“Physical theatre requires no specific dance style from its performers – it is the freedom to express emotion in performance whilst integrating various acting and dance techniques.”(Quench, 2013) Physical theatre could be described as a freedom of expression that has less rules and restrictions than Dance. DV8 is a widely known physical theatre company that was founded by Lloyd Newson in 1986. Newson lived in Australia where he attended Melbourne University. Whilst there he studied psychology but after wanting to start a career in dance he joined the Impulse Dance Theatre upon completion of his course. During his time with Impulse Dance Theatre Newson toured with the company around Australia until he won a scholarship to attend the London Contemporary
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He lost one brother to heroin, another in a car crash. And John himself, after recovering from drug abuse, went to prison for arson, where he took a degree and discovered his homosexuality.” (Lloyd, 2014) This story spawned the process for the work. The DV8 website describes that the dancers were then auditioned and chosen due to their improvisation, voice projection and technique skills. Many workshops were then held to finalise the idea and develop the work further. The work was then created through a large amount of workshops and task based exercises. Lloyd worked closely with the dancers to set the choreography for each piece. This workshopping process from the interviews is an interesting way of working and workshopping from interviews was a process Lloyd has used before.
Interview process previously used in ‘Can We Talk’ and ‘John’ further from this it seems to become a theme to his works from the evidence gathered, this could relate back to his past due to him studying psychology and having an interest in studying the human mind. With his previous studies and knowledge for the human brain he may of been able to ask or find out more information from interviewies due to techniques he may of learnt in
He lost one brother to heroin, another in a car crash. And John himself, after recovering from drug abuse, went to prison for arson, where he took a degree and discovered his homosexuality.” (Lloyd, 2014) This story spawned the process for the work. The DV8 website describes that the dancers were then auditioned and chosen due to their improvisation, voice projection and technique skills. Many workshops were then held to finalise the idea and develop the work further. The work was then created through a large amount of workshops and task based exercises. Lloyd worked closely with the dancers to set the choreography for each piece. This workshopping process from the interviews is an interesting way of working and workshopping from interviews was a process Lloyd has used before.
Interview process previously used in ‘Can We Talk’ and ‘John’ further from this it seems to become a theme to his works from the evidence gathered, this could relate back to his past due to him studying psychology and having an interest in studying the human mind. With his previous studies and knowledge for the human brain he may of been able to ask or find out more information from interviewies due to techniques he may of learnt in