An interrogation of the body archetypes in theatre making
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2014-10-22
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Manjate, Rogério
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Abstract
This practice-based research framed as a phenomenological approach, aims to
examine the elements that contribute for the physical expression of the body in the
theatre. As such it investigates the role body archetypes play in theatre performance
as visual and plastic materialisation of the text and the extent to which they
participate in generating meaning in theatre making.
By investigating selected theories, principles and strategies, it constructs a
theoretical frame for the understanding of the body archetypes principle. With
reference to the areas of archetypes and phenomenology this research constructs
the argument for the centrality of the body as a meaning maker.
The study presents a working method and analyses examples from a synthesis of
reflections generated from the performance laboratory embedded in a case study,
with specific reference to the creation of Franz and Marie – A Kind o Woyzeck. The
research highlights the process through which the body can access the archetypes
and also makes explicit the contributions of the principles of body archetypes in the
realm of theatre.
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A Research Report submitted towards a
MADA by Course Work and Research Report
17 February 2014