Sample Presentations

Here are some student samples to check out:

https://ibtheatrereadingroom.wordpress.com/research-presentation/

The official assignment

http://libguides.westsoundacademy.org/ld.php?content_id=20841053


Examples of possible scenarios, scenes or sequences


World Theatre Tradition - Performance Convention - Moments of Theatre

 1. Kathakali                          Mudras                  A moment from the Ramayana

2. Ancient Greek Comedy/Tragedy    Gesture of the chorus     A sequence set to                                                                                                      a piece of music by                                                                                                                Jan Gabarek

3. Wayang golek puppetry     Wayang golek puppeteer         A moment from                                                                                                          Little Red Riding                                                                                                                      Hood

Resources for World Theater Traditions

I will update these as we discover more but here is a start --

Traditions you can choose from:


Comedy and tragedy                Ancient Greece
Kecak                 Indonesia
Comedy and tragedy               Ancient Rome
Wayang golek puppetry              Indonesia, Malaysia
Topeng dance                Bali
Wayang kulit shadow puppetry                  Indonesia, Malaysia
Cantonese, Yueju and Peking opera           China
Commedia dell’arte                Italy
Yuan Drama or zaju                China
Bunraku                                  Japan
Khayal al-zill shadow puppets         Egypt
Kabuki                  Japan
English Renaissance theatre             England
Kyōgen farce                Japan
Victorian melodrama                  England
Noh theatre                  Japan
Punch and Judy puppets                    England
Rakugo “sit down” theatre                Japan
Comedy of manners or Restoration comedy               England, France
Talchum mask dance                   Korea
Medieval mystery plays                  England, France, Germany
Shadow theatre                          Taiwan, China
French farce                 France
Hun lakhon lek puppetry                 Thailand
Karagozi shadow puppetry                 Greece
Khon dance drama                    Thailand
Kathakali                   India
Karagöz shadow puppetry                 Turkey
Barong (or Rangda) dance                 Indonesia
Pantomime                         United Kingdom



https://www.tokleyibforum.com/world-theatre-traditions

https://sites.google.com/site/ibtheatrearts/practitioners-and-practice

http://libguides.westsoundacademy.org/ib_theatre_research_presentation

Kathakali --

http://akhull.weebly.com/uploads/5/8/5/1/58510965/kathakali.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1c37mFAKG0

Rakugo --

https://youtu.be/ybUa1JoGTUQ

Punch and Judy --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8L5gsolJkM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybeImnbTM4s

Yuan Zaju --

https://youtu.be/8MGpwWKYQPY 

Comedy of Manners --

https://youtu.be/XUig41EMupI  

Bunraku -- 

https://youtu.be/Gz-pg8kq_Dk 

Commedia Dell'Arte --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_0TAXWt8hY

https://sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/

http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/commedia.html

http://www.commedia-dell-arte.com/

Topeng Dance --

 https://youtu.be/5VM_E2-y6AA

Cantonese Opera --

 https://youtu.be/je-rRrcGqtQ

Victorian melodrama --

 https://youtu.be/GzDZRMVZ63M

Medieval Mystery plays --

https://youtu.be/fMAFgSnDlRY

Egyptian shadow puppets --

https://youtu.be/7EfGjd5iC-A

This is the National Theater's channel on YouTube -- so many great resources here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/ntdiscovertheatre

Karagoz shadow puppetry 

https://youtu.be/b97PRbyc1-w 

Talchum dance

https://youtu.be/5cgO53tMBmI 

Kyogen 

https://youtu.be/oKfriCzdjSg 

Wayang Kulit 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-1JL4QLBCc

Noh Theatre

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTG6N0KFj4

Farce Theatre 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n493_2ljGs

Karagoz shadow puppetry 

https://youtu.be/b97PRbyc1-w 

Talchum dance

https://youtu.be/5cgO53tMBmI 

Kyogen 

https://youtu.be/oKfriCzdjSg

Kyogen

  https://youtu.be/oKfriCzdjSg

 Talchum dance 

https://youtu.be/5cgO53tMBmI

 Kathakali

https://youtu.be/E1c37mFAKG0

Director's Vision -- a Resource

https://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/drama-teachers-creating-directors-vision/

Sample /Adapted Director's Notebook Project -- Julie Taymor

Choose one of the Julie Taymor productions, and analyze it as if you were the Director. What choices did the director make and why?

Think about Taymor's themes that she highlights and her use (or not) or a controlling image like the Circle from The Lion King.

Think about the world of the play and how she creates mood, uses color or other design elements, costuming, etc.

She is very much a visually-oriented director, so look at the use (or not) of music, light, sound, of high and low tech elements.

Look also at the use (or not) of puppets since this is important to her.

Think about character and how she creates, reshapes, manipulates character.

Think about social context and messages -- how does the piece of theater "nourish" the audience like bread?

Finally, trace her influences -- what was she inspired by?

You can use some source material to help you construct the content of this project, but it must be correctly cited and you must have a bibliography. However, much of the work should be your own observations as well.

Format: This is not an essay! It is a collection of ideas and observations and connections. You can structure it in any way that you want. Please include photos or videos (or links to those) to supplement your writing. It will eventually be turned into a long blog post.

Length: The writing portion should be about 1000 words, not including the Bibliography. However, we will devote much class time to working on this!

Mask Work

Some guidelines for using masks in performance:

·         Once you are wearing the mask please do not touch it... it breaks the illusion,

·         Do not speak once you are wearing the mask... your actions and gestures will tell the story,

·         Never stand facing sideways to the audience the string can be seen... once again it breaks the illusion,

·         Never place the mask on the floor face down... it can get spoilt

·         Using a tissue/wipe give the inside of the mask a quick wipe before passing to the next person... it gets warm with a mask on.


Here is the video we watched in class:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VrFgahL4KI

“Caucasian Chalk Circle” Excerpt (Scene 3) (Bertolt Brecht)