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General discussion of performance a) What holds elements of performance together b) Relationship between systems of staging c) Coherence or incoherence d) Aesthetic principles of the production e) What do you find disturbing about the production; strong moments or weak boring moments 2 Scenography a) b) c) d) spatial forms: urban, architectural, scenic, gestural, etc relationship between audience space and acting space systems of colours and their connotations principles of the organi ation of space ! relationship between on!stage and off stage ! links between space utili ed and fiction of the stasged dramatic te"t ! what is shown and what is implied #$ %$ Lighting system Stage properties ! type, function, relationship to actors& bodies '$ Costumes ! how they work; relationship to actor&s bodies ($ Actors performances a) b) c) d) e) f) +$ indi)idual or con)entional style of acting relation between actor and group relastion between te"t and body, between actor and role *uality of gestures and mime *uality of )oices how dialogues de)elop

Function of music and sound effects

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Pace of performance a) b) c) o)erall pace pace of certain signifying gestures -lighting, costumes, gestures etc) steady or broken pace

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Interpretation of story-line on performance a) b) c) d) e) f) what story is being told what kind of dramaturgical choices ha)e been made what are the ambiguities in performance and what are points of e"planation how is the plot structured how is the story constructed by actors and staging what is the genre of dramatic te"t

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e!t in performance a) b) c) main features of translation -script to stage) what role is gi)en to the dramatic te"t in production relationship between -written) te"t and image

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Audience a) b) c) d) where does the performance take place what e"pectations did you ha)e of the performance how did the audience react role of the spectator in the production of meaning

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"o# to notate $photograph and film% this production a) b) how to notate performance technically -12&s book3) which images ha)e you retained

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&hat cannot 'e put into signs a) b) what did not make sense in your interpretation of the production what was not reducible to signs and meaning -and why)

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Are there any special problems that need e"amining Any comments, suggestions for further categories for the *uestionnaire and the production

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