Session 6: Module review

In session 6 we had a review of the module so far and reflected on the practitioners we had seen to begin thinking about how they could influence or own work. Here are my notes from the module review.

Blurring boundaries

-Going beyond narrative structure

-Brechtian style of representation, announcing stage directions and changing character on stage.

-Actors do not neccesarily have characters.

Elements

-Suspension of linearity means looking at performing in a non chronological order. Doesn't always have to be a beginning, middle and end.

-Using dreams as a way of suspending time

-Text is not the only thing that is important as contemporary performance is collaborative, more emphasis on theatrical elements

Drama

-Aristotle's "mimesis"- imitations of actions and movement.