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At the end of the performance, we decided to perform the song.
The movements started of in cannons then in sync.
As we move with grace and fluidity the movements because shadowed by the singers, this is because the staging wasn't right, the singers were suppose to be centered stage allowing us dancer to move with liberation rather than being small and managing the space.

Also because people were missing the movements were falling apart when we had to go down in the last pose.

This was a great experience even tho we weren't finished, I feel we did our best especially when people are missing, it's hard to get things done easily.

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Pool No Water Song Run Through 17/5/2018

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In this video me and Zeba showed our contact work. we used dialog and some different element of high and low. we also made use of eye contact. Although the use of the space we used was minimum.

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This is very relatable to what me and Sabrina did for Costume.
The first costume we came up with for scene 9; Sabrina showed me her moodboard which was filled with creative ideas. I drew from that moodboard and put together everyone's costume.
This shows team work and trust between one another.
For our final idea Sabrina also wrote up all the list of things I need to put together for each character with the help of the characters profiles I created helped me finding the ideas for each character.

The only thing that slowed us down a little bit was the fact we hadn't sorted out transitions.
And transitions tells us how often we can change Costume on and off stage.

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Karen Smith is the Head Tailor in the Costume Department at the National Theatre. In this film she explains the development of a costume from the original design, right through to fitting.

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What I got from this clip is the fact that they are creating costume based on the characters, making it realistic and simple. Rather it being costume.
This relates to what I did a few weeks back, I went around asking each characters to describe themselves and also tell me what their dressing style are.
This helped me create costume for scene 9 which was filmed.
Because it's a very naturalist scene, the outfits doesn't look costumies they look more real, and I feel the audience will relate to the dressing style.

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The Costume Department at the National Theatre take great care to make garments that look and feel just like real clothes. This film explains some of the tricks and techniques they use to get all the details right.

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First look launch nto scene 6.
Personally am not in this scene what so ever, however we wanted to create a naturalistic aothmopher for this scene, meaning people who doesn't have dialogue for this scene will be ok no the background scene.

This scene is a hospital scene and we wanted to create that natural feel to it.
Firstly, each background character has to pic an genda so our walk has a purpose to the overall scene.
My agenda is a check up as a pregnant women.
While others are visiting friends or relatives or coming in for a injuries.

So far in this clip is what we have got.
For next lesson we'll develope on it further by refining it further.

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23/3/18 Exploration on the opening scene

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23/3/18 Exploration on the opening scene

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Using movement and sound to create art.
We each picked what kind of art we want to present, i presented art as painting, they others presented it as picture and music. when we think of art immediately we typically think of painting so we used other things that are artists and filled with creativity.

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Unlike the National Theatre with be big productions; We're a small company, which means little productions and small yes like me and Sabrina.

We also don't have the knowledge they have and we support that with the research make.
I personally have an experience on seeing and creating things.
I was a textile students in secondary school and that experience allows me to pick out materials that is suitable in our production
For example if we're moving alot on stage we will need to way Strechy fabrics so we don't get restricted from moving.
Also wen it comes to makeup, we have assigned everyone oh how they should look, because we won't have the time putting on makeup for every single character.

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Costume, Wigs and Make-up at the National Theatre

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Discussing our initial idea with the marketing team.

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Initial idea with my partner on clothing and makeup for the characters.

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What We Know Now That We Din't Know Before

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What We Know Now That We Din't Know Before

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We did some hand and legs stretches.
Its important to stretch the arms and legs after the muscles are warm, to release stress and tension.
which helps with my flexibility and strenth.
This is helpful in the opening scene of our piece, when i use the easel i have to extend my arms and this help me elongate the arms and feel less strained.

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Rehearsal Directors Workshop 23/3/2018 c

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Movement routine for the song "Warfaring Strangers" devised by Helen and Zach.

The vision for this movement is  a journey, creating a path and a sense of  togetherness as a group, this also reflects our friendship.

The use of lounges as we ripple across the stage is a start to a journey and it also connects with the song.

We also have moments when we lean on eachother, which shows a strong emotional bond between the groups, when we use the impact and elastic movements to create that idea of a blooming flower, it translate how the group want to break free through art.
I mean breaking free by them becoming the greatest artist they wanted to be rather than having one of their own being famous.

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Pool (no water) - scene 4 devising practice No. 7

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In this video we worked on breathing exercises, tongue twisters and core strengthening warm up.

