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DRAMA Year 9 A2 Practitioner

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select two techniques that Frantic Assembly use to create their performances

a)

Chair Duets, Role Play

b)

Cross-cutting, Round by through

c)

Hymns Hands, Thought Tracking

d)

Chair Duets, Round by Through

e)

Round by Through, Narration

2.

What does the ''Music First'' approach mean?

a)

Music is not considered

b)

Music is used as a stimulus

c)

Music is used at the beginning of a performance

d)

Music is the most important part of the piece

e)

Music is added at a later date in order to make it the most important element.

3.

What two things should you consider when you are creating choreography?

a)

Formation, Narrative

b)

Levels, Dialogue

c)

Gesture, Canon

d)

Style, Formation

e)

Levels, Costume

4.

Why is characterisation so important to dancing Musical Theatre?

a)

Because it makes it look better

b)

Because it communicates the narrative, relationship & themes

c)

Because there is no dialogue

d)

To communicate the costumes to the audience.

e)

Because the movement is very minimal and we need to show character

5.

What is the choreographic device that makes street dance look so impressive?

a)

Unison

b)

Canon

c)

Mirroring

d)

Accumulation

e)

Retrograde

6.

Where did Street Dance originate from?

a)

London

b)

Paris

c)

Canada

d)

New York

e)

Africa

7.

What would be the best word to describe Rosas Danst movement?

a)

Lifts

b)

Hip Hop

c)

Minimalist

d)

Complex

e)

Ballet

8.

When creating different relationships in pair work, what is the most effective technique to use to show character emotions?

a)

Facial Expression

b)

Gestures

c)

Mirroring

d)

Canon

e)

Unison

9.

What is the number one rule when it comes to choreographing Stage Combat?

a)

Body Language

b)

Timing

c)

Facial Expression

d)

Safety

e)

Technique

10.

Select a punch that travels across the victim's jaw-line, from either right to left, or left to right.

a)

Cross

b)

Throw

c)

Fall

d)

Block

e)

Hair Pull

11.

Any technique in which the body is safely turned on the floor. May be executed forward, backward, or sideways.

a)

Roll

b)

Hair pull

c)

Knap

d)

Fall

e)

Block

12.

A downward travelling kick that makes impact with the heel.

a)

Hair Pull

b)

Clap Knap

c)

Ax Kick

d)

Front Kick

e)

Roll

13.

Select the director and founder of theatre company DV8 from the options below

a)

Antonin Artaud

b)

Bertolt Brecht

c)

Lloyd Newson

d)

Dario Fo

e)

Max Stafford Clark

14.

Select 2 styles of drama used by DV8 to create their style of theatre

a)

Physical Theatre

b)

Naturalism

c)

Verbatim Theatre

d)

Theatre of Cruelty

e)

Round by Through

15.

There are 6 devices commonly used by Brecht to create the 'v' effect. Select the correct 6 from below -

a)

Narration, Mime, Body as a Prop, Set design, use of Placards, Flashback

b)

Split role, Tableau, Thought Tracking, Flashback, Body as a prop, Coming out of role

c)

Narration, Split role, Direct Address, Coming out of role, Speaking the stage directions, use of Placards

d)

Mime, Imitation, Split focus, Thought Tracking, Narration, Comedy

e)

Use of Placards, Tableau, Comedy, Physical Theatre, Dance, Choreography

16.

Choose which 2 sentences best describes Brecht's Epic Theatre -

a)

Brecht wanted the audience to experience real life through naturalism

b)

Brecht did not want the audience to experience real life he wanted them to know they were at the theatre

c)

Brecht wanted the audience to experience choreography and dance

d)

Brecht wanted the audience to feel a part of the performance by removing the fourth wall

e)

Brecht did not want the audience to see political theatre

17.

Select a Choreographic device that involves performers doing the same movement one after another?

a)

Unison

b)

Mirroring

c)

Duologue

d)

Canon

e)

Retrograde

18.

In which century did Brecht work?

a)

The 19th Century

b)

The 20th Century

c)

The 21st Century

d)

The 18th Century

e)

The 17th Century

19.

What nationality was Brecht?

a)

French

b)

American

c)

German

d)

Italian

e)

Swedish

20.

How did Brecht become a stateless citizen?

a)

He asked to become a Russian citizen but was refused

b)

He fled from Germany in the 1930s and the Nazis removed his citizenship

c)

He supported the Nazis in the Second World War

21.

What was the name of the theatre company Brecht created?

a)

The Berliner Ensemble

b)

The Kabuki Theatre

c)

The Doyly Carte

22.

What do you understand by the term Gestus in Brechtian theatre?

a)

It was the term that Brecht adopted for a character's movement or gesture

b)

It is the physical capturing of a particular moment that makes the audience appreciate the context of that stance or reaction

c)

It is the idea of repelling an audience by what is shown on stage

23.

What is meant by breaking the fourth wall?

a)

The destroying of any illusion that you are watching real life and making the audience think objectively

b)

Giving the audience the feeling that they're actually in the same room as the actors

c)

The structural reshaping of the performance area in a theatre

24.

What is montage in Brechtian theatre?

a)

A series of self-contained scenes that work effectively through juxtaposition with each other

b)

A montage is made up of several small pictures, now popular because of the ease with which it can be produced on computer

c)

The use of shadows for storytelling

25.

What is the difference between Epic theatre and what Brecht called Dramatic theatre?

a)

Epic theatre deals with myths and legends while Dramatic theatre is about sad endings

b)

Epic theatre leaves the audience with questions and challenges while Dramatic theatre has a plot that reaches a conclusion

c)

Epic theatre is large scale and Dramatic theatre is emotional