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This document provides an overview of different theatrical forms and styles as well as skills for performance. It discusses realism, melodrama, tragedy, comedy, classical, and musical theater styles. It also covers acting skills like connection, communication, believability, and labor. Additionally, it outlines important voice skills for theater like projection and warmups. Stage directions, blocking, and common stage types are briefly introduced.

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This document provides an overview of different theatrical forms and styles as well as skills for performance. It discusses realism, melodrama, tragedy, comedy, classical, and musical theater styles. It also covers acting skills like connection, communication, believability, and labor. Additionally, it outlines important voice skills for theater like projection and warmups. Stage directions, blocking, and common stage types are briefly introduced.

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APPRENTICESHIP AND EXPLORATION IN Realism - The attempt to present onstage

THE PERFORMING ARTS people and events corresponds to those


Ms. Cherry Mae Panong observable in everyday life.
Lesson 1 Theatrical Forms Melodrama - Historically, a distinct form of
drama popular throughout the nineteenth
Theatrical styles are influenced by their
century that emphasized action, suspense, and
time and place, artistic and other social spectacular effects; generally, melodrama used
structures, as well as the individual style of music to heighten the dramatic mood.
the particular artist or artists.
Lesson 2 Skill Development & Performance
Tragedy - involves a serious action of
universal significance and has important Acting/Performance - Acting is the art of
moral and philosophical implications. performance. Actors portray characters and tell
- The disastrous outcome of a stories using dialogue, body language, and facial
tragedy should be seen as the inevitable expressions.
result of the character and his or her 1. Acting is connection
situation, including forces beyond the 2. Acting is communication
character’s control. 3. Acting is Believable
examples: 4. Acting is Labor
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare 5. Acting is Human
• Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Voice for Theater - In theater, the voice is
• Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare imperative for both speaking and singing. With
• Romeo and Juliet by William their voices, performers communicate the
Shakespeare dramatic truths of the characters through the
Comedy - a play that is light in tone, is dialogue of a play or the songs of a musical.
concerned with issues tending not to be Voice Projection - is the ability to use your voice
serious, has a happy ending, and is loudly, powerfully, and clearly while acting,
designed to amuse and provoke laughter. singing, or speaking.
Classical - A type of theater that relies Voice Projection Tips
upon imagination. Classical theatre usually • Know your text • Understand your space
contains lofty, grand prose or free verse •Warm up your voice •Breathe deep
dialogue. Good examples are the • Deliver to the back of the • Speak authentically
Elizabethan dramatists such as William Stage Directions
Shakespeare.
Musical Theater - Broad category which
includes opera, operetta, musical comedy,
and other musical plays.
- It includes any dramatic
entertainment in which music and lyrics
(and sometimes dance) are integral and
necessary.
examples:
Blocking
• The Sound of Music
• Precise and planned movement of actors on
• Hamilton
stage
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Always taken from the actor's perspective
TYPES OF STAGES
1. Proscenium

2. Thrust

3. Arena

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