CRITICAL CONTENT IN ARTS

K to12 Enhanced Basic Education Program

ARTS: Theater
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Why include a study and application of

theater and festival in the fourth quarter?

Fourth quarter serves as the culmination of the

lessons from 1st to 4th quarter.

Ex. Grade 7:
1st quarter – Arts & Crafts of Luzon
2nd quarter – Arts & Crafts of MiMaRoPa Region and
the Visayas
3rd quarter – Arts & Crafts of Mindanao

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Why include a study and application of

theater and festival in the fourth quarter?

Theater is considered as a synthesis of all the art

forms.
Theater/festival/performance-making is a higher
order thinking activity.

Take note of competencies used in describing the

processes of coming up a showcase piece: mount,
devise, perform, improvise.

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Why include a study and application of

theater and festival in the fourth quarter?

It becomes a space for exploration on the mutually

reinforcing relationship between the visual and
performing arts.

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Why include a study and application of

theater and festival in the fourth quarter?

It becomes a space for exploration on the mutually

reinforcing relationship between the visual and
performing arts.

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Conflict / Tunggalian

the heart of drama

(Lahos Egri)

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Basic Story-building

Each sub-group will select a traditional theater form

in the Philippines.

The members may select from the examples of

theater forms given during the lecture (shadowplay,
komedya, senakulo, sarswela, bodabil).

They may make use of other traditional theater forms

not included in the lecture.

Popular theater forms/performances found in nearby

provinces / communities where the workshop is
conducted, must be included in the selection.
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Basic Story-building

Always start with a tableaux or a frozen image

as an introduction to each component of basic
story-building: Beginning – Middle – End.

Provide a good transition from one component

to another.

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Showcase Mounting

1. Once the storyline is finalized by each

subgroup, time will be allotted for them to
mount/rehearse the showcase.

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Showcase Mounting

2. Each sub-group will improvise props and

accessories using art materials that will be
distributed. Make use also of malong, blankets,
balabal, table cloth and other available textiles
for improvised costumes.

(Note: This is a simulation of the lessons &

activities during the 1st to 3rd quarter. The art
outputs from each of the preceding quarter
may be used in the light of a pre-determined
showcase on the 4th quarter.
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Showcase Mounting

3. Use your navigational skills on the internet in

researching designs, motif, and music for your
showcase.

4. Put a prologue and epilogue for the

showcase pieces. Arrange the sequence of the
performance by coming-up with a scene
breakdown.

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Showcase Mounting

5. Conduct a rough run-through of the

showcase pieces, plus the prologue and the
epilogue. In the run-through, rehearse also the
curtain call.

4. The performance of each subgroup should be

5 to 7 minutes only.

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Things to Remember:

1. Process (simple to complex)

2. Priming is important

Release games

Improvisation

Showcase
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Things to Remember:

3. Read / Research!!!

Prepare well in handling the activities.

Read about theater forms in the Philippines. It

will be difficult to handle the training, if the
speaker had limited reading or research about
theater in the Philippines.

Watch Nicanor Tiongson’s

Dulaan, A Documentary on Philippine Theater
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKaOHZrAvCw)
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Things to Remember:

4. Though, the lesson on Theater and Festival at the

fourth quarter is geared towards the use or showcase
of artistic outputs from the previous quarters,
emphasize also the acting component in the
performance.

Acting is defined as “living truthfully under the given

circumstances of the scene.”

The same principle applies in conducting a showcase

of festivals, wherein the learners are expected to
demonstrate a certain level of conviction as regards
to what they are performing.
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