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Collaborative creation of original theatre
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Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop, Spring 2012
Engine28 - Theater Professionals on "Devised Theater"
The collaborative creation of original theatre involves a group of theatre makers (creators, designers, directors and performers) who work together practically to examine and develop ideas in order to generate theatrical material that is then structured and organized into a piece of theatre.
The piece of theatre is rehearsed and presented to an audience.
There are three parts to this process, although these are sometimes run concurrently.
The piece of theatre that has been created is not necessarily scripted in traditional forms.
Unlike play text–based theatre written by a playwright(s), collaboratively created theatre is often developed by the performance and production team that also stage it and present it.
The collaborative creation of original theatre is also often referred to as devising.
The starting point provides the inspiration for the collaborative creation of the piece of theatre. It gives a focus to the initial stages of practical exploration.
The starting point must be one of the following.
As theatrical material is drawn out from the starting point and developed, the focus and subject matter of the piece will become clearer to the ensemble and they will discover the areas of interest that yield the most material and enthusiasm as well as address the emerging intentions of the ensemble. As a result of this development, the subject matter of the final piece, which has originated from the starting point, may move away from the starting point considerably. It is important for students to track the evolution of the subject from starting point to final production.
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