| Description |
2 DVDs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD-R, NTSC. |
| Performer |
[disc 1] Stan Won't Dance, Forced Entertainment, Goat Island, Sankai Juku. [disc 2] Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, Liam Steel. |
| Note |
"In 2006 Pumpkin TV embarked on a collaboration with Stephen Pritchard to produce a series of ground-breaking educational resources for drama students and teachers ... [includes] Creating physical theatre"--Producer's website. |
| Summary |
Features interviews, live footage, and workshops with such leading physical theater companies as Stan Won't Dance and Forced Entertainment. Presents ideas, strategies, and methods for adding physical dimensions to performance. It traces the history and bases of physical action, considering the influences of Artaud, Stanislavski, and Brecht; offers games and techniques that free the body and generate physical action; explores the relationship between text and action; covers choreographing and scoring physical action; and shows how to use physical theater in the classroom. Disc 1 material can be accessed by either the performance group or by topics; disc 2 contains abstracts from movement workshops, as well as an example of General Certificate of Secondary Education student work. |
| Subject |
Stan Won't Dance (Dance group)
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Stan Won't Dance (Dance group) |
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Forced Entertainment (Theater company)
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Forced Entertainment (Theater company) |
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Goat Island (Performance group)
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Goat Island (Performance group) |
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Sankai Juku (Dance group)
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Sankai Juku (Dance group) |
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Movement (Acting)
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Movement (Acting) |
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Theater.
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Theater. |
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Dance.
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Dance. |
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Butō.
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Butō. |
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Modern dance.
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Modern dance. |
| Genre/Form |
Educational films.
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Educational films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Rotie, Marie-Gabrielle.
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Steel, Liam.
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Davies, Grant.
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Pritchard, Stephen.
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Stan Won't Dance (Dance group)
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Forced Entertainment (Theater company)
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Goat Island (Performance group)
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Sankai Juku (Dance group)
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Pumpkin TV (Firm)
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Insight Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Body in performance |
| Music No. |
DAM4333 Insight Media |
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