The earliest recorded actor.
Who is Thespis?
Is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another.
What is Polyrhythm?
The term for a traditional storyteller in West Africa.
What is a Griot?
The main purpose of Native and Tribal art.
What is Utilitarian Purpose?
Greek term for a “City-State”: a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.
What is a Polis?
How did drama originate within early cultures?
What are Religious Ceremonies?
How do we know that Egyptians had music if no notation survived?
What are Hieroglyphs?
This ceremonial dance is performed by numerous agricultural peoples, especially in the southwest, where summers can be extremely dry.
What is the Rain Dance?
The hyper-naturalistic features that emphasize every flaw, creating portraits of individuals with personality and essence
What is the Verisitic Style?
The spread of cultural items—such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages—between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another.
What is Cultural Diffusion?
The first five books of the Bible's Old Testament.
What is the Torah?
The three types of African Tribal dance?
What is Religious, Griotic, and Ceremonial?
The first stage of Greek sculpture.
What is the Archaic Period?
An epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia is regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Known as the "Seeing Area" in Greek theatre.
What is Theatron?
The oldest known instrument from Mesopotamia.
What is the Golden Lyre of Ur?
This dance is believed to increase the productivity of a village that it is performed in and is seen as a tool of unity for the Guro community.
What is the Zaouli Dance?
This defined the Classical Period in Greek art.
What is Two- and three-dimensional achieving naturalistic features?
In about 2600 B.C.E. this writing began to represent syllables of the Sumerian language.
What is Cuneiform?
A three-day tragedy competition in Athens in roughly 500 B.C.E.
What is the Great Dionysia?
The oldest, instrument dating from 41,000 B.C.E.
A dance that is mostly associated with Zulu culture.
What is the Indlamu Dance?
Full-body images kept in homes and shrines. As part of a ritual, individuals presents offerings to them.
What are Cult Figures?
This individual believed Catharsis was important when it came to the individual and theatre.
Who is Aristotle?