The tounge twister helps with articulation and diction, this is going to help me with my lines in the play.
The breathing exercise will help me manage my breathing and because this piece is going to use lots of physical movement we have to be able to breath from my diaphragm.

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Rehearsal Directors Workshop 23/3/2018 d

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Mood Board of colours for Costume ideas.pptx

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The costume we have picked for the characters is nothing they can't provide, which means we cannot hire costume, however we can reuse costume in terms of the ones we purchased from the productions budget.
For example we are buying the hospital gown for the hospital's scenes, this can be use in future productions.

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Careers at the National Theatre: Costume Hire Assistant

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Idea on costume for characters and scenes.

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Celine and Sabrina discussing ideas for costumes

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This is inspired by artistry, one of the theme being portrayed in Pool (no water).
Although the dialogue might not translate what am try to translate from the video.
he music, the movement, the paint and lastly the poetry are all examples of art.
And i feel the our performance as a company shows arty in such clarity and understanding.

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18/5/18                                           Actors quote

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18/5/18                                           Actors quote

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Today we explore actors quotes that defined the meaning of acting in their ow statement.
We were told to pick a quote from a famous actors, i picked Bruce lee.

From what i got about my quote is yo have to be a plain canvas that can be forme and shape into a charater, and everytime you play a character they're like chapters.
Each chapter close in other to become another character.
Most importantly, you have to believe in your self because if you Don't put on the work and become hopeless you will "crash" .
In other for us to be "formless like water" we have to be open minded

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Me and Sabrina worked on costume which was drawn from our mood board.
We also made sure the costumes were created based on the time set of the play 90s-early 2000.
lastly we have created a mini character profile on each characters personality and their dressing style as their character.

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This warm up helps improve how i respond to direction and  how quickly i react on it.
And because were are starting a new production this will be useful during the process.
This relates  to Pool (No Water) because as a group they all wanted to be like their friend 'She'  tryin to follow her pathway with no suceess.
Stephen leading this warm up can represent she leaving her best life but the rest desperately wanting that lifestyle

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Rehearsal Directors Workshop 23/3/2018 e

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Feedback on the Warm up and how it helps us in this production.

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Feedback on the Warm up and how it helps us in this production.

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Contact and awareness warm up/ reacting and using the voice.

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Contact and awareness warm up/ reacting and using the voice.

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This warm up is about team work; using eye contact and keeping that awareness at all times, reaction and responding in various ways.
For example we using our voice that   help me think of how i use my voice  when speaking as my character.
Do i use a high pitch or low pitch, and i have to observe how loud i am in able for the audience to hear me.

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Rehearsal Directors Workshop 23/3/2018 e

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In this video Zach directed us in using objects to create sounds and i picked a pen.
because its an unusual object and it will have a contrasting sounds to what other people use to create sound.

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Creative Team rehearsal and ideas 1 23/3/2018 b

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This video was inspired by today's rehearsal.
We used our hands and feet to create sounds.
And each sounds are different from people, when combine they create a rhythm.

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Body Percussion Class Finds Rhythm at Rutgers

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On our last production Romeo and Juliet, we use our body to create iambic pentameter sounds.
this relates to what we are trying to translate, however we are making This realistic while keeping it artistic.
Going the idea of art in a less typical way people see.

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Creative Team rehearsal and ideas 1 23/3/2018 h

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we improved on the idea of using sounds to creation movement while making sounds.
The idea is to have audience coming in as have make movement around object.
each of us had to pick what type of artist we are around the object.
i picked a painter, while others were dancer and photographer creating an artistic balance of the meaning of 'art'.

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Creative Team rehearsal and ideas 1 23/3/2018 d

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In this clip the sounds build up in addition to the movement in the background.

The other characters around the space are  creating a naturalistic aothmophere giving the idea of gallery.
we also problem solve on how fast the sound comes in in other for the others to get the que to end the scene.

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Creative Team rehearsal and ideas 1 23/3/2018 e2

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In this clip Zach gave us advice on how we position our body as artist, creating a smooth and also refine movement to make us look like professionals.
Which creates variables of movement using levels, highs and low to show status.

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Creative Team rehearsal and ideas 1 23/3/2018 e1

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Creative Team rehearsal and ideas 1 23/3/2018 Evaluation

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Choreography director

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We started exploring the idea of using naturalistic movement in scene 2.
Although we haven't yet decided if this scene will require just the characters speaking or with other characters.
This is a seven sequence movement with two beat with every change.
we use twist and tuurn, also interacting with the chair.
Creating a  sharp movement in contrast making the pace slow sometimes.

