People not moving would distract the audience and spoil the effect. Is mime another name for Physical theatre? Mime has no place in Physical theatre. Mime and Physical theatre are synonyms. Physical theatre embraces mime as well as other approaches based on movement. What is the importance of core strength in Physical theatre? It isn't essential in Physical theatre. It enables you to make your body work as you wish to create the effects of Physical theatre.
You will be lifting a lot of other people and props in Physical theatre. Would you have to be a skilled dancer to use dance in Physical theatre? Physical theatre is only for people who have trained as a dancer. Dance and Physical theatre can't mix together. Simple or comic dance movements can also have their place in Physical theatre work.
It is about the ethos of collaboration, empowerment, of that constant desire to improve. It is about storytelling in a voice most of us do not hear. And about finding creations in places we do not always look. When Frantic Assembly is creating choreography they use different methods to create different types of physical theatre. In one way, they use different body parts and gestures to create movement; they use lifts and different ways to create relationships, and meaning behind the gestures.
Building blocks for devising; using different movements and trying several types of contact to again create relationships and meaning behind the physicality. They use light and movement to create effective pieces and styles to engage the audience. The production Stockholm was inspired by an incident that happened to a member of Frantic assembly within a house that she shared with others.
They experienced an argument between a couple which was in the house, and they heard what sounded like domestic abuse within a relationship. She was fascinated by the complex relationship and what effect they had on outsiders. They began discussing Stockholm syndrome and how a lot of couples tread on the fine line of abuse and how it can affect their social life. They wanted to create a show where the audience were those friends and their social life. Stockholm turned into an intense production which developed this effect on friends from an abusive relationship.
I have used this method before when creating my Swan Lake solo. I used a personal event and this helped me create a background story and solo which I could really get into and feel the emotions the character was supposed to be feeling. This is also based on observation and how what you see can create beautiful and inspiring work.
I would love to observe something that I want to create a piece out of. Scott Graham, co-founder of Frantic Assembly was the person who began reimagining Othello for their company.
He wanted to recreate Othello, and wanted to change it from something any other company had done before, he wanted to make sure he had made it individual and new.
A lot of physical theatre could replace exposition in the play and some of it enforces the violence of the world. Some of the physical theatre is an attempt to get deeper meanings from the characters as they are showing it through physicality rather than fully relying on dialogue.
There are moments in Othello that Frantic Assembly have really blown up and exploded and created something really amazing out of. I really like this idea of taking something you are inspired by and working from that and tackling something different. I would really like to use this working method in my own work as I like the thought of using inspiration to create a new and improved piece. He did not know where they were taking him and he had gone through different door into a boxing gym in Brooklyn.
He says the sensory overload had a lasting impression and he told me all about it when he got back from New York. He began to explore the love and nature of boxing and the relationship with boxing, which was both complicated and conflicted.
The boxing gym enthralled Steven Hoggett and he instantly wanted to learn more. Frantic Assembly decided they wants to make a show about that conflict, looking with an open mind about the attraction of boxing to those who partake and exploring their feelings about the potential for damage.
Whilst rehearsals the cast were very energised and trained hard and vigorously. Our point is that it does not matter how real it looks on stage. It is about making it feel real for the audience. You can see moments of Physical Theatre in loads of pieces of theatre you might watch, start looking out for where it is being used.
It could be moments of movement used in between scenes to further the narrative, or could be a sequence of movement which suddenly interrupts a scene. Similarly, it could be that you notice the characters in a play are all using stylised gestures throughout an otherwise naturalistic play. Ask yourself why these moments of movement have been put into the play?
What do they add to the story? How do they enhance your experience as an audience member? Using your body to tell stories is an intrinsic part of being an actor and performer and learning Physical Theatre skills is a great thing to add to your acting toolkit. City Academy run a range of adult acting and screen acting classes - Click here to find out more ».
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