NYC parents Russian Jewish Immigrants +++tough to work with: "incredible choreographer but a tough customer" would plant rumors to make his cast actually mad at each other -fixed flopped Broadway shows known for musical theatre and Ballet (NYC Ballet)/George Balnachine Broadway Credits: West Side Story- space over marked with words, gang owns streets, a shark shows up going to get the other gang dance shows us the story, based off Agnes de Mille -the king and I fiddler on the roof (singing)
bell hooks on feminism
writer, feminist theorist, cultural critic Berea College, CT "feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression" *misandry is not feminism *not just about equality *the personal is political
Spring Awakening still considered a seminal work of MODERN THEARTRE
written by Frank Wedekind 1891 self produced in 1906 during victorian era no one would produce it ---struggles of adolescnce in sexually represed society puberty, sexuality, homo, rape, pregnancy, abortion, suicide suggested Moral Hypocrisy ---was banned due to sex. explicit content the art scene took an investment in it, considered one of greatest plays watching degration of youth comm. and moral outfalling where do we put our morals? in the way we judge sex? "Moritz kills himself- written off as corrupted by his essay about sex essay made him a pervert, role of administrators failed him, he didn't fail himself he passed a dif. exam but failed this one moral hypocrisy sexual education"
The Ballet Russes
young dancers/artists flee russian revolution settled in Paris early 20th century 1900 toured in the US avant garde
