FUNDAMENTALS Theater Origins

Og the Great was the first

• caveman

• dancer

• singer

• performer

Aspects of Traditional African Theater include

• Festivals, Celebrations, and fusions of dance

• Pop Art

• Memoirs

• Griots

In order for an event/presentation to be a theatrical performance, it must include the following elements: Audience, Performer, and

(a)  

The oldest existing script from a theatrical presentation is called

• Og the Great

• Abydos Passion Play

• Passion Play

• Gone With The Wind

A Zulu wedding ceremony is a

• meeting

• basket ball game

• theatrical presentation

• party

A griot is a

• carpenter

• west African storyteller

• actor

• mayor

_____ is a circumscribed and repeated activity that also has aspects of performance

• ritual

• movies

• tradition

• griot

Germanic and European theatre began with a seasonal festival around February before 40 days of Lent called

• Theater

• Mardi Gras/Carne Val/Carnival

• Christmas

• New Year's Eve

China has a long history of theater including theater based play and games called

• pantomime

• improvisation

• Griot

• Xi(shee)

All theatrical performance have these elements in common

• Song, Monologue, Finale

• Dialogue and Song

• Time, Space, Performer, Audience, Rules

• Text, Movement, and Dialogue