Exploring Physical Theatre EXTRACT - DramaWorks

Exploring Physical Theatre CONTENTSPAGEINTRODUCTION: WHAT IS Physical THEATRE3 PART 1 THE ORIGINS OF Physical THEATREa] HISTORICAL INFLUENCES5b] FOCUS ON COMMEDIA DELL ARTE7c] MICHAEL CHEKHOV11d] VSEVOLOD MEYERHOLD13e] JACQUES LECOQ15 PART 2 PRACTICAL EXPLORATION: PREPARATION AND TRAINING EXERCISESa] WARMING THE BODY UP18b] TRAINING THE BODY23i] Separating the parts of the body23ii] Control25c] TRAINING IN ENSEMBLE WORK AND SPATIAL AWARENESS27i] Games that require group collaboration27ii] Spatial awareness29iii] Group movements30d] MIME AND CLOWNING34e] MASKED AND UNMASKED40f] COMMEDIA DELL ARTE45i] General Commedia training45ii] Some practical hints on the main Commedia characters49 PART 3 PRACTICAL EXPLORATION: PUTTING THE TRAINING INTO PRACTICEa] RHYTHM, SOUND, VOICE61b] CREATING PLACE AND ATMOSPHERE67c] USING OBJECTS71 d] CREATING CHARACTERS AND METAPHORS TO SURPRISE AN AUDIENCE74 PART 4 PRACTICAL EXPLORATION: USING Physical Theatre IN TEXT AND DEVISINGa] WITH TEXT97b] AS AN APPROACH TO DEVISING 102 CONCLUSIONS 104copyright 2011 2 INTRODUCTION All Theatre is Physical - how can it not be, when the actor s body is involved in a setting which is also a Physical space?

made by their bodies and the links with our own experience are filled in by ourselves. It is a two-way process. In Physical Theatre the energy created by the live relationship

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