DRAM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Julie Taymor, High-Concept, Auteur Theory
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Objectives: what actors and audiences expect/reasons performances occur. Organization: how actors, audiences, actions, arena, and internal arrangements of. Consciousness: degree actors & audiences conscious of others and their objectives. Examples of directors, their approaches (auteur, faithful literal, intercultural, elements organized in relationship to one another. Concept: director"s determination of most important images, ideas & emotions manifested in the play and inform his/her production. Characteristics & advantages of 4 stage configuration. Lion king and tempest shift from learning module tab in huskyct (ideograph) High concept: introduces new, unexpected insights into character, story, style. Components of a play - according to aristotle. Character (how individuals are different from each other) Identity: want + effort +obstacles/conflict = dramatic action. Viewpoints developed by mary overlie, anne bogart, and tina landau. Focus on shape, time, space, movement, story, and emotion. Influences: ballet, traditional japanese and greek theatre, and martial arts. Training: heighten emotional & physical power and commitment to each.
