John R. Lewis Library: IB Theatre: Research Presentation

A brief introduction to the assignment:

Individual presentations (15 min. max)
Explore a theatre tradition
- Research the cultural and/or theoretical context
  - What are the unique performance conventions required of the performer in this theatre tradition?
- Identify 1 performance convention
  - practicality & physically
  - Focus on the use of the performer's body
    - Specifically:
      - gesture
      - face
      - body
      - movement
      - voice
Presentation must include:
- Physical demonstration of the student’s practical and physical explorations of the performance convention and its application to a moment of theatre.
- Reflection on the impact this has had on them as a performer & a learner

Students submit a continuous, unedited video recording of the live presentation (15 minutes maximum) and a list of sources, as well as any additional resources they have used in their presentation that is not clearly seen or understood within the video

Perspective—Candidates should approach this task from the perspective of performer.

Aim—The aim of this task is for students to:

Engage in research into a world theatre tradition they have not previously studied and understand its cultural and/or theoretical contexts
Explore a performance convention from that world theatre tradition and demonstrate the processes they have undergone to physically explore and understand this convention
Understand the performance convention as a result of practical and physical exploration of the performance convention in the body and apply this to a moment of theatre.

Understandings—Through this exploration students will understand:

How to practically and physically explore performance conventions from around the world
How to apply the selected conventions to moments of theatre
That a world theatre tradition has a fixed set of specific performance conventions unique to that tradition which do not change significantly over time
The significance and value of world theatre traditions and performance conventions to the cultures from which they evolve
The significance of learning about theatre traditions not previously studied on the student’s own development.

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

Database Passwords

(necessary when not in school)

Britannica School - High
High school leveled materials that include thousands of:
-articles
-images
-videos
-audio clips
-primary sources
-maps
Culture Grams (ProQuest)
Resources on world's countries and peoples
Gale eBooks
GVRL is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Also includes professional literature for teachers and staff.

Lewis Library

Fairfax County Public Library

Worldcat

The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance by Dassia N. Posner (Editor); Claudia Orenstein (Editor); John Bell (Editor)
ISBN: 9781138913837

Publication Date: 2015-05-21
Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre by Siyuan Liu (Editor)
ISBN: 9781138099319

Publication Date: 2017-07-01
The Routledge Companion to Commedia Dell'arte by Judith Chaffee (Editor); Oliver Crick (Editor)
ISBN: 9781138224995

Publication Date: 2017-02-02
The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre by James R. Brandon (Editor)
Call Number: 792.095 CAM

ISBN: 9780521588225

Publication Date: 1997-01-28
World Theatre by E. J. Westlake
ISBN: 9781138838055

Publication Date: 2017-02-06
Towards a Theory of Mime by Alexander Iliev
ISBN: 9780415725927

Publication Date: 2014-07-14
Movement for Actors by Nicole Potter (Editor); Barbara Adrian (Editor); Mary Fleisher (Editor)
Call Number: 792.028 MOV

ISBN: 9781621535416

Publication Date: 2017-01-03
Moving Body by Jacques Lecoq; Jean-Gabriel Carasso; Jean-Claude Lallias; Simon McBurney (Foreword by)
Call Number: 792.028 LEC

ISBN: 9780878301416

Publication Date: 2002-01-11
The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy by Magda Romanska (Editor)
ISBN: 9781138946330

Publication Date: 2015-07-24
The Viewpoints Book by Anne Bogart; Tina Landau
Call Number: 792.028 BOG

ISBN: 9781559362412

Publication Date: 2004-08-01
The Secrets of Noh Masks by Michishige Udaka; Shuichi Yamagata (Photographer); Ruth Ozeki (Foreword by)
Call Number: 792.095 UDA

ISBN: 9781568365909

Publication Date: 2018-11-13

	The History of Theatre on the Web Maintained by Jack Wolcott (retired) University of Washington School of Drama
	The WWW Virtual Library of Theatre and Drama Pointers to resources in more than 50 countries around the world, for professionals, amateurs, academics and students of all ages.
	TheaterHistory.com
	Library of Congress The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment 1870 - 1920 The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Works Project (1935 - 1939)
	New York Public Library: Theatre (Best of the Web) This is a list of over 100 links for websites about theater. You'll need to scan it or command-F search it for keywords.
	PlayShakespeare.com "The ultimate free Shakespeare Resource", includes theatre reviews of current productions of Shakespeare's plays.
	TheatreLinks.com - Stagecraft

Folger Shakespeare Library

The Research Presentation Journal

Make a copy of this document and add it to your IB Theatre folder in your google drive. You will need to refer back to the document throughout the research process.

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