Bringing dance into the realm of theatre : Making sense differently for actors and audiences

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dc.contributor.advisorFleishman, Marken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKweyama, Mdunyiswaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-26T11:28:43Z
dc.date.available2015-06-26T11:28:43Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates what happens when dance is introduced into the realm of theatre. Firstly, it looks at how the audience relates to the combination of dance and text. Secondly, it questions whether dance contributes to the actors’ experience of creating a play. To explore these questions, two productions were created. The first was an adaptation of an existing play text that had already been performed in a realistic style; and the second was based on a novel, a text that was not originally written for performance, but which was adapted. The study argues that the presence of dance allows the audience to understand a play more viscerally, rather than only intellectually. Furthermore, it finds that adding the physicality of dance helps actors access emotions in a different way than working with only a script would allow them. The study draws on the theories and practices of a number of theatre practitioners such as Antonin Artaud, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Eugenio Barba, and dance choreographer Pina Bausch. It also focuses on Mathew Reason and Dee Reynolds’s theorizing of ‘kinesthetic empathy’as well as Josephine Machon’s theory of ‘visceral performance'.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKweyama, M. (2014). <i>Bringing dance into the realm of theatre : Making sense differently for actors and audiences</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13140en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKweyama, Mdunyiswa. <i>"Bringing dance into the realm of theatre : Making sense differently for actors and audiences."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13140en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKweyama, M. 2014. Bringing dance into the realm of theatre : Making sense differently for actors and audiences. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kweyama, Mdunyiswa AB - This study investigates what happens when dance is introduced into the realm of theatre. Firstly, it looks at how the audience relates to the combination of dance and text. Secondly, it questions whether dance contributes to the actors’ experience of creating a play. To explore these questions, two productions were created. The first was an adaptation of an existing play text that had already been performed in a realistic style; and the second was based on a novel, a text that was not originally written for performance, but which was adapted. The study argues that the presence of dance allows the audience to understand a play more viscerally, rather than only intellectually. Furthermore, it finds that adding the physicality of dance helps actors access emotions in a different way than working with only a script would allow them. The study draws on the theories and practices of a number of theatre practitioners such as Antonin Artaud, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Eugenio Barba, and dance choreographer Pina Bausch. It also focuses on Mathew Reason and Dee Reynolds’s theorizing of ‘kinesthetic empathy’as well as Josephine Machon’s theory of ‘visceral performance'. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Bringing dance into the realm of theatre : Making sense differently for actors and audiences TI - Bringing dance into the realm of theatre : Making sense differently for actors and audiences UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13140 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13140
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKweyama M. Bringing dance into the realm of theatre : Making sense differently for actors and audiences. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13140en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Dramaen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherTheatre and Performanceen_ZA
dc.titleBringing dance into the realm of theatre : Making sense differently for actors and audiencesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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