Deck 6: Performing

Question 1

What is 'nonmatrixed performance'?

A) performing outside of conventional theatre spaces
B) doing something onstage other than playing a character
C) switching roles within a single performance
D) operating as both performer and audience

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What type of performers practice 'received acting'?

A) extras
B) ballet dancers
C) performance artists
D) kabuki performers

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In realistic acting, how does the actor relate to the role?

A) She is enclosed within it.
B) She moves in and out of the role.
C) She conforms to the rules of the role.
D) She "stands outside" the role to a certain extent.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In Brechtian acting, how does the actor relate to the role?

A) He is enclosed within it.
B) He moves in and out of the role.
C) He conforms to the rules of the role.
D) He "stands outside" the role to a certain extent.

Question 5

Bertolt Brecht was greatly influenced by a performance he saw by which of the following artists?

A) Mei Lanfang
B) Allan Kaprow
C) Carolee Schneemann
D) Lee Strasberg
E) Ruth St. Denis

Question 6

Codified performance forms involve years of:

A) formal training
B) improvisation
C) script analysis
D) all of the above

Question 7

Which of these is not a key element of a show trial?

A) demonstrating the power of the state
B) an intent to scare or control the public
C) an outcome determined in advance
D) televised proceedings

Question 8

How does Schechner describe the relationship between our sense of self and the role that we play?

A) a psychological mobius strip
B) a psychological spinning top
C) a psychological golf ball
D) a psychological Rubiks cube

Question 9

Why does Schechner say that even realistic acting is codified?

A) because it is based on learned behaviors
B) because we are not used to telling the difference between codifed and realistic styles
C) because it is often improvised
D) because reality is coded as 'natural'