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AMERICAN & CONTEMPORARY THEATER TRADITION CAED 127 Lesson 1.3 AMERICAN THEATER Lesson 1.3 American Colonial Theater Tradition AMERI 1 When the Spanish-American War ended in December 1898, Spain sold the entire Phili...

AMERICAN & CONTEMPORARY THEATER TRADITION CAED 127 Lesson 1.3 AMERICAN THEATER Lesson 1.3 American Colonial Theater Tradition AMERI 1 When the Spanish-American War ended in December 1898, Spain sold the entire Philippine archipelago to the CAN 1901-1946 United States for $20 million. More urgently, it confronted a PERIO 2 separate Catholic nationalist rebel movement, led by Emilio Aguinaldo. D Soon, a war started between nationalists and the American troops stationed in the 3 islands. The outgunned Filipinos adopted guerilla tactics; the U.S. army responded by rounding peasants into "reconcentration camps" and declaring entire areas battle zones, in which no distinctions were made between combatants and civilians. AMERICAN COLONIAL THEATER TRADITION Performances are usually Potpourri of songs It introduced Westernized educational system all over the country Filipinos were introduced to the 1st examples of theater productions with plays which have so called “artistic merit.”  FORMS & ELEMENTS Philippine Drama and Theatrical Performances during the American Period  American introduced the Western Theeater and the Theater of Asia, HISTO Africa & South America, enabling Filipino to write about the RICAL situations/realities in the country during that time. SETTIN G Plays during this time were equipped with many dramatic theories and styles that opened new avenues for growth & expanded the Theatrical expression of Characteri Filipino Playwrights, directors, actors, designers, & Stage Managers. stics BODABIL ▪ Came from the French word “Vaudeville” ▪ It was a stage presentation featuring various forms: musical, comedy, and even magic acts, skits, monologues, and acrobatics, among others. ▪ Contains very little about Philippine life & Culture  DRAMATIC/THEATRICAL STYLE Representational Presentational Style Style Seeks to create an Uses play as a vehicle illusion of reality for the exposition & through three-dimensional promotion of social characterization issues and ideas. CONTEMPORARY THEATER Philippine Theatrical Tradition during Contemporary Period CONTEMP 1 When the Spanish-American War ended in December 1898, Spain sold the entire Philippine archipelago to the ORARY 1945-current United States for $20 million. More urgently, it confronted a PERIOD 2 separate Catholic nationalist rebel movement, led by Emilio Aguinaldo. Soon, a war started between nationalists and the American troops stationed in the 3 islands. The outgunned Filipinos adopted guerilla tactics; the U.S. army responded by rounding peasants into "reconcentration camps" and declaring entire areas battle zones, in which no distinctions were made between combatants and civilians.  FORMS & ELEMENTS Philippine Drama and Theatrical Performances during the Contemporary Period  EXPLORATION OF OTHER THEATERS BRECHTIAN TECHNIQUE Many Filipinos explored Addresses societal and studied different transformations, such as theaters in Asia causing PSYCHOLOGICAL REALISM civil rights movements, experimentation with revolutions, or shifts in traditional Filipino social norms and values. dramatic forms: Sarswela, Komedya, & Sinakulo Focuses on the motivations and internal thoughts of characters. BERTOLT BRECHT ❑ German playwright ❑ Bertolt Brecht's ideas are very influential. He wanted to make the audience think, and used a range of devices to remind them that they were watching theatre and not real life. Montage Style Breaking of 4rth Wall Narration NARRATION Talking to audience Investigating how power Highlighting human structures and corruption endurance and resilience affect individuals and in the face of adversity, societies, including the such as during times of abuse of power and the oppression or hardship. fight for justice.  DRAMATIC/THEAT RICAL Realism Style STYLE Presentational Style Two Tendency: Emphasizes the 1. PSYCHOLOGICAL discussion of social - focuses on the problems ideas derived from Brecht’s Theater of 2.SOCIAL Instruction & later -larger problems within from the Augusto larger framework of a class Boal’s Theater of society. the Oppressed. Augusto Boal ❑ was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. ❑ Founder of the Theater of the Oppressed = is a form of popular community-based education that uses theatre as a tool for transformation where it stimulates critical observation and representation of reality, envisioning the production of consciousness and concrete actions  Presentational Style ❑ They also have DANCE DRAMAS using Ethnic Music & Movements. ❑ Revisions of Komedya & Sarswela During Marcos Time, they censored realistic portrayals of the current situation of the country and oppressed the media. Common themes discuss social ideas in a less realistic but no less effective manner like the use of symbolism  LAMBERTO V. AVILLANA (February 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991) was a prominent Filipino film and stage director. Despite considerable budgetary limitations that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana's films such as Anak Dalita and Badjao attained international acclaim.  THE Presentation by: Hannah Pedrera END