Cultural Storytelling

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Across
  1. 5. Using cultural elements without understanding or respect.
  2. 7. This storytelling structure tells a story from beginning to end, in order.
  3. 9. ___adaptation is best described as balancing creativity with cultural respect.
  4. 11. The ___ was a problematic opera that used a stereotypical idea of Asia as its backdrop.
  5. 15. This storytelling tradition uses call-and-response and drumming to engage audiences.
  6. 16. Cultural stories deserve ___.
  7. 17. In playwriting, a ___ refers to a major story moment or shift in action.
  8. 20. This performance style is associated with stillness, masked performers, and spiritual reflection.
  9. 22. Theatre traditions are not ___ across all cultures.
  10. 23. This storytelling structure uses repeated themes or returns to earlier events.
  11. 24. Brazilian puppetry that includes characters of all social classes.
Down
  1. 1. This part of the story typically introduces setting.
  2. 2. This type of North American storytelling uses spoken word, chant, song, and cyclical storytelling.
  3. 3. Yoruba storytelling often involves ___ participation.
  4. 4. Avoiding ___ in storytelling means representing characters are fully human and meaningful.
  5. 6. Using cultural ideas thoughtfully and respectfully.
  6. 8. The turning point in a story is when everything ___.
  7. 10. Historically considered harmful because it uses stereotypes to dehumanize Black people.
  8. 12. Not all audiences expect ___.
  9. 13. Modern theatre ___ and adapts elements from world traditions.
  10. 14. Moral or ___ revelations communicate lessons or cultural meaning.
  11. 18. The Rule of ___ encourages playwrights to avoid unnecessary repetition.
  12. 19. This performance style is most associated with big gestures and poses, bright colors, and spectacle.
  13. 21. Wayang ___ performances rely heavily on puppets manipulated behind a screen using light.