The chosen style of theatre my group has chosen is Physical theatre as we believe this style is the best for demonstrating our dramatic intentions to our audience while also working to each individuals strengths as a performer. ‘Physical theatre is a genre of theatrical performance that pursues storytelling through primarily physical means’. I have much to draw from physical theatre as I have studied Berkoff’s contribution to theatre. From Berkoff’s work, such as ‘Greek’, I have seen how physical theatre can be explored in a grotesque manner, while still having striking lines - ‘the man to whom my words like hard-edged shrapnel razed his brain’. I have seen many physical theatre performances such as ‘The curious incident of the dog in the night …show more content…
When he enters the justice system the judge, lawyers and court psychiatrist perform a kind of bureaucratic shuffle.’
Our groups aim and dramatic intentions for our devised piece is to display to an audience how mental health issues affect not only the sufferer but surrounding people, allowing them to objectively analyse the impact they have. Mental health is the topic of our piece which we believe that physical theatre would be the best
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The use of mime was inspired from my performance in ‘Rats tales’ when we mimed many things from cupboards to a mountain. We did this by extending our arms to a right angle to form a cupboard, accompanied by a rigid/wood-like posture. Such body movement can be applied to our own context to be interpreted in a way of our choosing. In our pieces scene here, we type with similar movements, as if dolls, cemented at the elbow.
‘Macbeth’ allowed an insight into the dance elements of physical theatre, especially when the three witches are introducing themselves to Macbeth, by moving in a very frisky and stylized manner, showing their hostile, creepy personas. Dance allows for various interpretations of a scene, as to why we introduced a club scene into our devised piece.
Aspects of physical theatre we hope to explore are: Mime, gesture, status, proximity, stance, harshness and tenderness, dance, grotesque, image and
People usually expect to see paintings and sculptures in Art Galleries. Imagine the surprise one finds when they are presented with a man stitching his face into a bizarre caricature, or connected to a machine which controls the artist’s body. These shocking pieces of performance art come under the broad umbrella that is Postmodernism. Emphasis on meaning and shock value has replaced traditional skills and aesthetic values evident in the earlier Modernist movements.
Ross, Janice. “Judson Dance Theatre: Performative Traces.” TDR: The Drama Review 53, no. 2 (2009): 161-164
Throughout the years, America has pursued the performing arts in a large variety of ways. Theatre plays a dramatic and major role in the arts of our society today, and it takes great effort in all aspects. Musical Theatre, specifically, involves a concentration and strength in dance, acting, and singing. This is the base that Musical Theatre is built upon. For my Senior Project, I helped choreograph multiple scenes in a community musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie”. Choreography is a way of expressing oneself, but it has not always been thought of for that purpose. Agnes de Mille’s expressive talent has drastically affected how people see choreography today. Agnes de Mille’s influence in the world of dance has left a lasting impact in the Performing Arts Department, and her revolutionary works are still known today for their wit, lyricism, emotion, and charm.
Butler, Judith. "Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory." Theatre Journal 40.4 (1988): 519-31. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Web. 11 May 2011.
When looking at the question Why This Play Now, it is clear that the issue of mental health is an important one to note. A recent study done by the National Alliance
“The Scottish Play”, or more known as “Macbeth” is a play set in medieval Scotland. It describes the life of Macbeth – a brave lord predicted by the witches to become the King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth, his wife powered by ambition influences Macbeth into committing a horrendous regicide. Imagery is used widely throughout the course of the play, creating a three-dimensional image of the actions, almost as if we were present. Shakespeare in “Macbeth” uses imagery to create a more detailed image and emphasize the themes of violence, murder and darkness.
The modern setting of a bustling Scottish restaurant and kitchen greatly captures the “cut-throat atmosphere” and the battles, successes and downfalls of Macbeth in the original play, while being more relatable for adolescent and even adult viewers providing a clearer view of the meaning of the play. It works like a mask for today’s viewers: it looks different, feels different and is more familiar for modern times, but it still holds the same purpose and “cut-throat atmosphere” of the original text.
A major aspect within ‘Ghost Dances’ is the characters and how they reflect the meaning of the story and what they resemble. There are two different groups of characters within this work, the Ghost Dancers and the Peasant Villagers. Each group acts o...
The author of this article focuses on the art of dancing, specifically ballet. This ballet shares many plot elements with other
However, when concerning one topic in particular -mental illness- it seems the industry is forever stuck with obscure, somber colorations. It is dated back to the earliest productions of cinema where the antagonist is characterized as having a mental illness which elucidates his or her actions. Not only does this create false pretenses of psychiatric disorders, it fuels public stigma that those suffering from an illness are either a danger to society or a public nuisance. In order to condemn such standards, the audience as a whole can urge directors, especially those new to the field, to research proper characterization of personalities to make the fictional character more true to life. Or, on the other hand, to directly influence the production team, become part of a social movement to disown films that represent the mentally ill in a unfavorable fashion. Hence, although exaggerations of mental illness have been present in film for decades, deceptions still hold a firm grip on the cultural awareness, support, and treatment of psychological disorder; however, there are ways to foster projects that encourages society to expand its spectrum in order to gain a proper understanding of how people relate to one another on a scale of humanity - illness or
Dancing is a beautiful form of expression that reveals a good deal about a person in a matter of minutes. Characters that dance in plays and novels usually flash some sort of underlying meaning pertaining to their story, shining light on themselves, other characters, and the movement of the action. In Ibsen's A Doll's House, Nora's performance of the tarantella summarizes the plot of the entire play.
Applied Theatre work includes Theatre-in-Education, Community and Team-building, Conflict Resolution, and Political theatre, to name just a few of its uses. However, Christopher Balme states that “Grotowski define acting as a communicative process with spectators and not just as a production problem of the actor” (Balme, 2008: 25). Applied Theatre practices may adopt the following “theatrical transactions that involve participants in different participative relationships” such as Theatre for a community, Theatre with a community and Theatre by a community Prentki & Preston (2009: 10). Whereas, applied theatre one of its most major powers is that it gives voice to the voiceless and it is a theatre for, by, and with the people. However, Applied Theatre practitioners are devising educational and entertaining performances bringing personal stories to life and build
Nevertheless, the question at hand is whether theatre will have a role in the society of the future, where cinema, digital television, and computers will continue to expand and grow. The answer to this question is yes. Heading into the 21st century, theatre will only be a fraction in a solid media industry. However, despite all the excitement technology brings with it, they will never replace theatre because it has something that can not be recreated or offered anywhere else. The cinema and its larger than life world appeals as an affordable alternative. Digital television provides digital interaction between the viewer and the producer. Theatre on the other hand, and its contents may take on a larger dimension, but we receive it directly in flesh and blood – one to one. The magical atmosphere between an actor and spectator who are constantly aware of each other and the theatre’s level of engagement is fundamentally more human and far more intimate.
Theatre as we know it now was born more than two thousand years ago and has gone through many streams until it reached the current modernity. Among these streams is the avant-garde theatre. This theatre achieved a break in the traditional theatre and became the forefront of a new experimental theatre. Therefore it is necessary to ask how this theatre started, what impact it had on society and if this type of theatre is still common in our modern era.