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Today we focused on the opening scene.
Each group has movements sequence we came up with the easels, for my group me and Molly ran in with syn, our movements uses dynamic of fast and slow gestures.

One thing I noticed in this clip is when we were carrying Sabrina (Sally) I and Zach are not lifting up properly, and it shows because she looks off balance.

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opening section run through 20/4/2018 c1

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This warm up helped me with how consistent i am when moving and the ability I have to move in certain ways.
It also helps me with floor work and how I can device movements from the floor movement.
Most of all it helped me stretches my arms, release any tention from the muscles and improving in my flexibility.

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These warm up helped me with my travelling skills and how I moved around the space.
It also help me with movement patterns and how consistent my movements are.
Lastly, I have improved on my barrel jump technique.
By bending my knees and swaying my hands high to rotate.

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This vocal exercise was focused on the front diaphragm.
We're we draw our strength and breathing from.
This strengthens and improves on our breathing techniques as well as having the stability when it comes to strengthening the muscles while doing plank.
And because we will be moving slot in scenes we need that support of breathing to help when speaking.
This way we don't get out of breath while speaking because we're managing our breathing

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We did a vocal warm up on breathing from the side diaphragm.
Which helps us manage our breath when speaking and moving at the same time.

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This helps with weak vocal cords and improves the chest voice.

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Molly gave us techniques on scene 2 when we bring in the phone.
She wanted to create a movement that would make us exerting the scene looks professional, and having a purpose to come on stage rather than walking in and out with no purpose.
We were also told to walk through the feet produce less noise.

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In this clip of scene 2 we were also given advice on the pathways we take and spacing.
Having that contact within the person we are pacing the phone to, when Ch create a sense of community as friends.

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This exercises have helps me  generally on how I speak and the way I manage my breath by breathing form my diaphragm.
Also, posture helps to improve the amount of hair I fill up on.
Most importantly after the lifts and bristol movements in scene 5, I have to deliver my lines.
The warm up helps me.control my breathing so I can project and articulate better.

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We did vocal warm up to help us release muscle tention on the jaw, which increase the blood flow on the face and helps us articulate better.
We also did the vow songs to help with diction and pronouciations, this will help me when dilivering my lines in scene 5, I really need to articulate on the words"twisted, crunched and Crunched".

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This routine was quick to learn and also had some technical movements.
Using isolation by moving the head and not the rest of the body, they are lots of hand movements and leg movements, also the use of pelvic.
Using the pelvis to lead is something we had done before an we can use that in one of the scenes.

My strength was the fact I adapted to the movements very quickly.
My weaknes is being in time with the music.

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Our Purpose for scene 5 as our character

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Our Purpose for scene 5 as our character

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In this clip I 3:00 discussed my purpose of being in She's house, what had happened and what are my feelings towards her at the reunion.

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Vocal warm up lead by Tyon.
We did various warm up which was lead by everyone, we each came up with a warm up exercise.

I came up with scales from low to high note.
This helps with head and chest voice.
It also helps with the diaphragm diamond.
The other way ups we did l, helped me release tention from my facial muscles, this way I can articulate and project better in scenes, especially scene 5.
I need to be able to articulate on the words clearly.

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Today was focused on running through scene with transitions.
Unlike, last week when we did the first scene the lifts weren't as high and we didn't rehearsal the scene from transitions to next scenes.

The blocking for the scenes are visible for the audience to see from the side to the front of stage.

Although, my line in scene 3 is quite directed towards the front, however because of the movement of my hands being held back and my body forward it gives the audience at the side to view the scene.

Strength:
My projection was clear in scene 3.
Improved on the lift with Sabrina in the opening scene.

What I need to improve:
My movement need to be consistent and sharp in the opening scene.
I also need to make sure that when I walk in at scene 2, my movements are fast, sharp and also my turn is smooth and fluid.

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Today we worked on characteristics, how we act in a certain events, in this case gallery.

This scene is for the opening of the play, it needs to. E intriguing and clear to the audience.

We were told by our teacher to ; walk around like we are in a gallery, while doing so act natural, pause when needed by looking in a perticular object that seems interesting. This way we are creating that calming authmosphe that gallery has also it allows the audience to understand the purpose of the scene.
This exercise helps me on how to apply details in everything I do, especially in the opening scene being around the easels, they way I stare at it, the way my hands move and by body it creates that artistic flow through the environment.

