WorksheetsDRAMA Year 9 A2 Practitioner
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Select two techniques that Frantic Assembly use to create their performances
Chair Duets, Role Play
Cross-cutting, Round by through
Hymns Hands, Thought Tracking
Chair Duets, Round by Through
Round by Through, Narration
What does the ''Music First'' approach mean?
Music is not considered
Music is used as a stimulus
Music is used at the beginning of a performance
Music is the most important part of the piece
Music is added at a later date in order to make it the most important element.
What two things should you consider when you are creating choreography?
Formation, Narrative
Levels, Dialogue
Gesture, Canon
Style, Formation
Levels, Costume
Why is characterisation so important to dancing Musical Theatre?
Because it makes it look better
Because it communicates the narrative, relationship & themes
Because there is no dialogue
To communicate the costumes to the audience.
Because the movement is very minimal and we need to show character
What is the choreographic device that makes street dance look so impressive?
Unison
Canon
Mirroring
Accumulation
Retrograde
Where did Street Dance originate from?
London
Paris
Canada
New York
Africa
What would be the best word to describe Rosas Danst movement?
Lifts
Hip Hop
Minimalist
Complex
Ballet
When creating different relationships in pair work, what is the most effective technique to use to show character emotions?
Facial Expression
Gestures
Mirroring
Canon
Unison
What is the number one rule when it comes to choreographing Stage Combat?
Body Language
Timing
Facial Expression
Safety
Technique
Select a punch that travels across the victim's jaw-line, from either right to left, or left to right.
Cross
Throw
Fall
Block
Hair Pull
Any technique in which the body is safely turned on the floor. May be executed forward, backward, or sideways.
Roll
Hair pull
Knap
Fall
Block
A downward travelling kick that makes impact with the heel.
Hair Pull
Clap Knap
Ax Kick
Front Kick
Roll
Select the director and founder of theatre company DV8 from the options below
Antonin Artaud
Bertolt Brecht
Lloyd Newson
Dario Fo
Max Stafford Clark
Select 2 styles of drama used by DV8 to create their style of theatre
Physical Theatre
Naturalism
Verbatim Theatre
Theatre of Cruelty
Round by Through
There are 6 devices commonly used by Brecht to create the 'v' effect. Select the correct 6 from below -
Narration, Mime, Body as a Prop, Set design, use of Placards, Flashback
Split role, Tableau, Thought Tracking, Flashback, Body as a prop, Coming out of role
Narration, Split role, Direct Address, Coming out of role, Speaking the stage directions, use of Placards
Mime, Imitation, Split focus, Thought Tracking, Narration, Comedy
Use of Placards, Tableau, Comedy, Physical Theatre, Dance, Choreography
Choose which 2 sentences best describes Brecht's Epic Theatre -
Brecht wanted the audience to experience real life through naturalism
Brecht did not want the audience to experience real life he wanted them to know they were at the theatre
Brecht wanted the audience to experience choreography and dance
Brecht wanted the audience to feel a part of the performance by removing the fourth wall
Brecht did not want the audience to see political theatre
Select a Choreographic device that involves performers doing the same movement one after another?
Unison
Mirroring
Duologue
Canon
Retrograde
In which century did Brecht work?
The 19th Century
The 20th Century
The 21st Century
The 18th Century
The 17th Century
What nationality was Brecht?
French
American
German
Italian
Swedish
How did Brecht become a stateless citizen?
He asked to become a Russian citizen but was refused
He fled from Germany in the 1930s and the Nazis removed his citizenship
He supported the Nazis in the Second World War
What was the name of the theatre company Brecht created?
The Berliner Ensemble
The Kabuki Theatre
The Doyly Carte
What do you understand by the term Gestus in Brechtian theatre?
It was the term that Brecht adopted for a character's movement or gesture
It is the physical capturing of a particular moment that makes the audience appreciate the context of that stance or reaction
It is the idea of repelling an audience by what is shown on stage
What is meant by breaking the fourth wall?
The destroying of any illusion that you are watching real life and making the audience think objectively
Giving the audience the feeling that they're actually in the same room as the actors
The structural reshaping of the performance area in a theatre
What is montage in Brechtian theatre?
A series of self-contained scenes that work effectively through juxtaposition with each other
A montage is made up of several small pictures, now popular because of the ease with which it can be produced on computer
The use of shadows for storytelling
What is the difference between Epic theatre and what Brecht called Dramatic theatre?
Epic theatre deals with myths and legends while Dramatic theatre is about sad endings
Epic theatre leaves the audience with questions and challenges while Dramatic theatre has a plot that reaches a conclusion
Epic theatre is large scale and Dramatic theatre is emotional
