Unit 14: Early Modern Theatre Movements & 20C Theatrical Diversity |
Essential Questions:
How have contemporary trends in theatre mirrored popular culture and current events? Key Terms: Realism Naturalism Stanislavski System Symbolism Unit set Theatricalism Biomechanics Constructivist Expressionism Futurism Dada Surrealism Theatre of Cruelty epic theatre alienated Existentialism Theatre of the Absurd Happenings Multimedia Environmental Theatre Poor Theatre Musical Burlesque Book Learning Activities: Creative Journal: lyrics & music Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, read/analyze Midsummer scenes, acting exercises Career Catalog: composer, marketing/sales Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 13: Theatre from Restoration through Romanticism |
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How did the Restoration and Romanticism change dramatic forms and the spaces in which they were played? Key Terms: Comedies of Manners Drame Ballad opera Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) Box set régisseur Romanticism Melodrama The Well-Made Play exposition repertory company Gesamtkunstwerk Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, read/analyze Midsummer scenes, acting exercises Homework: memorize Midsummer scripts Career Catalog: Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 12: Renaissance Theatre |
Essential Questions:
What was the intended result of imposing neoclassical rules on playwrights? What was the effect of the producer-to actor-to audience relationship in Elizabethan England? How was commedia dell'arte rehearsed and performed? Key Terms: -apprentice -box -cazuela -comedia -companias de parte -corral -gallery -grove system -hireling -lazzi -masque -neoclassical ideals -patio -perspective -pit -pole and chariot -private theaters -public theaters -shareholders -sides -soliloquy -tiring house -unities -yard -zanni Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Mask design and creation Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, read/analyze Midsummer scenes, acting exercises Homework: memorize Midsummer scripts Career Catalog: Production Manager Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 11: Designers - Costumes |
Essential Questions:
Detail the costume designer's objectives & the process by which he or she achieves them. How do those objectives serve the production? What the difference between realism & nonrealism in costume design. Key Terms: -build -costume designer -pull -realism Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Design a series of costumes for Midsummer scene. Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, rehearse Midsummer scenes, acting exercises Homework: costume review Career Catalog: Costume Designer Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, review rubric, career catalog rubric, blog reflection. |
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Unit 10: Ancient Greek & Roman Theatre |
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What were the social and religious parameters of Greek and Roman theater? What are lasting features of Greek and Roman theatre that are still alive today? Key Terms: -agon -amphitheater -choregus -chorus -City Dionysia -dominus -new comedy -old comedy -orchestra -pantomime -parabasis -parodos -satyr play -scaena -theatron -thespian -trilogy Learning Activities: Creative Journal: script writing Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, acting exercises Homework: puppet creation Career Catalog: Technical Director Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 9: Early Asian Theatre |
Essential Questions:
What is the significance of the synthesis or integration of acting, mime, dancing, music, and text in Asian theatre? What features of Asian theatre have transposed to Western theatre? Key Terms: -bunraku -hanamichi -hashigakari -kabuki -kathakali -noh -Peking (Beijing) opera -platform stage -shadow play Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Puppet design sketches Classroom: lecture, articles, film-clips Theatre: warm-ups, acting exercises Homework: puppeteer review Career Catalog: Puppeteer Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, review rubric, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 8:
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How do designers convey their thinking in the process of bringing a show to life? Key Terms: -scale model -pitch Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Brainstorm and draft gobo designs Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Homework: finalizing designs, build model of set design Career Catalog: Stage Manager Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 7: Designers - Lighting & Sound |
Essential Questions:
How can the five elements of stage lighting be used to help achieve the objectives of lighting design? How is sound reproduction and sound reinforcement used in a theatre? Key Terms: -automated lights -backlighting -batten -blackout -composition -cue -dimmer -downlighting -environmental sounds -fade focus -follow spot -fresnel -gobo -light plot -motivated sounds -pan -reinforcement -reproduction -tilt Creative Journal: Brainstorm sketches, story concept, set design sketches Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Homework: light design review Career Catalog: Lighting Designer Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, review rubric, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 6: Designers - Scenery |