Towards the end of the exercise we worked on when she was walking through the middle of the easel.
As one of the characters from the group I feel amazed by her presence, we see her as someone worthy Thana the rest of us, that's why we keep eye contact with her as she walks through the middle.

For me next rehearsal I want to be able to work on the running section, by thinking of my pathway, this is because the easels are in the way.

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Evaluation of status impro and rehearsal 18/5/2018

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We focused on developing scene 6.
Unlike the last time we did this scene we hadn't put up the rostra, now that the rostras are up we decided to place the background chairs on top of it.
This way all the main focus is downstage centre while the extras at the background are upstage.

I also changed my reason as a background character f on being a pregnant lady to having a broken arm.
I was to to change it by my teacher because it doesn't quite feet the environment, if I was to be pregnant the is a different department ward for me to be in so being injured feets my place in that scene.

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23/5/2018 Positive thoughts about my character

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23/5/2018 Positive thoughts about my character

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This exercise helped me with how my characters things in terms of positive to negative sides.

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Negative self thought about my character

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Negative self thought about my character

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This part of the exercise is about my character and how what negativity I have about myself.
As Sally I feel because she's an introvert especially this time in her life, she feels more negative than positive.
She's losing hope and tired of being sick.
She knows her friends are there for her but her inner saboteur is saying otherwise.

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Chiama shared her vision on her production role.

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Chiama shared her vision on her production role.

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Chiama came up with an opening scene filming, using water sound effects and blood cells to foreshadow the play.
I think it really reflects to the theme of drugs and also having lots of moments spent in the hospital.
Also the sound effects really has significant on Pool (no water) as a whole.

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Themes and key moment from the read through

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Themes and key moment from the read through

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Themes and idea that we got from the read through.
we also=o write question based on some expressions , feelings and characters we don't understand.

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I did a presentation on the theme of Pool ( No Water).
I talked about how we can use physical movements.
I also discussed ways we can translate the idea of pool on stage through different resouse.

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In this video we worked with the easel, getting familiar with it and it's weight of the easel across the space.
We were playing with the idea of Gallery opening for the opening scene, using the easel to created; movement while travelling across the space, using physical movement and showing unity as a team.

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Exploration of the opening scene using the easel as a gallery opening.

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Exploration of the opening scene using the easel as a gallery opening.

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We created a short sequence using the easel.
Creating artistic movement that could be developed in the opening scene.

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Character/ facial reactions and emotions

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Character/ facial reactions and emotions

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Unlike the other clip, this was the second run through of the opening scene.
One thing that was improved was the way we carried Sally and they way we dropped her down, lounging down to give.mwe stability and dropping her legs first.
The is more energy than the last clip and I feel we are going great with the opening scene.

For next lesson I want to be able to improve this further.

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Costume Presentation for filming in scene 9

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Costume Presentation for filming in scene 9

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29/5/18 scenes 9 & 10 read through & discussion

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What i got from this video is no matter how natural you think you will behave in front of a camera especially in documentry, your characteristics change.
you becaome a diffrent person, and that's because you feel nervouse or fear depending on the senerio.
We don't act like ourselves because we feel we are putting on a show for the camera, and once we realise our purpose we start to come to reality excepting the situation.

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Best Advice On Getting Documentary Subjects To Be Natural On Camera by Patrick Creadon

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This website was really useful in terms of being naturalistic. making audience feel the realism my emotions through my character.
It also talks of the history of how narualism began  and was being use more from 19th to 20th centuary.
Additionally, i have to be naturalistic by not only acting natural, it has to be visible through;my voice, and sound i make, through little gestures and also how i communicate with other characters on stage.

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Naturalistic Acting is when the acting seems to replicate real life and shows the realistic version of it, through performance, naturalism creates a world that could almost be our own , through theatre.The great Stanislavski developed the idea of naturalistic acting and also argued with the theory, (Which we will talk about further down) as he wanted his actors to become emotionally and psychologically involved with their roles, in order to create a convincing, realistic performance. It was acting based on truth and a realistic approach to it, Usually When preparing for some naturalistic pieces, actors often spend some time on really trying to 'live' the role they are playing, meaning to put themselves in the characters shoes and really delve into in order to create a convincing performance on stage.

his idea was the "Stanislavski's system, which i s a progression of techniques used to train actors to draw believable emotions to their performances. The method that was originally created and used by Stanislavski from 1911 to 1916 was based on the concept of emotional memory for which an actor focuses internally to portray a character's emotions onstage." , this is a technique that is used very much so in today and has been carried on in history

This as we know , was known as method acting! Usually characteristics that would kind of define this were characters in pieces who act like and talk like real people, it is set in a real life situation , in places like homes, bars , restaurants , naturalism can usually deals with real issues lke social/political issues!

