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Local Theater
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. In Hawaiian Creole English (pidgin)
2. local recognizable characters
Term
Kumu Kahua Theater
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. established solely for encouragement of Hawai'i's playwrights
2. first play by hawaiian playwright in 1985
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Hawaiian Style Theater
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. At Leeward CC
2. plays based on a collection of stories for a particular district
Term
He Leo Hou (A New Voice)
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. diverse voices
2. use of mele
Term
Hawaiian Theater
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. in hawaiian language
2. derived from tradition
Term
Halau O Kekuhi
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. Epic hula drama
2. part of Hawaiian Theater
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Ka Halau Hanakeaka
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. written and produced 5 original plays since 1995
2. employs all characteristics of hawaiian theater
Term
Oli
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. chant that was not danced to
2. often has a trill ('i'i) at the end of each phrase
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Mele
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. song, anthem, or chant of any kind
2. literally "to sing"
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Ha'i Mo'olelo
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. traditional storytelling
2. oli and mele often integrated into storytelling process
Term
Hula
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater]
1. lyrics and dance accompanied by instruments
2. Auwana = new school hula
Term
Hula Ki'i
Definition
[Hawaiian Theater] 1. hawaiian puppetry theater 2. puppets 3.5ft tall carved from wood
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Avant-garde
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism] 1. french military term 2. stimulates imagination
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Expressionism
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism]
1. episodic structure
2. dreamlike stages
Term
August Strindberg (person)
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism]
1. from Sweden
2. wrote A Dream Play (1903)
Term
Bertolt Brecht (person)
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism]
1. 20th century poet/playwright/director
2. escaped from Nazis in 1933
Term
Brecht's Theater Theory
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism]
1. alienation effect
2. in opposition to "regular" forms of entertainment
Term
Historification
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism]
1. always takes into account social conditions that inform each event
2. no fate
Term
Gestus
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism]
1. gestures that reveal who we are
2. combines sense of "gist" and "gesture"
Term
Epic Theater
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism]
1. episodic structure
2. uses screens on which scene titles are projected
Term
Political Theater
Definition
[Modern Theater: Expressionism]
1. often part of political struggle
2. asks questions that criticize political system
Term
Realism
Definition
[Modern Theater: Realism and Naturalism] 1. middle or lower class characters 2. has "fourth wall"
Term
Naturalism
Definition
[Modern Theater: Realism and Naturalism]
1. extreme realism
2. environment determines human behavior
Term
What do Set Designers do?
Definition
[Set Design]
1. create drawings
2. build scale models
Term
Knowing the Space
Definition
[Set Design] 1. sight lines 2. wings 3. masking
Term
Presenting the design
Definition
[Set Design]
1. types of scale models - preliminary, white, exhibition, finished
2. renderings
Term
Design Drawings
Definition
[Set Design]
1. floorplan
2. seating chart
Term
More Drawings
Definition
[Set Design]
1. elevations
2. painter elevations
Term
Functions of Light Design
Definition
[Lighting Design]
1. visibility
2. composition
Term
Controllable Qualities of light
Definition
[Lighting Design] 1. intensity 2. color 3. form 4. movement
Term
Strike
Definition
[Lighting Design]
1. take lights down
2. put everything away
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