Essential Questions:
Detail the scene designer's objectives and the process by which he or she achieves them. How do those objectives serve the production? What the difference between realism and nonrealism in scene design? Key Terms: -downstage -flat -fly loft -ground plan -left stage -props -realism -right stage -scrim -technical director -upstage -wagon Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Set design project inspiration collage Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, acting exercises, Monologue Performances Homework: set design review Career Catalog: Set Designer Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, career catalog rubric, blog reflection, monologue performance rubric |
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Unit 5: Theatre Spaces |
Essential Questions:
Why is the relationship between the spectator and the performer important and how can that stage-to-audience relationship in the three most popular theatre architecture arrangements differ? What is a multipurpose or black box theatre arrangement? Why might such a space be desirable? Key Terms: -aesthetic distance -arena stage -corral -created of found space -fly loft -fourth-wall convention -multifocus theater -multimedia theater -orchestra -platform stage -proscenium -rake -run -thrust stage -wagon stage Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Theatre architecture sketches Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, acting exercises Homework: monologue edits Career Catalog: Producer Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, review rubric, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 4: The Theatre Director |
Essential Questions:
What is the process required to move a production from "page to stage"? Who is responsible for organizing and moving the process forward and what are their functions and contributions? Key Terms: -artistic director -audition -auteur director -blocking -casting -director -dramaturge -dress rehearsal -front of the house -pace -producer -run-through -spine -stage manager -stage picture -technical rehearsal Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Draft Monologue Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, acting exercises Homework: director review Career Catalog: Director Homework: Draft monologue Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, review rubric, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 3:
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Why is it important for the actor to warm up? What are the basic elements of Konstantin Stanislavski's approach to realistic acting? What does a theatrical form dictate to the actor in regard to their approach to the work? Key Terms: -bourgeois or domestic drama -burlesque -comedy -comedy of manners -comic premise -farce -genre -heroic drama -melodrama -satire -slapstick -theatre of the absurd -tragedy -tragicomedy -emotional recall -ensemble playing -magic if -realism Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Begin to draft a monologue. Classroom: lecture, articles, film clips Theatre: warm-ups, acting exercises Career Catalog: Actor Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, review rubric, career catalog rubric, blog reflection, mime performance rubric |
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Unit 2:
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Is the playwright more or less important to the creative process than the actors and the director of a production? What are the essential elements of dramatic structure? Why are they essential to effective storytelling? Key Terms: -action -antagonist -chorus -climatic structure -climax -commedia dell’arte -complication -conflict -crisis -deus ex machina -dialogue -dominant trait -episodic structure -exposition -minor characters -obstacle -plot -protagonist -representative characters -ritual -stock character -subplot Learning Activities: Creative Journal: Draft a script that brings a classic folk tale to life through dialogue Classroom: lecture, articles Theatre: warm-ups, acting exercises, script reading Homework: script review Career Catalog: Playwright Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, creative journal rubric, participation in learning activities, review rubric, career catalog rubric, blog reflection |
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Unit 1:
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How do we define art in general and what is the role theatre plays as one of the arts? Key Terms: -temporal -spatial -audience -performer -theatre space -design elements -scenery -costume -lighting -sound Learning Activities: Creative Journal: “Notice, Wonder, Discover, Imagine” worksheet. Create a short story and sketch based on an inspiration: Vassily Kandinsky's Joyful Arising, 1923, oil on canvas. Classroom: procedures, creative writing Theatre: warm-ups, theatre games Homework: My App Logo Blog Reflection: Write a response to this unit’s essential question(s). Use moments of success and challenge from the learning activities to exemplify your understanding. Assessment: Weekly quiz, participation in learning activities, blog reflection |
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