Canary Islands PAU Performing Arts II study guide
Canary Islands PAU Performing Arts II · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Artes Escénicas II is the optional second-year Bachillerato subject examined within the Canary Islands university access procedure (PAU/EBAU). Candidates normally sit it to raise their admission score for degrees in performing arts, music, primary or early-childhood teaching with an arts profile, humanities, communication and cultural management, or simply to certify a solid grounding in theatre before an audition-based conservatory or Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático route. The Canary Islands PAU Performing Arts II study guide has 8 sections and about 3,282 words.
01Fundamentals of the performing arts: theatrical language, dramatic structure and genre
This domain tests whether you can read a play as a performance score rather than as a novel with dialogue. PAU questions typically ask you to locate the conflict, map the structure, name the genre, and explain how theatrical language produces meaning on stage.
439 words, about 2 min02History of theatre and performing arts: from antiquity to the present
This domain tests chronology with causation: which social, technical and institutional conditions produced which theatrical forms. You need names, periods, typical venues and the reason a change happened, not a list of dates.
488 words, about 2 min03Text, dramaturgy and staging: from dramatic text to the stage
This domain tests the bridge between dramatic text and performance: what a dramaturg does, how a director reads a text, and what changes when page becomes stage. PAU questions may ask you to justify cuts, propose a staging idea, or distinguish adaptation from version.
405 words, about 2 min04Acting, direction and stagecraft: performance, mise-en-scène and production
This domain tests how performance is made: actor training, the director's shaping role, and the stagecraft that turns intention into visible action. Questions often ask you to identify a rehearsal problem and solve it with staging, or to distinguish acting from directing.
405 words, about 2 min05Scenography, costume, lighting and sound: visual and technical space
This domain tests scenography as visual dramaturgy: set, costume, lighting and sound are sign systems that organise meaning, not decoration added after the acting. PAU questions may ask you to propose a design, justify a cue, or distinguish diegetic from non-diegetic sound.
421 words, about 2 min06Music, dance and body in the performing arts
This domain tests music, dance and the body as theatrical languages in their own right. Questions may ask you to analyse a musical cue, explain how dance produces meaning, or discuss the trained body as a sign system.
360 words, about 2 min07Contemporary performative practices and new media
This domain tests contemporary performance beyond the dramatic text: performance art, devised and participatory work, and new media. Questions may ask you to classify a practice, analyse an audience relationship, or assess the role of technology.
342 words, about 2 min08Reception, criticism and analysis of performance; Spanish and Canarian theatrical heritage
This domain tests how performance is received, described, interpreted and evaluated, and it tests Spanish and Canarian theatrical heritage. Questions may ask you to distinguish review from criticism, analyse a reception claim, or place a Canarian author in a tradition.
422 words, about 2 min