T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Performance Art, Social Control
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Basically same reasons as going to a football game. Social control: maintains status quo, want things to stay the same. Agitation: challenge ideals, government, culture, oppression, etc. Bounded by time: starts at a certain time, ends at a certain time. Watching a recording is not theatre, it"s watching a video. Fixed boundaries i. e. stage- limits the space: designated space may or may not be crossed by audience. Collaboration: someone sells tickets at door, actor, director, stage designers, etc. Ephemeral: short lived, never exactly the same again i. e. giving a lecture. August and may content is same, but presentation is slightly different even though based on same notes. Includes: ritual and cultural performance, acts of everyday life i. e. how you present your gender think about how you"re sitting. What does it reflect about your gender: legs close together, taking up little space feminine portrayal.
