DR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mimesis, Fokker E.Ii
8 Sep 2016
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Theater is: art, communication, craft, collaborative, community e. i. Mimesis: goes back to ancient greece, an imitation of human behavior, is a creative or artistic form b. i. These can be hiding some of what is happening to what is actually happening, there could be something underlying b. iv. It calls for our need and want to look for meaning, to understand and comprehend. Difference with theater and movies: theater is realm of imagination (only one stage for all settings) a. i. Draws us more to the theatrical nature: theater is a place for metaphor, theater is live, ephemeral d. i. The theater performance only exists in the present moment: sensuous e. i. Creating the environment with sight and sound (sometimes smell) e. ii. Speaks to a part of our imagination, and we can be moved by what is happening even though we know it is not real e. ii. 1.
