What is Realism? Realism is the movement toward representing reality as it actually is‚ in art. Realistic drama is an attempt to portray real life on stage‚ a movement away from the conventional melodramas and sentimental comedies of the 1700s. It is expressed in theatre through the use of symbolism‚ character development‚ stage setting and storyline and is exemplified in plays such as Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters. The arrival of realism was indeed good
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LHE 3253 TEACHING THE LANGUAGE OF DRAMA Assignment 1 Dorothy Ting Siao Wei 153071 Dr. Habsah Bt Hussin Submission date: 19 Oct 2011 THE JEWELS OF THE SHRINE 1. One of the themes of this play is false relationship among family members. Quote the part(s) in the play where you can discern this theme. Throughout the play the theme false relationship among family members is seen. Firstly‚ it is seen in the character of Bassi. Bassi is not related to Okorie at all but is seen to be always around the
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ELEMENTS OF DRAMA “All the World’s a stage…” William Shakespeare DRAMA Comes from the Greek word ‘dran’ Means ‘To act’ or ‘To do’ The doing/acting makes drama DRAMA… …is a story told in front of an audience. TERMS PLAYWRIGHT- the author of the play PLOT- action of the play SETTING- time and place ACTS- Divisions within a play (much like chapters in a novel) SCENES- smaller parts of an act. ASIDE- lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience. DRAMATIC
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Benefits of drama English teachers always try to find a way to improve the class and attract the students to the subject which they are studying. Drama is regarded as an effective teaching strategy that will help the teacher to engage the student to the lessons and benefit them in various ways‚ such as helping them learn to communicate their thoughts and look at things from a different perspectives‚ and to how to cooperate and combine their ideas with others. In the classroom‚ drama can bring literature
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impression of the concert (after one or two dances)? 7. Did this change as you watched more of the program? 8. What was your final impression of the program? 9. Would you have recommended this program to others? 10. What physical elements were used (sets/props)? 11. What were the costume /elements? Did they work to enhance or detract from the dances? 12. How effective was the lighting to the mood(s) created in the dance(s)? 13. What style of dance (s) could you identify (i.e. ballet
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Introduction Dance therapy is a kind of psychotherapy that uses movement to promote the social‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and physical improvement of an individual. Dance is the most important key of the arts it involves a direct expression of someone’s self over one’s body. It is specifically a powerful medium for therapy. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person. Dance therapy is the use of movement to recover the mental and physical health of a person
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CREATIVE DANCE History of Creative Dance Creative dance is perceived differently by different sectors of the education system. In many provinces‚ creative dance is part of the physical education curriculum. More recently‚ two provinces— British Columbia and Saskatchewan— have considered placing dance under the rubric of arts education. The aspect of creative dance that is emphasized reflects the position creative dance is assigned in the curriculum. When in the physical education curriculum‚ creative
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August Strindberg’s play “The Ghost Sonata” represents an expressionistic approach to drama. Expressionist elements are obvious through Strindberg’s use of distortion of reality‚ “typing” of characters‚ and the use of musical pattern. In the lecture‚ we discussed that one of the elements of expressionistic drama was “extremism and distortion”‚ the lecture also mentioned how expressionistic drama can take the form of a dream to “capture inner feelings” of a character. Strindberg distorts external
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Irish Dance: A Marvelous Dance Irish step dancing has existed since the 1700’s‚ over 300 years. Families in Ireland have passed down Irish step dance from generation to generation as a way of preserving their culture. While the meaning of the dance remains the same‚ the performance and showmanship has changed dramatically. From girls and boys with pale skin and natural hair to girls with fake tanned skin‚ huge curly wigs‚ and thousand dollar dresses and boys with fake tanned skin and outlandish
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system and shows themes such as sexuality‚ social class and punishment. 2. When was our country’s good written? 1998 3. When did Weternbaker write this play? 1998 4. What did she want to achieve by putting it on? Weternbaker wanted to show how bad the conditions were 1780s when convicts were sent to Australia‚ she wanted to show awareness of thing such as the social class‚ punishment‚ crime‚ death and poverty. Her aim was also to show convicts in a different light‚ how they reformed and showing
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