DRAMA PRACTITIONERS
Having a broad knowledge of different practitioners is essential to success in drama both in written and performance tasks.
Doing AS Drama?
In Unit 1 you could relate the practitioner’s ideas to the texts that you study.
In Unit 2 a practitioner’s style could influence your final performance … it may have even been performed in that way before.
Doing A2 Drama?
In Unit 3 you have to use a known practitioner to influence your decisions and write about in your SWED.
In Unit 4 you have to come up with a concept for a production … what better way to do that than using a practitioner?
Why don’t you look up some of the practitioners below to get a more in depth insight?
Constantin Stanislavki
“the feeling of truth and belief”
http://www.biography.com/people/constantin-stanislavski-9492018
http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/cinema-and-theater/konstantin-stanislavsky/
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/09/stanislavski-method-acting-michael-billington
Bertolt Brecht
“The actor should not be the character, the actor should show the character.”
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAbrecht.htm
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/bertolt-brecht/
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/18/bertolt-brecht-arturo-ui-revival
Antonin Artaud
“Cruel to actors. Cruel to audience.”
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/36724/Antonin-Artaud
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/antonin-artaud
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200906/?read=article_moody
Augusto Boal
“All human beings are actors (they act!) and spectators (they observe!).”
http://ptoweb.org/aboutpto/a-brief-biography-of-augusto-boal/
http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/en/index.php?useFlash=1
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/12.11/15-boal.html
Stephen Berkoff
“I am very resistant to most kinds of theatre.”
http://www.iainfisher.com/berkoff.html
http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2013/09/steven-berkoff-religion-and-anarchy/
Jerzy Grotowski
“If you want to create a masterpiece, you should always avoid beauty.”
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/246836/Jerzy-Grotowski
http://owendaly.com/jeff/grotows2.htm
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Jerzy_Grotowski.html
Edward Gordon Craig
“This is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, one who records more than he has seen.”
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/141628/Edward-Gordon-Craig
http://www.edward-gordon-craig.com/
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/document-1355767026875/
Peter Brook
“reality is a word with many meanings”
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/platforms/platform-papers/peter-brook
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/video/2012/may/25/theatre-peter-brook-director-interview-video
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/peter-brook-the-theatrical-innovator/12523.html
Katie Mitchell
“I’d hate to hang around making theatre when they’re tired of it.”
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/video/exploring-multimedia-in-katie-mitchells-productions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Mitchell
Pina Bausch
“Dance, dance, or we are lost.”
http://www.pina-bausch.de/en/pina_bausch/
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/pinabausch
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/9272080/The-mighty-Pina-Bausch.html
The more you know, the more informed your performances and decisions are.
THEATRE COMPANIES
Having a broad knowledge of different theatre companies is essential to success in drama both in written and performance tasks.
Doing AS Drama?
In Unit 1 you could relate the theatre companies ideas to the texts that you study and apply their work in your performances.
In Unit 2 a theatre companies style could influence your final performance … it may have even been performed by them before that you could watch.
Doing A2 Drama?
In Unit 3 you have to use a known theatre company to influence your decisions and write about in your SWED.
In Unit 4 you have to come up with a concept for a production … what better way to do that than using a theatre company?
Why don’t you look up some of the theatre companies below to get a more in depth insight?
Punch Drunk
“a unique theatrical experience where the lines between space, performer and spectator are constantly shifting”
Frantic Assembly
“thrilling, energetic and unforgettable theatre combining Frantic Assembly’s unique physical style of movement, design, music and text.”
http://www.franticassembly.co.uk/
PUSH physical theatre
“I do not represent physical theatre as a whole … I only speak of the connections we have made on our artistic journey. We are a small but insistent voice in a world of beautiful and gifted movers…”
Complicite
“style of visual and devised theatre [has] an emphasis on strong, corporeal, poetic and surrealist image supporting text”
http://www.complicite.org/flash/
Splendid Productions
“high quality, professional, political theatre”
http://www.splendidproductions.co.uk/
DV8
“about taking risks, aesthetically and physically, about breaking down the barriers between dance and theatre and, above all, communicating ideas and feelings clearly and unpretentiously”
Trestle
“inspiration, physical, storytelling theatre”
Kneehigh Theatre
“an everchanging ensemble”
The more you know, the more informed your performances and decisions are.
Devising?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUqZPfGIX6U
Watch Scott Graham talk through how he begins the tricky devising process. Starting from basic movements to adding narrative, Scott Graham successfully shows you how to start from nothing and end up with a Frantic inspired piece. This will be particularly useful for your Unit 3 work! Miss Ellicott