Unit 32: Developing Physical Theatre
Physical Theatre
There are a few practices/practioners who contributed to the roots of physical theatre.
Greek theatre
Greek theatre spanned from 600BC-600AD and it began with festivals honouring Greek Gods. Plays were only allowed to be presented at the Dionysia festival. At early Greek festivals actors, directors and dramatists were the same person however, after a while only three actors were allowed to perform in the plays. Then they later decided to have a few more non speaking were also allowed to perform on the stage. This became the Greek chorus and became a very active part of Greek theatre as it helped the audience understand what was happening in the play more.
Commedia dell'arte
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She was given several awards and established the Wuppertal dance theatre in 1973. Wuppertal formed because they wanted to redefine dance around the world and were reacting to postmodernism. They helped Bausch to revolutionize herself and redefine dance around the world. Bausch was already a famous choreographer of modern dance and was an influence to the USA, Britain and Europe. She said that “she was not interested in the movement of the dancers but what moved them. “ She wanted to revive modern dance in post war Germany. She looked at everyday movements to express personal experiences. Wuppertal wanted to move away from post- modern theatre and create something more …show more content…
They both used men and women to demonstrate power struggles. Some of their work contained violent themes and they also liked to use symbolism and metaphors, this was all used to convey real life in the social and political context. They both also wanted to create a different era of dance, a more modern one that was more aligned to the present day social and political issues. They wanted people to learn from them and to understand real life. They had different methods in which they delivered their work; Bausch’s use of personal questions was somewhat unethical as was her need for an emotional shock reaction but maybe she saw this as the only way in which to get her views of feminism and gender roles across. She wanted to create something real that people could identify with. Newson wanted to deliver how interesting dance was by using topical themes like homosexuality, he wanted people to see dance in a new light and to gain emotional
Physical Theatre
There are a few practices/practioners who contributed to the roots of physical theatre.
Greek theatre
Greek theatre spanned from 600BC-600AD and it began with festivals honouring Greek Gods. Plays were only allowed to be presented at the Dionysia festival. At early Greek festivals actors, directors and dramatists were the same person however, after a while only three actors were allowed to perform in the plays. Then they later decided to have a few more non speaking were also allowed to perform on the stage. This became the Greek chorus and became a very active part of Greek theatre as it helped the audience understand what was happening in the play more.
Commedia dell'arte
Commedia dell’arte …show more content…
She was given several awards and established the Wuppertal dance theatre in 1973. Wuppertal formed because they wanted to redefine dance around the world and were reacting to postmodernism. They helped Bausch to revolutionize herself and redefine dance around the world. Bausch was already a famous choreographer of modern dance and was an influence to the USA, Britain and Europe. She said that “she was not interested in the movement of the dancers but what moved them. “ She wanted to revive modern dance in post war Germany. She looked at everyday movements to express personal experiences. Wuppertal wanted to move away from post- modern theatre and create something more …show more content…
They both used men and women to demonstrate power struggles. Some of their work contained violent themes and they also liked to use symbolism and metaphors, this was all used to convey real life in the social and political context. They both also wanted to create a different era of dance, a more modern one that was more aligned to the present day social and political issues. They wanted people to learn from them and to understand real life. They had different methods in which they delivered their work; Bausch’s use of personal questions was somewhat unethical as was her need for an emotional shock reaction but maybe she saw this as the only way in which to get her views of feminism and gender roles across. She wanted to create something real that people could identify with. Newson wanted to deliver how interesting dance was by using topical themes like homosexuality, he wanted people to see dance in a new light and to gain emotional