HUMA 1780 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Harvest Festival, Dithyramb, Epic Poetry
29 Oct 2017
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Identity of community is strengthened through audience participation. First city states: political power and theatrical arts. Akitu: renewal of kingship rituals: political power o state affirmed. Theatre can repeat the convention and re-enforce that ritual or can change things and there will be new re-enactments. You can be the hero in a theatrical space. The more participatory, the better for your experience (and sales) People gather for religious festivals, enactments of historical stories; athletic competitions; initiation, marriages, funerals. First staged theatre in west: greek tragedy (hero) and comedy (fool): (c. a. Greek tragic theatre evolved from religious ritual, involving choral song dance. Often for event, a choral leader has trained a group who movie in a circle and sing in unison. Greek tragedy: developed from the choral dance and the choral dithyramb songs for dionysus. Athenian greek comedy: developed from country harvest festivals for.
