Theatre Architecture Around the World

Imitation = Theatre evolving out of imitation of animals or out of narrative forms of dance and song Fantasy = Humans seeking to reshape reality into more satisfying forms than those encountered in daily life Detachment = Comedy providing a detached view of human problems Aesthetic sense = Admiring performative elements for their artistic qualities rather than for their religious usefulness

Ancient Egypt = Static and repetitive society Ancient Greek = Dynamic and changing society Pre-Greek passion plays = Re-enactment of the life or death of Osiris, son of earth and sky, killed by his brother Set Martin Bernal's argument = Construction of white history through erasure of African and Asian culture

Around 3150 BCE and 641 AD = North Africa around Egypt Around 1500 BCE and 300 BCE = Greece around city-state Athens Passion plays in Abydos = Ancient Egypt The decisive step toward an autonomous theatre = Greeks

<p>Reconstructed theatre of Dionysus in Athens = Grand façade, stepping scale layout, fan shaped Japanese traditional theatre = Runway, with another stage that runs into the public: geishas who attend premiers Kunqo opera theatre, China = Stage across a pond Commonality in theatres = There is a stage and an audience</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Theatron (old greek) = A place to see (not to perform…) Spectare (french) = To view, watch Shibai (Japanese) = To be on the grass (smth that is in front of you) Theatre essence according to the text = Not attributed to the performance but to the audience, people who see</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ritual (repetition) = The group repeats and refines and formalizes these actions into fixed ceremonies or rituals Myth (stories) = Representation of supernatural forces, performers may wear costumes and make to represent the mythical characters of supernatural forces Outcome of a good performance according to the text = If the performance is good and good things happen after the performance then the gods are happy Warning about the theory of theatre evolution = Touted by those western scholars who believed in 'cultural Darwinism'</p> Signup and view all the answers