assesment 1

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Physical theatre can be a very debatable form of theatre. It is debatable because there are many practitioners that define physical theatre as dance, others that defines physical theatre as a mix of physical theatre and dance.
Before starting this course I did not have a great understanding of what physical theatre was. I just saw physical theatre as a play made up of dancing. Now that I have had the opportunity to be able to watch physical theatre pieces, and I am currently in the process of creating a physical theatre performance, I now have a much clearer understanding of what physical theatre is. Physical theatre is much deeper than just dance. I find physical theatre performances really powerful, I say this because you can have a whole performance with no text, but yet you are able to tell and create a story just by physical movement gestures and expressions and emotion. So for this reason I see physical theatre more than just dance, I see it as a creative way of using movement, some aspects of dance, gesture and expression to create a performance.
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Sanchez-Colberg understanding of this is that two different genres have come together to create a new genre which consists of physical theatre and dance. Sanchez-colberg uses the term “double current of influences” my interpretation of this is that the combination of dance and theatre to create physical theatre. Both genres have come together to create one. The both compliment each other and have a influence on each other. This is what is known to sanchez-colberg as the hybrid, I agree with this theory as now that i am taking part in a piece of physical theatre I can now understand that physical theatre is a combination of dance and theatre and has other influences such as moment, gesture, expression, they are all as important as each other as they all help to build the final performance.
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Jasmine vardimond is the latest physical theatre company that i have had the pleasure of watching. I was so drawn in to the whole performance. There was many times the cast would perform an ensemble piece , where they were very much in time with each other this was very effective, and showed how much the cast in tune with one another. As watching this performance i could see that a lot of the performers were trained in different types of dance, this added individuality and creativity to the movement and dance aspects of the performance. The theatre side was very powerful also and we as the audience were able to decode what was going on, through the use of emotion, expression and gesture along with movement from the performers.
Bibliography
Keefe,J and S Murray (2007) Physical theatres: A critical reader London: Routledge

Natalie mccalla