Greece
The area of the Greek stage where actors performed.
What is the orchestra?
Someone who plays / performs capoeira.
What is a capoeirista?
These are worn in Noh theatre to amplify the drama of the performance. They often represent spiritual beings and animals.
What are masks?
The name of a character common in the stories of West Africa and the Caribbean.
A commedia character who is arrogant and foolish. This character speaks nonsense, but talks a lot.
Who is Il Dottore?
This group of 5-50 actors provided information to the audience to help them understand what was going on in the story.
What is a Greek chorus?
A foundational stance and movement in capoeira. It's name means "rocking back and forth; to swing."
What is the ginga?
These are placed under the Noh stage to amplify the sound of the performers' stomping.
What are clay pots?
The year of the earliest recorded theatrical event, which were the passion plays of Ancient Egypt.
What is 2000BC?
The area of the body that leads when moving as Zanni.
What are the knees?
All plays performed by the Greeks fell into one of these two genres.
What are comedies or tragedies?
The circle in which capoeira is played, as well as the performance event itself.
What is the roda?
The number of noh plays you would see at a traditional noh performance.
What is 5?
Stories that are passed down verbally, but are not written down.
What is orature?
"Gags" or jokes that are added into a commedia dell'arte play or performance.
What are lazzi?
The large semicircular or horseshoe shaped spaces where Greek theatre performances were held.
What is an ampitheatre?
A form of theater which emphasizes the use of physical movement, as in dance and mime, for storytelling.
What is physical theatre?
The movements of actors in Noh, which are choreographed using these basic patterns.
What are kata?
The lyrics to the Nigerian call and response song, "Che Che Koolay."
What is..."Che che koolay / Che che kofisa / Kofisa langa / Langa chi langa / Oops! Adende!"
Two reasons why commedia dell'arte was watchable by people across Europe, no matter their language or social class.
What are...Stock characters, Lazzi, Identifiable costumes and masks, Improvised dialogue, Mime and acrobatics, or Music?
Three specific performance techniques used by a Greek Chorus.
What are...Speaking in unison, Singing, Dancing / Interpretive movement, Standing in specific formations, or Narrating?
A form of capoeira that has slower movements that are close to the ground. The most common movements are kicks, executed from a crouched position with one or both hands on the ground for support.
What is Capoeira Angola?
One form of Japanese theatre that we did not study in class. (Describe or name it.)
What is bunraku (puppet theatre), kabuki (dance theatre), or kyogen (short, comedic theatre)?
Three ways we still see the influence of early West African theatre today.
What is...Call and response, Audience participation, Improvisational acting, Standing in circles for theatre games, or Musical theatre?
The English translation of "commedia dell'arte."
What is comedy of the professional artists?