ANSC 4050 Chapter : Transgenic Animals
Document Summary
Staging, music, dance, characterizations, masks, and acting passed down from generation to generation. Based on a written play text to be interpreted by generations of performers. Theatrical conventions: rules of conduct, codes of communications. Universal properties of theatre: theatre is live, theatre is ephemeral, theatre is collaborative, theatre is a synthesis of many arts. Postmodernism: posits a world of contradictions and instability. Truths of the past are constructions created by those in power. Questions divisions between high and low art. Questions whether a canon of great works exists. Notion that we are living in a global village . Freely mix genres and styles to create new forms. Time and space are compressed through modern transportation and. Respect for neighboring cultures living under the same political system. Grew out of the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s, which raised the consciousness of marginalized groups. Performance that affirms, explores and challenges group identities, beliefs, and practices.
