Physical Theatre Techniques
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- Created on: 09-05-19 16:59
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- Physical Theatre
- not moving
- If the stage is full of characters moving, immobility can have a powerful effect.
- Mime
- This usually means stylised movement but can be comparatively realistic.
- Status
- This may be executed by use of levels or by distance or strength of contact, or a combination of all of these with voice work.
- Stance
- his is associated with strength as the body could radiate assertion and authority or weakness by stance, incorporating posture.
- Movement
- Every movement needs to be rehearsed with precision
- Gesture
- A gesture may be something small but can have emotional impact or it can be a particular movement that defines a character.
- Proximity
- ow close or far you are from your co-performers can be a source of very powerful impact. For example, the threatening gangster who speaks to his victim from a distance of perhaps a couple of inches.
- Harshness and tenderness
- Used here as umbrella terms to focus on the fact that in physical work the gestures and bigger movements come together to express the emotions of the piece.
- Mask work
- The impact of a mask is visual and without the facial features to show action, movement becomes an even more central performance instrument.
- canon
- Something occurring one after another
- Synchronization
- Synchronization is the coordination of events to operate a system in unison
- unison
- doing things at the same time as somone else
- repetition
- Reapeting an action for effect
- Chair work
- Working on chairs for an effet
- Hymn hands
- physically interact with a partner using only each others hands
- not moving
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