DRAM2021 Making Meaning: Space and the Body

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Overview

This topic develops the ability of directors, designers, and dramaturgs to shape meaning in dramatic narratives through the dynamic interplay of space and the body. The topic traces the evolution and contemporary manifestations of the drive to break down barriers between spectators and performers, and to engage the audience’s complicity in the act of performance. Students will engage with performance making for non-traditional theatre spaces, including in-the-round, traverse, immersive, and virtual reality spaces. At the heart of this work is the study of storytelling through space via the body, and the body in space.

Aims

This topic aims to:

Develop students’ understanding of the dynamics of space in performance, and how those dynamics may be incorporated into the creative process of conceiving and delivering a production
Equip students with the skills to shape and control meaning in non-determinative live and virtual spaces including in-the-round/installation/virtual reality
Enhance students’ awareness of both the innate spatial dynamics of various architectural forms of real and virtual performance spaces, and the capacity of the creative team to instigate spatial dynamics through design and the interaction of the performers’ bodies

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Handbook

Making Meaning: Space and the Body

DRAM2021

4.5 Units

Overview

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