What happens when we take away the sense of sight in the performance, can we create an immersive performance which enhances other senses such as sound, smell, touch and taste. Sight will be taken away by the use of blindfolds in the performance, sound will be enhanced by the use of headspace (using headphones). Our […]
A performance located in the imagination: The Internal and External performance space – Touch, Taste, Smell and Sound
There are many different elements in our performance, perhaps this is to constitute for the lack of sight in the performance; so that we are able to enhance every other sense to its limit. What we must address is what we want to accomplish from the inclusion of all these different layers in the performance. […]
Headspace
The concept of headspace is a common and effective component of experimental performance, and one which we are very keen to include in our piece. “Headspace is a feature of performance work that takes place largely in the head of an audience member” (Petralia 2010, p. 97), and immerses the audience member into an individual […]
Out of the ordinary, breaking conventions and pushing limits: An idea coming together
What is conventional theatre? Conventional theatre involves an audience approaching a theatre with needs of being aesthetically pleased. We go to the theatre and sit in the dark while watching a picture frame of action, many judge theatre based on what has stuck out visually in their memory or what had the biggest impact on them. This […]
BARK!: Example blindfolded performance using sound, touch and smell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpN57QokPFc BARK! a dance for a blindfolded audience: Watching a performance which explores taking away sight and using smell, touch and sound to create an immersive performance enabled us to analyse what we think would work well in a performance like this, and what we think would not be possible and would be least effective. […]