Example techniques:

  • stylised movement , including slow motion and robotic, from an ensemble of performers.
  • exaggerated facial expressions and vocal work.
  • often includes direct asides and tableaux.
  • minimalistic use of costume and set.
  • exaggerated and stylised mime , sometimes using masks.

What are Antonin Artaud techniques?

The use of Visual poetry- the use of mime, gesture, physical theatre and dance to communicate rather than the use of simple words. Creating a dream world- The use of rituals, masks, traditions and striking costumes often influenced from Bali, India and elsewhere. No scenery just symbolic props.

What is Stylised movement?

A Mime piece is a stylised form of movement which creates an illusion of reality. There is usually no speech involved. 4. A Movement drama is when the entire presentation uses only movement to. communicate to the audience this is usually non- naturalistic in style and may.

What are key techniques used by Berkoff and total Theatre?

Steven Berkoff A British theatre practitioner (born 1937) who is known for his experimental style. His plays often use physical theatre techniques like mime, exaggerated movement and improvisation. He believes that actors’ bodies should convey the story rather than relying on sets.

What is Berkoff’s style?

‘ Version 1 3 Copyright © OCR 2015 Page 4 Berkoff tells stories in a poetic and heightened way, both vocally and physically using minimal set and a non- naturalistic style with lighting and music. Characters use a mix of poetic language, sometimes Shakespearean, often vulgar and muscular, almost physical.

What type of theatre did Artaud do?

The Theatre of Cruelty (French: Théâtre de la Cruauté, also French: Théâtre cruel) is a form of theatre generally associated with Antonin Artaud.

What did Artaud believe about theatre?

He believed that many of the conventions of theatre, prescriptive play texts – ‘words’, he felt, ‘should have the importance they have in dreams’ – and proscenium arches, worked against what he saw as the magic of the form, the ritual of theatre.

What types of physical actions are used in Stylised movement?

Physical theatre techniques

  • Mime – This usually means stylised movement but can be comparatively realistic.
  • Gesture – A gesture may be something small but can have emotional impact or it can be a particular movement that defines a character.

What are the drama techniques?

Dramatic conventions

  • slow motion.
  • soliloquy (a solo speech by an actor that gives an insight into what they are thinking)
  • adding narration.
  • use of an ‘aside’ (when a character directly addresses the audience to comment within a scene)
  • breaking into song (as in Musical theatre)
  • using a chorus to comment upon the action.