Introduction to Theatre and Performance PDF

Introduction to Theatre and Performance PEAR 205 Stage Craft Mr. Joseph Victor D. Deseo Faculty Member, Department of Performing Arts...

Introduction to Theatre and Performance PEAR 205 Stage Craft Mr. Joseph Victor D. Deseo Faculty Member, Department of Performing Arts Polytechnic University of the Philippines Manila Stage Craft Production The art and design of putting on a play An artistic arrangement and interpretation of the text with a high degree of stability. It includes the set Drama design, lighting plot, and actors performing the moves The written text, score, scenario, instruction, plan, or they have learned. Cuts to the text and questions map. The drama can be taken from place to place about the artistic and production aspect are all belong and from time to time independent of the person or to the realms of the production or staging. people who carry it. Theatre Play Historically, theatre comes from the Greek word All that can be transmitted from time to time and place theatron which means "a place for seeing." During to place, or also known as the basic code/series of ancient Greeks, they view theatre as a venue where events. The script is transmitted person to person, performances, rituals, festivals were being mounted. and not just merely “messengers.” The transmitter of Usually, the theatre is the manifestation or the script must know the script and be able to teach it representation of the drama and/or the script. to others. Straight Plays ➔ Purely Dialogue but can play with music as a sound effect. Play with Music ➔ Purely Dialogue but can play with music as a part of the scene. Musicals ➔ Dialogue performed using a song. Performance Dramatic Text The broadest among all the above mentioned terms. ➔ Dramatic text refers to the written script of a The whole constellation of events and most of them play, including dialogue, stage directions, were passing unnoticed. It takes place in and among and character descriptions. It serves as the both performers and audience from the first time the blueprint for a performance. spectator enters the field of performance and the last time he/she exits. This is also the field where theatre Performance Text belongs. ➔ Performance text, on the other hand, encompasses the live interpretation of that script, including the actors' portrayals, staging, and the overall production elements. While dramatic text focuses on the words and structure, performance text is about how those words come to life on stage. Characteristics of Theatre and Performance Theatre as Art -Life as Performance -Theatre as Performance -Theatre as Art -Theatre as a Performing Art Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) - Phinma Theater Time and Space Some arts unfold through time; that is, music or novels require time to move from their beginnings to their end. Other arts exist in space; that is, a building or a piece of sculpture occupies space and does not move from a beginning to an end over time. A stage manager cuing in the technical booth Principles of Organization Some arts are organized by stories; that is, lifelike characters seem to be thinking and talking and doing things very much like what we do in real life. Other arts do not use stories but instead are organized by patterned sounds or patterned colors. Audiences watching PETA's "Rak of Aegis" Audiences Novels and paintings assume they will be enjoyed by solitary individuals; opera and dance, on the other hand, assume that groups of people will assemble to enjoy them. The ways by which arts reach their audience also differ. Performance of PETA's Care Divas Mode of Production Some arts, like novels, are transmitted by the printed page; others like film, rely on mechanically produced images; still others, like opera, dance, and theatre, require live performers, in the presence of a live audience. Traits of Theatre Theatre uses live actors. Theatre depends on action to organize and bind the entire theatrical event. Theatre depends on live actors presenting characters and their imagined world to an audience that is physically present. Theatre gathers its audience into a defined space at a certain time and allows the reactions of the audience to affect the performance. Theatre uses a real performance space, usually with artificial settings. Appeals of Theatre Theatre is immediate. Theatre is ephemeral. Theatre proceeds at its own pace through time. Theatre intensifies characters and actions, presenting a virtual world more concentrated and intense than the real world. END OF LECTURE 1