Midterm Report THEATRE 100 Chicano Theatres Chicano Theatre is a relatively young genre of theatre in comparison to the traditional theatre that date back centuries. It was in the 1960’s that the term Chicano became prevalent in the United States. Chicano is used only of Mexican Americans‚ not of Mexicans living in Mexico. It was originally an informal term in English (as in Spanish)‚ and the spelling of the first recorded instance in an American publication followed the Spanish custom
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The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2‚500 years. While performative elements are present in every society‚ it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form[->1] and entertainment and theatrical or performative elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the origin and subsequent development of the theatre as an autonomous activity. Since classical Athens] in the 6th century BCE‚ vibrant traditions of
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My sentences were reformatted to have an academic tone and organized to develop the ideas I wanted to portray. By the final essay‚ I was confident in my ability to create an argument and introduce it in a way that provided supportive evidence. Critically examining my essays strongly improved my understanding of aspects of the urban environment and structured my beliefs on concepts presented in the course. The process of writing can become tedious;
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I am very pleased to inform you that it was such a pleasure to be a part of your great M01A class. I have established a great idea and building the intelligent mindfulness required for accomplishment in an extensive variety of composting encounters inside the college. In English class‚ I was required to read 2 texts‚ “Everyone’s author” and “The completion of Maus”. Both texts seemed to be a great choice for an English level. We were required to do 5 journal entries total‚ in which we were required
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The Origins of Theatre Theatre has been around for thousands of years dating back to the B.C.E era. There are many forms of theatre Ritual Theatre‚ uses theatrical techniques of song‚ dance‚ and characterization but is still firmly rooted in religion. Many scholars agree on two traits that distinguish theatre from rituals. First theatre must have an actor that plays a character‚ a person that takes on a role of a human‚ object‚ or animal. Second theatre usually has a story with conflict;
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|Greek Theatre |The origins of drama started with hymns called ‘dithyrambs’ and were| |‘Drama’ comes from the Greek word ‘Dran’ meaning ‘to do’ |sung in worship of the god ‘Dionysus’. | |‘Theatre’ comes from the Greek word ‘Theatron’ meaning ‘the seeing |The hymns progressed to ‘choral’ (group of people) processions. This| |place’ |progressed
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it was too slow‚ because according to the ancient historian Tacitus‚ Seneca called for poison‚ and when that failed him‚ he was placed in a hot bath to be suffocated by the steam. Claque brings together large numbers of people to create a total theatre experience unique to the community that it
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What is the Theatre of the Absurd? The theatre of the absurd is a term that was created by a Hungarian Critic Martin Esslin. It is a term that represents a few European playwrights in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Some characteristics of the theatre of the absurd include broad comedy‚ mixed with horrific or tragic images‚ characters caught in hopeless situations forced to do repetitive or meanlingless actions‚ dialogue full of clichés‚ wordplay and nonsense: plots that are cynical or absurdly expansive;
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ITS Fall 2011 Section 5 12/19/2011 Multiple Truths of the Theater For many people the theatre is merely a means of pure entertainment; its either a comedy‚ drama‚ love story‚ or tragedy that people are attracted to in the theater. Everyone in attendance finds some sort of connection with the events taking place on stage. The events of the stage are not solely just to connect but rather‚ I believe that there is a deeper‚ more truthful purpose. I strongly agree with Aristotle’s theory of tragedy
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