contemporary arts in the philippines

1. CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN
THE PHILIPPINES
LESSON 8 THEATER

2. THEATER
• The terms theater is refers an art form that involves performing carefully planned action and
emotion in front of an audiences.
• The Philippines theater is described as a wide range of mimetric performance that were
created the presented during occasion.

3. ELEMENTS OF THEATER
• Performers these are person who are on stage and portray their characters in a convicing way of the
audience.

4. • Audience the performers have to present in front of an audience and connect wiith them. They tend to
respond to the energy the audience show while watching the play.
• Performers space this elements may refers to the space in which the actors can perform it may also
refers to the space.

5. • Design the design is essential in placing the overall feel of production there are two aspects of design.
• Text this refers to the script. This must be represent in a particular play production

6. FORMS AND TYPES OF PHILIPPINES THEATER
• A typology of Philippines theater was developed based on other typology created by Dr. Prospero R.
Covar, a Filipino anthropologist in this typology, there are four dramatic tradition based on where
contemporary theater.

7. Dulang pahiyang in this category, theater is not viewed as a separated activity, but as part of life. Ritual fall
under this types:
• Ritual is described as a way to communicate with gods or spirits. This involves a shaman, usually a
babaylan or an albularyo, calling the spirit and being possessed by the spirit.
• Duplo is described as a poetic debate, in which the balagtasan was derived form. The balagtasan
involves poems with four lines with 12 syllables.
• bayok
• Balitaw

8. TEATRONG PANGSIMBAHAN
• This types is concerned with spiritually. This is usually performed depending on the events in the
churches calendar.

9. The following teatrong pangsimbahan
• Komedya
• Dapit
• Flores
• Hudas
• Huling hapunan
• Moriones
• Paghuhugas ng paa
• And many more

10. THEATER AS ART
• In this category theater under this category is based on western models theater is viewed as the
professional. Production values including set of design props and lights are being considered seriously.

11. INDIGENOUS THEATER
• This types of theater is usually seen in the forms of rituals mimetric customs and dances indigenous
theater has mostly qualities and is performed in communities that comprise.

12. THEATER WITH ANGLO AMERICAN INFLUENCE
• Bodabil
• Modern or orginal plays by Filipinos
• Documentary style
• Brechtian theater
• Dula- tula
• Traditional forms such as sinakulo and komedya.