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Key Facts: Galicia PAU Performing Arts II / Artes Escénicas II CIUG Exam
90 min
Exam duration (1.5 hours)
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0–10
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CIUG Evaluation Criteria
4.0
Minimum Access Phase mark required
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CIUG Official Fees
100
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Galicia PAU Performing Arts II (CIUG 2026) is a 90-minute examination assessing 2º Bachillerato performing arts competencies across 5 key domain areas under LOMLOE guidelines.
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1In Konstantin Stanislavski's acting system, what role do 'given circumstances' (circunstancias dadas) play in an actor's preparation?
A.They represent the spontaneous, unscripted improvisations created on stage during live performance.
B.They constitute the physical choreography assigned by the stage director during technical rehearsals.
C.They refer strictly to the historical biography of the playwright who wrote the script.
D.They provide the factual, environmental, and narrative backdrop that dictates character behavior and choices.
Explanation: Given circumstances encompass all background facts provided by the playwright, director, and set designer—such as plot events, epoch, location, social background, and relationships. Actors use these parameters to ground their psychological motivations and make authentic character choices.
2What is the primary function of Stanislavski's 'Magic If' (el si mágico) in actor training?
A.To force the actor into a hypnotic trance state that bypasses conscious control.
B.To memorize dialogue through rhythmic repetition and physical gestures.
C.To break the fourth wall and directly question the audience about moral dilemmas.
D.To leverage hypothetical imagination, enabling the actor to react as if the fictional scenario were real.
Explanation: The 'Magic If' transforms fictional theatrical conditions into active personal stakes by posing the question: 'How would I act if I found myself in these specific circumstances?' It bridges the gap between the actor's real self and the character's imagined reality without resorting to delusion.
3Bertolt Brecht's concept of 'Verfremdungseffekt' (alienation/estrangement effect) is designed to achieve which objective?
A.Prevent passive emotional immersion so the audience critically evaluates social and political realities.
B.Train actors to perform without using spoken text or vocal inflection.
C.Create hyper-realistic illusions using elaborate mechanical scenery.
D.Induce deep emotional empathy and catharsis in spectators.
Explanation: Brecht developed the Verfremdungseffekt to disrupt theatrical illusion and distance the audience emotionally. By making the familiar seem strange, spectators are encouraged to adopt a critical, analytical perspective on the socio-political structures presented on stage rather than losing themselves in passive empathy.
4In Brechtian performance theory, how is 'Gestus' defined?
A.A physical posture, attitude, or gesture that reveals underlying socio-economic relationships between characters.
B.A vocal warmup exercise practiced before entering the stage.
C.An isolated physical gesture used purely for comedic exaggeration.
D.The lighting cue signaling a scene transition.
Explanation: Gestus combines gesture and social attitude. It represents physical deportment, intonation, and body language that reveal a character's social class, power position, and societal relationships, transforming individual behavior into a visible reflection of political forces.
5Antonin Artaud's 'Theatre of Cruelty' (Teatro de la Crueldad) aims primarily to impact the audience through which means?
A.Strict adherence to classical neoclassical prose and intellectual debate.
B.Comedic satire of contemporary parliamentary politics.
C.Quiet, naturalistic living room conversations.
D.Visceral, sensory overload and ritualistic sound and movement that assault the spectator's subconscious.
Explanation: Artaud envisioned a theatre that transcended rational speech, utilizing overwhelming light, piercing sound, incantatory movement, and visceral imagery to bypass intellect. The 'cruelty' refers to an unyielding metaphysical rigor that shocks spectators out of complacency and unleashes suppressed subconscious forces.
6Jerzy Grotowski's concept of 'Poor Theatre' (Teatro Pobre) strips away non-essential elements to focus exclusively on which core relationship?
A.The direct, living connection between the actor and the spectator.
B.The relationship between historical accuracy and costume design.
C.The technical synchronization between lighting and sound technicians.
D.The interaction between the playwright and the stage producer.
Explanation: Grotowski eliminated elaborate sets, costumes, lighting effects, and makeup, asserting that theatre can exist without technical spectacle but cannot exist without the direct, intimate contact between the actor's physical holy gift and the spectator's perception.
7Vsevolod Meyerhold developed 'Biomechanics' (Biomecánica) in reaction against which theatrical tradition?
A.Constructivist set design and industrial machinery.
B.Acrobatic circus clowning and physical farce.
C.Naturalistic psychological acting and interiority championed by Stanislavski.
D.Commedia dell'arte mask performance.
Explanation: Meyerhold rejected Stanislavski's emphasis on internal emotion and psychological realism. He created Biomechanics as an exterior-to-interior system of physical training based on efficiency of movement, rhythmic precision, acrobatics, and bodily reflexes.
8The Sanford Meisner technique centers actor preparation around which fundamental core exercise?
A.The repetition exercise, focusing attention entirely on the scene partner's behavior.
B.Choreographing fixed pantomime routines before reading the script.
C.The affective memory recall of childhood trauma.
D.Solitary vocal exercises in an isolated sound booth.
Explanation: Meisner defined acting as 'living truthfully under imaginary circumstances.' His foundational repetition exercise trains actors to shift focus outward onto their partner, responding moment-to-moment to real behavioral observations rather than internal self-scrutiny.
9In *The Empty Space*, Peter Brook categorizes theatre into four types. Which type refers to theatre that is commercial, repetitive, and lacks genuine artistic vitality?
A.Holy Theatre
B.Deadly Theatre
C.Rough Theatre
D.Immediate Theatre
Explanation: Brook defines 'Deadly Theatre' as uninspired, conventional performance that repeats stale formulas without real life or passion. In contrast, Holy Theatre seeks the invisible, Rough Theatre is populist and rebellious, and Immediate Theatre is vibrant and present.
10Michael Chekhov introduced which key acting tool to help performers access character emotion through physical embodiment?
A.The Forum spect-actor intervention
B.The emotional substitution wheel
C.The Psychological Gesture (Gesto psicológico)
D.The Verfremdungseffekt card
Explanation: Michael Chekhov formulated the 'Psychological Gesture,' an archetype-based physical movement performed in rehearsal that encapsulates the character's subconscious core desire and energy. Performing or visualizing this gesture triggers corresponding emotional states in the actor.
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