You are watching a performance in which an actor is dimly lit by a single candle on a table next to him, which isolates the actor and the table. Despite the darkness, you can see the actor's face with great clarity, and you can see strong emotions deep within his eyes. What type of performance are ...
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You are watching a performance in which an actor is dimly lit by a single candle on a table next
to him, which isolates the actor and the table. Despite the darkness, you can see the actor's face
with great clarity, and you can see strong emotions deep within his eyes. What type of
performance are you most likely to be watching? correct answers A T.V. show
You go to your local theatre to see a live performance. During the performance you begin to ask
yourself in what ways this particular performance is different from the others you have seen
before. By doing this, you are? correct answers Developing a criticism about one aspect.
Actors differ from acrobats in their correct answers objectives
In its relationship between "actors" and "audience," an athletic event bears the LEAST
resemblance to: correct answers television
Which form of "performance" does NOT gather its audience into a special place? correct
answers television
You are walking through the park and you watch as a jogger bumps a painter who is painting the
horizon. The bump causes the artist to spill his paint all over his canvas and thus creates
something of immense beauty that causes everyone to stop and stare. Someone proclaims, "This
is true art." Which of the following is the "best" answer? correct answers The bystander is wrong
in that it was created by accident, not intention.
A theory is the result of a process of examining the nature of something, and is therefore always
accurate. correct answers false
Because live theatre is ephemeral, two different audiences will see exactly the same show.
correct answers false
Theatre is art and therefore distinguishable from non-theatrical performances, like a riot, because
art is _______________? correct answers self-conscious
You go to see a performance in a nearby city. While at the performance, you become less
interested in what is happening and your engagement with the performance diminishes. While
you might not be aware of it, this negatively affects the performers and their morale. Where
might you be? correct answers A play at a community theater.
After having seen a performance of a show, you begin to develop ideas of how that performance
and the actions of the actors are similar to normal human activity, and that the show can help you
predict other people's reactions in your real life. By doing so, you have established a? correct
answers Paradigm
Live theatre is not an artifact. correct answers true
, A basic difference among the performing arts is their different "arrangement" of temporal and
spatial relationships. correct answers true
Whenever an important element in a performing art changes, the art itself changes. correct
answers true
In a play, film, or television show, the most important people are the actors. correct answers false
Football, like theatre, depends heavily on impersonation. correct answers false
You decide to watch a performance over the weekend, but before you do, you decide to do some
research on the performance you wish to see. In your research, you learn that it was written by
one author. You are most likely seeing? correct answers A play
A performance you are watching uses masks, costumes, and dance in a ritualistic manner. While
theatre can use many different styles, you know this particular style is mostly seen in? correct
answers Ancient Cultures
With respect to degree of consciousness, theatre is more like a riot than a poem. correct answers
false
You watch a performance in which the reception from the audience is immediate, and a
connection is developed between the performers and the audience. You are watching what type
of performance? correct answers A play
Theatre is organized more like a ballet than like a sculpture. correct answers true
Film, television, and live theatre are organized, arranged, and enacted only in symbolic time.
correct answers false
Film, like theatre, is non-recoverable. correct answers false
An audience member is someone who watches a performance, but will never participate (act) in
the performance itself. correct answers false
A "paradigm" is: correct answers a model made from theories that help explain or predict
phenomenon
Theatre is to showing as novel is to telling. correct answers true
Quiz 2 correct answers
A piece of art created in 1912 is, at the time, considered one of the greatest pieces of the year.
Since those who first saw it highly revered its value, its value undoubtedly will continue to grow
and grow. correct answers false
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