The Body’s Memory Archives in the Process of Generating an Aesthetic Movement and `Flow Experiences` for the Audience in the Production of the Performance tXc -TOXIC (after F. Richter’s play Rausch)
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbdrama.2021.2.12Keywords:
(Non-toxic) body archives, aesthetic experience, embodiment, dance, performanceAbstract
The present enquiry is particularly interested in the performer’s body archiving memory while generating poetic movement on stage. The main site of investigation is a theatre-dance performance and the work engaged by the performers of tXc-TOXIC (after the Falk Richter’s play Rausch, an Insula Creative Hub production, directed by Cristian Grosu, choreographed and co-directed by me). The focal point of my argument is that, with proper and sustained body training, performers can easily incite and produce aesthetic movement after engaging the CI (contact improvisation) means of accessing movement and body memory.References
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Toxic after F. Richter with Paula Trifu & Dragoș Maxim Galbăn, directed by Cristian Grosu & Raluca Lupan, choreographed by Raluca Lupan, Visual Design by Cătălina Gherda, Sound & Light Design: Victor Lup, produced by Insula Creative Hub™, Accessed link at 12.07.2021, https://insulacreativehub.com/portfolio-items/toxic/.
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