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Welcome LA126 instructors!

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Part 1--Short Answers

0. What is meant by a pas de deux?

1. Complete the following dialogue:

 "Let's go."
 "W         t."
 "W        t?"
 "W                t."

2. In the first act of "Waiting for Godot," Pozzo enters with Lucky at the end of a long heavy rope. When they return in the second act, Pozzo, and the rope, are different. How? What is different about the tree in the second act?

3. After we saw the clip from "Lost Highway" in class, Barry Gifford told us he had just returned from Austria, where some producers are turning his work into a new form. What are the Austrians doing with "Lost Highway"?


Part 2--Essay

4. Compare the blending of traditional and contemporary in "Liaisons Dangereuses," "Lady Macbeth," and the Smuin Ballet. Give an example of a successful and an unsuccessful blend of period and modern elements in each work, using examples from the performances to support your point of view.

5. Explain the reasons why the play "Waiting for Godot" is generally considered one of the greatest works of theater of the 20th century. Are the factors which have led to this judgment evident in the ACT production we saw? Why or why not?