When Did I cover Naturalistic Acting? How has it helped me?

Over the past month , we have really looked into more naturalistic acting. From the research it has taught me that Naturalism is an art to produce something real, I like this type of acting as it is not over the top and could really give a message across. we have covered this before, for example It is all about toning down , when we worked with my director Gavin , although we were doing filming , we looked a lot into naturalistic acting , and not being too animated , being real people , with honest performers , taking into account the feelings of our characters and making the emotions all in the face but not being a complete big clown or over the top performer , we were trying to give honesty. For me personally watching myself back it was something i struggled with , because as a performer i have always been over animated in my face , as my characters have always been sort of "larger than life" characters who are very out there , so for me to strip back was a mission. we did develop this by getting into character , not to go as far as full on method acting but to really delve into the character , and imagine how they would feel , and put yourself in there shoes which now when I look back you could see the improvement!

Also with the tristan bates showcase we also looked more deeply into naturalism , and finding a way to still make a big character realistic and believable. For example I played a character Called miranda from a piece called NSFW- Lucy kirkwood , who is a loud , bossy , full of herself character , now when I got the character my immediate thought was to be big , completley over the top and play the clown , but when working with bronagh , we talked about inhabiting the character , and feeling what she feels because the truth is funnier , and the realer i played her emotions and reactions the better it would be , and although it was bigger it was definatley more natutral , also with another scene called "totally over you" , which is four girls breaking up with there boyfriends, the scene is a fun heightened scene but working with bronagh , we realsied that when the reactions were honest and sincere , that's when it worked the best , which now i have been able to take these skills with me , and when i now get a monologue , i will look into it more and delve more into the character!

Naturalism was first advocated explicitly by Émile Zola (a french writer) in his 1880 essay entitled Naturalism on the Stage. Naturalism is known as movement in European drama and theatre that developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries! It refers to theatre that attempts to create a perfect illusion of reality through a range of dramatic and theatrical strategies! so like i spoke about before it is more about "three-dimensional settings" , real speech forms , which people actually use and a real world view nothing supernatural but something real! Naturalism is used within theatrical performances to demonstrate to the audience or show the audience how this would appear in real life. Naturalism is used within many drama pieces to show the true feelings of the characters, this helps the characters to touch the audience with their feelings properly and appropriate, so to make the audience feel something! Naturalistic writers were influenced by the theory of evolution of Charles Darwin.They believed that someones heredity and social environment can determine someones character. It is said that "One could make the case that Naturalism merely a specialized variety of Realism." Realism was a movement in the 19th century that developed theatre , with the aim of working more on real life texts and performances, Unlike naturalism realism seeks only to describe subjects as they really are, where as naturalism also attempts to determine "scientifically" the underlying forces for example the characters enviroment and hereditry(back ground story) influencing the actions of its subjects. I do personally see the link between the two , and how they were developed! but i do believe naturalism goes deeper than realism! Naturilism was not popular and was criticized in the twentieth century by many theatre practitioners , but without the movement , theatre would not have been the same.

I feel although Naturalism was looked down apon for the theories of delving into something to deep and the idea of being truthful, I feel without it theatre would not have been the same as it it is today , including all aspects of acting , I think naturalism really does have an effect to a performance , and unlike what some people in the 19th centuary believed not everyone wants to see something unrealistic and heightened for entertainment , it was the theories of things like naturalism which allowed us to show truth and believabilty , giving the audience something to react to , giving them something to believe , something that is scientifically close to our own world.

doing naturalistic acting is something that i do enjoy and , i think it changes a performance completley , it is something I definatley need to work on though , as it is something i still struggle with , it has been really interesting looking into this topic and I wish to continue researching.

MEYERHOLD.

Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold was a Russuan theatre director, actor and theatrical producer, he joined the company of the moscow art theatre. He was quite experiemental with the idea of theatre. He was inspired by stanisklavki! His idea looked at experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism.

