Thursday, November 12, 2015

RESEARCH A THEATRE COMPANY (COLLAB PROJ)

EX MACHINA

- QUEBC BASED
- ROBERT LEPAGE

PHILOSIPHIES
- MULTIDISCIPLINARY
- HARMONY BETWEEN THE RECORDED ARTS AND PERFORMANCE ARTS
- SIGNIFICANCE ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS
- SURPASSING POLITICAL, LINGUISTIC, AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES BY UNITING AUDIENCES THROUGH A FOCUS ON THEATRICALITY AND NOT TEXT
- "CREATIVE STYLE RESTS ON INTUITION"


CREATION STARTING POINTS FOR US
*IMPROV GAMES
*VERTICAL THEATRE
*LEPAGE FOCUSES ON REAL LIFE STORIES THEN "REMIXES" THEM
*EMPHASIS ON STORY MORE THAN TEXT 
*START COLLECTING IDEAS AND FEELS RATHER THAN A RAW PLAY TEXT
*CROSS CULTURAL
*ANECDOTES, OBJECTS, PLACES, HISTORICAL EVENTS, MEMORIES
*LOOK FOR CONNECTIONS/PATTERNS AND LET IT GROW FROM THERE



TECHNICAL FOCUSES
- LIGHTING
- MOVEMENT
- SPACIAL RELATIONS
- SOUND NOT AS A TOOL FOR LITERAL COMMUNICATION BUT AS AN OVERALL CONTRIBUTOR TO THE VIBE
- FILM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChdeR--QIbw
^ Lepage and Ex Machina's "Lip Synch"
Story that intertwines nine separate lives spanning seven decades.
"Lip Synch has taken its starting point on an exploration of the human voice, which Lepage has called the DNA of the soul."

Blues + Opera 

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