Searching for a Path to Authenticity Through Physical Theatre Practices as the Baron Docteur in Parks' Venus

dc.contributor.advisorGreyeyes, Michael J.
dc.creatorSilcox, Neil Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:35:19Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:35:19Z
dc.date.copyright2015-04-16
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:35:19Z
dc.degree.disciplineTheatre
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores my attempt to develop a system to help achieve authenticity in performance. My primary research involved reading the works of such authors as Kristen Linklater, Anne Bogart, Michael Chekhov, Keith Johnstone, and several others. This theoretical understanding was supplemented by personal explorations in the studio, as well as in the rehearsal hall. I then attempt to synthesize the discoveries made therein into a set of practices that I apply to the rehearsal and performance of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus. Ultimately I make the first steps toward discovering emotional access through interoceptive examination, embodied listening by deprioritizing vision and hearing, and spontaneity of action achieved through acknowledgement and acceptance of tension. Finally, I look at how I will continue this work in the future.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30066
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectTheater
dc.subject.keywordsSuzan-Lori Parks
dc.subject.keywordsAuthenticity
dc.subject.keywordsPhysical Theatre Practice
dc.subject.keywordsMovement
dc.subject.keywordsGrotowski
dc.subject.keywordsMichael Chekhov
dc.subject.keywordsActing
dc.titleSearching for a Path to Authenticity Through Physical Theatre Practices as the Baron Docteur in Parks' Venus
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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