Theater of the Oppressed (Augusto Boal)
I was fascinated with the comparison between Aristotle's poetic, Brecht's and A.Boals'. Through the clear and precise explanation, what are the characteristics of each poetics, I could better understand what is the goal of the Theater of The Oppressed. The advantage of the Theater of The oppressed is it calls the audience to the action right on the spot. there is no time "for tomorrow". The audience is taking responsibility right here right now, and the focus is on the action. What is so beautiful in this poetics is that the audience becomes a performer and together on the spot the audience member tries to offer a solution or to "fix" the issue.
In terms of acting in this Theater, I found something humble and organic between the "audience" and "actors". As an actress, I always want to share my story, emotions, and feelings with my audience. After learning and watching (online) about the Theater of the Oppressed, I realize that actually, real sharing is what they are doing with their audience and not me. For example, If you perform Hamlet the audience is not welcome to jump on stage and change his destiny. Even thou I would love to see that.But here, in the Theater of the Oppressed, it is more than welcome to happen. The audience is a revolutionist of his own really. The audience member has a right to change and do something.
Here is the short warm-up based on some exercises from Augusto Boal technique:
https://youtu.be/bhH3r_xklYA
Great Ted Talk about the short performance:
Ted Talk: Shannon Ivey and State Reality
"All we need is a shift."
https://youtu.be/vcLcXeXJVDU
My question I guess would be the role of the facilitator. To me, this is not clear strategy how to make audience fully engage without forcing them. The good example for that is the first audience member in this Ted talk. He came to the stage to make a change and he disappeared backstage. The facilitator didn't give the audience enough instructions. So, I was wondering what will be a better solution in that case.
I created my mind mapping/brainstorming. It shows how I see that change between the actor and the audience members.
I was fascinated with the comparison between Aristotle's poetic, Brecht's and A.Boals'. Through the clear and precise explanation, what are the characteristics of each poetics, I could better understand what is the goal of the Theater of The Oppressed. The advantage of the Theater of The oppressed is it calls the audience to the action right on the spot. there is no time "for tomorrow". The audience is taking responsibility right here right now, and the focus is on the action. What is so beautiful in this poetics is that the audience becomes a performer and together on the spot the audience member tries to offer a solution or to "fix" the issue.
In terms of acting in this Theater, I found something humble and organic between the "audience" and "actors". As an actress, I always want to share my story, emotions, and feelings with my audience. After learning and watching (online) about the Theater of the Oppressed, I realize that actually, real sharing is what they are doing with their audience and not me. For example, If you perform Hamlet the audience is not welcome to jump on stage and change his destiny. Even thou I would love to see that.But here, in the Theater of the Oppressed, it is more than welcome to happen. The audience is a revolutionist of his own really. The audience member has a right to change and do something.Here is the short warm-up based on some exercises from Augusto Boal technique:
https://youtu.be/bhH3r_xklYA
Great Ted Talk about the short performance:
Ted Talk: Shannon Ivey and State Reality
"All we need is a shift."
https://youtu.be/vcLcXeXJVDU
My question I guess would be the role of the facilitator. To me, this is not clear strategy how to make audience fully engage without forcing them. The good example for that is the first audience member in this Ted talk. He came to the stage to make a change and he disappeared backstage. The facilitator didn't give the audience enough instructions. So, I was wondering what will be a better solution in that case.
I created my mind mapping/brainstorming. It shows how I see that change between the actor and the audience members.
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