Discuss three non-theatre events that a performance studies scholar might consider "performative" or theatrical. What elements make these events performance?
What will be an ideal response?
• Football games—movement sequences are "choreographed" and "rehearsed," they are presented in front of a live audience, involve "costumes," players take on specific roles.
• Trials—some aspects are "scripted" and use codified language, designated "stage" and "audience" areas, must happen live.
• Weddings—parts are scripted, often involve conventional symbolic acts (walking down the aisle, exchanging rings, the kiss), require an audience, often incorporate music
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a. Nebuchadnezzar b. Cyrus c. Ramses II d. Hammurabi
Why is Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons known as program music?
a. He composed it for one of the orphans' performances, or programs. b. Its purely instrumental music is connected to a story or idea. c. Its episodes contrast back and forth with the musical score. d. The music follows the program and rhythms of speech.
Which of the following recordings do NOT combine elements of Indian music with jazz or pop music?
A. "Barso Re" (PL 8-33). B. "Joy" (PL 8-30). C. "Raga Sindhi-Bhairavi" (PL 8-21). D. "India" (PL 8-24).
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the first Holy Roman Emperor for
a. building the monastery at St. Gall, Switzerland. b. agreeing to support Leo in the First Crusade. c. Christianizing the people of his vast empire. d. driving the Germanic Lombards out of Italy