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Grade and Section: ___________________________________ Quarter: SECOND
Subject: Contemporary Philippines Arts from the Region Module No.: 6

I. Title/ Subject Matter

Contemporary Performing Arts (Theatre and Performance Arts on Stage and on the Streets)
II. Learning Objectives / Learning Competencies
 Describe performance art and theater art as performing arts in the Philippine regions
 Identify the contemporary performance and theater artists and determine their contribution to the
development of performing art; and
 Appreciate performance and theater arts guided by typology of forms
III. Discussion/ Lesson Proper
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Performance, whether on theater stage, on the street, or other spaces, reflects human life and different
patterns of human behavior. It reveals human strengths, weaknesses, decisions, consequences, and everything else
human.

Performing arts include performance art, theater, dance, and music, where artists perform in front of an
audience. Performers organize their performance with the support of songwriters, choreographers, visual designers,
stage light engineers, and actors/actresses. They can alter their appearance through the use of facial makeup and
costumes. They also make use of props and light effects.

Theater Production
There are two types of performing arts discussed in this reading: performance art and theater arts.

Performance Art
Artists engaged in performance art conceptualize their acts in relation to the minimal props needed to get a
concept, an idea, or an advocacy across. They use the basic elements of time, space, the performer’s body, and the
audience who will randomly witness their performance. Their act can take place anywhere and with any length of
time. The purpose is not to entertain but to convey a message in a dramatic sense.
It is not the same as a theatrical play in the sense that it does not depict a set of fictitious characters following
a script. The performance can include action, spoken words, or sounds imitating something that is essential to the
idea they are communicating.

Contemporary performance artists challenge the audience to think about an issue, the performance may be a
satire or a commentary – a position on an issue. An example is Sam Penaso’s visual art performance at Manila
Doctors Hospital on March 28, 2015 in celebration of Earth Hour. For one hour, the use of electricity was kept at
minimum use as people participated in the nationwide effort to raise awareness of environmental preservation of
resources. During this one hour, Penaso performed contemporary painting on stage.

Theater Arts
Production
The elements of theater are varied and complex and may include the physical presence of the actors, the
colors and shapes of the costumes and scenery, sound and music, drama, and the ideas and emotions expressed by the
playwright, among other things, that dynamically interplay with each other within specific temporal and spatial
frames at each point of the performance (Wilson 1991,7).
The performance is based on dramatic text staged using techniques of theater production and enacted and
interpreted by artists, directors, designers and other personnel before audiences who are in the site of performance.
The dramatic text is an interpretation of a literary piece narrating a story with a conflict that develops into a series of
crises and ultimately, a climax.

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The story can either reach a happy or an unhappy ending.

Elements Description
Plot The arrangement of events which has a beginning, middle, and end

Character The principal material of the performance, the central focus of the plot

Thought The main idea or concept that the characters dramatize

The expression of meaning through the use of words; use formal

Language or diction language to convey meaning, establish mood, tempo and rhythm, and
internal logic; should be appropriate to the role of the character

The speaking, dancing, and singing part in the performance, which

Song or music includes sound of actors’ voices, incidental songs and background
music, and instrumental accompaniment

The visual elements of production that include characters’ movement

Spectacle and spatial relations, lighting, settings, costumes, and properties or
props

All visual aspects of a production are composed of basic elements such as line, shape, space, color, texture,
and ornament. In applying these elements, certain principles are used such as harmony, variety, balance,
proportion, emphasis, and rhythm
The director puts together a variety of elements so that the audience can sit and view a coherent
theater performance. The playwright writes the story in a dramatic format.

The theater space is usually set on stage, which has four basic types. Each type has its own
advantages and disadvantages and uniquely provide different viewing experiences.
The four basic theater stages are the following.
 In the proscenium or picture frame stage, the action takes place behind the proscenium opening or frame.
In this type of stage, the seats in the auditorium face the stage like the seats in a movie theater facing the
screen.
 In the arena or circle stage, the stage may either be raised a few feet above the floor with seats rising
from the floor level or it may be on the floor with seats raised on levels around it.
 Thrust stage is with three-quarter seating arranged in a semicircle that encloses the stage protruding the
center.
 Created and found stage space can be any kind of structure wherein its original architectural elements are
kept intact during the performance, such as lofts, warehouses, gyms, etc.

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Style in Philippine Theater Arts

Theater art consists of acting in front of an audience, uses a combination of gesture, music, dance,
sound, speech, or a narrative. Theater takes many forms, such as plays, musical, opera, ballet, or a
combination of contemporary forms.

IV. Assessment / Activity

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V. Opinions, Questions, and Reflections

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