Physical Theatre
Physical theatre is a general term used to describe any mode of performance that pursues storytelling through primarily physical means. There are several quite distinct traditions of performance which all describe themselves using the term "physical theatre" such as:Dance, Puppetry, Noh, Kabuki, Butoh and Tadashi Suzuki’s actor-training method.
Physical theatre may utilize pre-existing text, but the primary focus is on the physical work of the actors, expressed through the use of their bodies. It is a highly visual form of theatre. The action in physical theatre may have a psychological base, or symbolic resonance, or point to an emotional centre, or have a clear storyline, or any combination of the above, and it may grow out of codified forms, improvisational work, or invented gestural language among other means of creation. However, the means of expression are always primarily physical rather than textual.
Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_theatre
Tadashi Suzuki
Tadashi Suzuki is the founder and director of the Suzuki Company of Toga(SCOT), Chairman of the Japan Performing Arts Foundation (JPAF), Artistic Director of the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC), and the creator of the Suzuki Method of Actor-Training.
[Please ensure you have a copy of excerpt from The Way Of Acting by Tadashi Suzuki]
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First comment. :DD
ReplyDeleteIs Tadashi Suzuki the same company who makes the cars Suzuki™? i wonder o.o
Ciao.
PS: First post (:
Whats my prize? :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
PSS: Can you please enable students the powers to use HTML in our posts? Much appreciated. (L)
Firstly, we've been through this, Suzuki did not make cars, he's the inventor of the Suzuki Actor-Training Method. Secondly, no you don't get a prize, I was referring to the VERY first post EVER on this blog. Well done to Nafu.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to enable html but Blogger makes life difficult. If you can find a way around it Michael, please let me know. Ta.
"Blogger has several built-in measures for dealing with comment spam and other associated dastardly behavior."
Only five html tags are accepted:
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OMG how could they do that for so long? it aches my legs just doing it in class. hahaa; the clips cool , GOO TADASHI SUZUKI!! (:
ReplyDeleteomg i loved todays class so much it was awsome miss really liked focusing on a spot on a wall i found it very calming although my legs are hurting like hell is was awosme so thankyou
ReplyDeleteWOW! NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT! WONDERFUL! ;) LOL
ReplyDeleteGlad you all liked it. It's great to try something new isn't it? Some may find it very strange and that's ok too. We're all different, we just need to push ourselves and do the best we can. There's something for everybody in this course!!! Plus it's a heads-up for VCE Theatre Studies!!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteOK 1st of All Todays Lesson Was Theee Best I laughed so much that I came home with a stitch.
ReplyDeleteCreating the different moves on the spot was FANTASTIC and amazing!! I enjoyed watching it and I wouldnt of wanted the actors on stage to stop ;)And without planning or anything they made an ENDING to it.!
BTW My LEGS HURT =[
nice
ReplyDeletethe stomping is like the easiest thing they do! :P lol
jesus and christine! IN THE FLASH BOXX MAHN THEY ARE SOO GOOD ! THE WAY THEY FOCUSE ON THEIR BREATHING AND THE BALANCE OVE EVERY SINGLE MOVE .MAHN IHT WAS REALLY GOOD WATCHING THEM DO THEIR THING!:D:D OH YEAH WHATS THE RHYME SAYING THEY SAY IN BETWEEN MOST OVE THEIR MOVES AND POSITION!
ReplyDeleteWEL YEAH THE EXERCISES LOOK REALLY HARD AND THAT IHTS NOT TO SHOW HOW STRONG YEW ARE BUHT IHT UR ABILITY TO TELL UR BODY WAT TO DEW! ...hahaha.. PROFESSOR MARCOS MARTINEZ IS AYE GREAT INSTRUCTER AND REALLY STRICT!