Practitioners 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Drama & Theatre StudiesPractitionersAll LevelsAll boards Created by: PartiTreeCreated on: 16-04-18 16:34 Brecht (Context and Key Information) Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) wanted to make the audience think wanted to provoke a social - critical audience response epic theatre -> relies on audience's reflective detachment rather than emotional involvement 1 of 11 Brecht (Techniques) direct address narrator multi-roling gestus placards tickle and slap music and songs alienation gestic epic theatre no fourth wall episodic structure political message 2 of 11 Stanislavski (Context and Key Information) Konstantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) creates a reality for an audience by actors 'becoming' characters 3 of 11 Stanislavski (Techniques) the fourth wall feeling of truth the magic 'if' emotion memory concentration of attention intonation and pauses restraint and control 4 of 11 Berkoff (Context and Key Information) Steven Berkoff (1937-) the theatre must embrace the expressionist theatricality of the body and voice mime stylised movement exaggerated voice 5 of 11 Berkoff (Techniques) stylised movement exaggerated facial expressions direct address exaggerated vocal work tableaux mask ensemble playing minimalism exaggerated and stylised mime 6 of 11 Artaud (Context and Key Information) Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) theatre of cruelty: removes boundaries of traditional theatre performance 7 of 11 Artaud (Techniques) theatre of cruelty movement, gesture and dance masks and puppets shocking the audience attack on the emotions shocking action and images striking costumes minimal dialogue noises, screams symbolic objects 8 of 11 Boal (Context and Key Information) Augusto Boal (1931-2009) theatre grows from the interchange between actors and spectators aims to educate people out of oppression 9 of 11 Boal (Techniques) promoting social political change interactive theatre forum theatre image theatre invisible theatre theatre of the oppressed short scenes with a strong image that the audience can easily understand and identify with 10 of 11 Lecoq (Context and Key Information) Jacques Lecoq (1921-1999) physical theatre: mime (with specific focus on mask work) 11 of 11
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