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Exploring the Dynamics of Performance: Rituals and Entertainment

Delve into the intersection of efficacy and entertainment in performances, from historical origins to modern adaptations. Discover how rituals evolve and new ones are invented in response to societal changes. Explore the incorporation of rituals in theatre, dance, and music, shaping unique artistic expressions.

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Exploring the Dynamics of Performance: Rituals and Entertainment

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  1. Performance StudiesRitual-Part II (pp.69-78) Spring 2007 DFL Steven Yang

  2. The Pig-Killing Dancing • Aesthetic Drama vs. Social Drama. • fig 3.16 depicts what happens at a successful pig-killing celebration. • Finally, we often find that the motives of gathering blurred.

  3. The Efficacy-Entertainment Dyad • Efficacy and entertainment forms poles of a continuum (see fig 3.17). • The purpose, context and function are important factors. • In fact, no performance is pure efficacy or pure entertainment.

  4. Origins of Performance:if not Rituals, Then What? • Social Darwinism’s distortion. • The primitives are thought to be the origin of performance. • The discovery of Greek tragedies as primal rituals. • Medievalists traced the origins of Renaissance theatre to church ritual.

  5. Changing Rituals or Inventing New Ones • With the change of social circumstances, rituals also change. • Roman Catholic Church’s reforms. • Rituals may also be invented, both by officials and by individuals. • If official rituals do not satisfy or are egregiously exclusive, new rituals will be invented.

  6. Using Rituals in Theatre, Dance, and Music • Rituals can be applied into popular entertainments. Here are three models, each of which belongs to different area: 1. Dance: Ruth St. Dennis’s research on Indian Dancing. 2. Theatre: Jerzy Grotowski’s concept. 3. Music: Philip Glass’s ambition. • The reshaping of ritual materials into new “originals work” is widespread.

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