Reflection on my mock solo piece: I preformed my piece with the intention of showing the audience snippets of a characters life. I wanted a character that was not only relatable (not only to those working or having lost a

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Context:  Augusto Boal: Born on the 16th of March 1931, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Boal is famous for being the founder of The theatre of the Oppressed, a company that used theatre in order to get people to try and

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The theorist the theory and the context: • Keith johnstone started as the head of the courts script department and played a major role in the development of the ‘writers’ theatre.’ • Author of the triumphant court plays Brixham Regetta and

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Theorist and Context: Born 12 December 1921 in Paris France  He is most famous for his methods on physical theatre, movement, and mime that he taught at the school he founded in Paris, L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq from 1956  Studied mime

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jeongju kim. (2013). Bongsan Talchum Basic Movement . [Online Video]. 24 July. Available from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmkYD5ZAfcs. [Accessed: 22 October 2015]. Sejong Cultural Society. (2012). Bongsan Talchum Basic Movement . [Online Video]. 6 January 2012. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hafKhb2shPw. [Accessed: 22 October 2015]. Byungman Son. 2012. Sejong Cultural Society. [ONLINE] Available

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Pataka Mudra - Clouds  Pataka Mudra - River Pataka Mudra - Cutting Pataka Mudra - Opening/Closing Tripataka Mudra - Crown/Signifies Krishna Tripataka Mudra - Tree Pataka Mudra - Paper & Tripataka Mudra - Writing Ardhacandra Mudra - Moon  Ardhacandra Mudra

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Yesterday I attended a solo lesson with an Indian Dance teacher in London. During the lesson I was taught about Mudras and how this would be used in Kathakali. I also learnt a Dance which Incorporated these Mudras. We started the

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What is mudras?  Mudras is the use of specific hand gesture to convey themes, words and messages to the audience. As there is no use of voice these gestures are key in showing the story/play. Mudras can be split into 4

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What is Kathakali and where did it originate?  Kathakali is a type of dance-drama that originates in south Asia. It was first discovered between the sixteenth and seventeenth century in the Malayan speaking areas of south-west India, now known as the

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Lovesong is a play revolving around a couple who live together in their house and they reflect back upon the past life they had together.  My directorial vision for lovesong evolves around the idea of reflection and the passing of time

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My production, called 'Lovesong' has the aim of revealing to the audience the passing of time and more importantly how valuable this time is. I want the audience to leave the performance with a refreshed outlook on life and the idea

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Lovesong is about a married couple who live simultaneously as their younger selves. In this production, I want the audience to be left with the thought that time is limited and life is worth living. We should not dwell in the

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List of sources:   BIBLIOGRAPHY Zarilli, P. B., 2000. Kathakali Dance-Drama; where gods and demons come to play. London: Routledge.  URL - https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=8aKEAgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=kathakali+drama+&ots=VswqK90Xnf&sig=FhofeSQHBHWavYoLPwgVkw4RL7Q#v=onepage&q=kathakali%20drama&f=false Bolland, D., 1996. A guide to Kathakali. Third ed. New Delhi: Sterling Publihers Pvt. Ltd.  Centre, K. K.,

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http://asianhistory.about.com/od/arthistoryinasia/ss/KoreanMasks.htm  web  https://cross-currents.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/e-journal/photo-essays/saeji.pdf essay http://knutimes.com/news/article.html?no=688 article https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dxHQqLz5HBUC&pg=PT14&lpg=PT14&dq=talchum+mask+dance+korea&source=bl&ots=9nqeVRQFM8&sig=64-c-jtv5iL3lJEm6315QoC0p5I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwATgKahUKEwjM9Y2c-aDIAhWCDhoKHY-gAnY#v=onepage&q=talchum%20mask%20dance%20korea&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GE1vBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=talchum+mask+dance+korea&source=bl&ots=pujeiVzqDZ&sig=ie0Gx5GCgKRagEIl11ezOySUR7s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgKahUKEwjM9Y2c-aDIAhWCDhoKHY-gAnY#v=onepage&q=talchum%20mask%20dance%20korea&f=false http://www.koreaaward.com/kor/309 https://weyesweb.wordpress.com/category/korean-dance/talchum-%ED%83%88%EC%B6%A4 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iVBFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA181&dq=talchum+mask+dance+korea&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCGoVChMIoIu56oChyAIVxloaCh1_egMx#v=onepage&q=talchum%20mask%20dance%20korea&f=false http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Culture/view?articleId=121717 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmkYD5ZAfcs file:///C:/Users/rao_e15/Downloads/Chapter%203.The%20Concept%20of%20Korean%20Folk%20Dance.pdf       deotbaegi chum, a free-style cheerful dance movement; and baegim sawi,  http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Culture/view?articleId=121717 sawichum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5OgEtMN8ZQ song

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In our double lesson we watched the theatre production Lovesong which was produced by Frantic Assembly. It was the story of a couple and their growth. This included the current day much older version and the younger versions of themselves.

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Year 13! So year 13 has started and it is already stressing me out!! Over the summer holidays we each worked on our mock solo theatre piece for HL. We were tasked with creating an original piece of theatre based

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Becketts Quad  On Monday we started a new performance, which was Becketts Quad. Harry was assigned to be our director as he has not had a go at being in the role of director before. We spent the first two lessons

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Evaluating our progress  On the first day back we had a double lesson. We spent half the lesson talking about solo pieces and evaluating what the task actually was. We realised that most of the task revolved around the written report

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