A quote I found interestingwas :

"Meyerhold was primarily concerned with integrating the two dimensionality of set design with the three dimensionality of the actor's body. Meyerhold was in search of a new kind of theatre; one that could widen its emotional potential to express new thoughts and ideas and reflect the times in which he was living."

To be this is really interesting and brings the concept of naturalism to mind because , it is the idea of reflecting the truth through the body , and making it real ,think he was obviously inspired greatly by Stanislavski and his ways but took that on to develop it.

Biomechanics : " Biomechanics was a system of actor training developed by Vsevolod Meyerhold. Its purpose was to widen the emotional potential of a theater piece and express thoughts and ideas that could not be easily presented through the naturalistic theater of the period"

To me this show the development of stanislavski's work in the abilty too present the truth and reign in on the actors thoughts and expressions to create something that has the idea of truth and believability and was a key step forward in naturalism.
Styles of theatre? :
With naturalism becoming a hit and improving greatly , many techniques and styles were coming about , for example Epic theatre was derived from this idea.
"One of the goals of epic theatre is for the audience to always be aware that it is watching a play: "It is most important that one of the main features of the ordinary theatre should be excluded from [epic theatre]: the engendering of illusion.", Epic theatre was a reaction against popular forms of theatre, particularly the naturalistic approach pioneered by Constantin Stanislavski. Like Stanislavski, Brecht disliked the shallow spectacle, manipulative plots, and heightened emotion of melodrama."
This is interesting for me , as it shows how some methods were taken and then improved, and that it was all about not being too absurd , which is a great contract to people like Antonin artuad which was to take the audience out of there comfort zones , and into a different place, the idea of epic theatre wasto show this to people in a realistic way. also we know that epic theatre has progressed , as people like peter brook adapted this , and he is a much more modern practitioner , it is great to see how these techniques are brought into a much more modern context.

Told by an Idiot sets out to explore the human condition by celebrating and revelling in a style of theatre that is bigger than life. The company seeks to acknowledge the artifice of theatre and makes no attempt to put reality on stage. We remain, however, fascinated by the fine line between comedy and tragedy that exists in the real world. Through collaborative writing, anarchic physicality and a playful but rigorous approach to text, the company is committed to creating a genuinely spontaneous experience for the audience - See more at: http://www.toldbyanidiot.org/about/history/#sthash.TH0tGB2z.dpuf

Many Companies have taken on these ideas and theories on in today's life look into these fields today as well as adapting them and taking on the ideas of naturalistic acting and , take for example Told by an idiot a company founded in 1933 ,

Told by an Idiot sets out to explore the human condition by celebrating and revelling in a style of theatre that is bigger than life. The company seeks to acknowledge the artifice of theatre and makes no attempt to put reality on stage. We remain, however, fascinated by the fine line between comedy and tragedy that exists in the real world. Through collaborative writing, anarchic physicality and a playful but rigorous approach to text, the company is committed to creating a genuinely spontaneous experience for the audience - See more at: http://www.toldbyanidiot.org/about/history/#sthash.TH0tGB2z.dpuf

Told by an Idiot sets out to explore the human condition by celebrating and revelling in a style of theatre that is bigger than life. The company seeks to acknowledge the artifice of theatre and makes no attempt to put reality on stage. We remain, however, fascinated by the fine line between comedy and tragedy that exists in the real world. Through collaborative writing, anarchic physicality and a playful but rigorous approach to text, the company is committed to creating a genuinely spontaneous experience for the audience - See more at: http://www.toldbyanidiot.org/about/history/#sthash.TH0tGB2z.dpuf

Told by an Idiot sets out to explore the human condition by celebrating and revelling in a style of theatre that is bigger than life. The company seeks to acknowledge the artifice of theatre and makes no attempt to put reality on stage. We remain, however, fascinated by the fine line between comedy and tragedy that exists in the real world. Through collaborative writing, anarchic physicality and a playful but rigorous approach to text, the company is committed to creating a genuinely spontaneous experience for the audience. for me this shows the idea of bringing the non - natrualistic acting , and is very artaud and brecht , making things larger to life , but also remains close to the truth having the element of bringing reality to the stage and walking the fine line between comedy and tradegy , this to be highlights the contemporary context of these techniques.

Another company is DV8 who are a very physical company , who portray many stories through movements , taking very real ideas , but then inhabiting movement , which is very meyerhold and stanislavski , using this movement to inhabit a character, but also in a very extreme way, which again is less naturalistic

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Naturalism Movement/ Naturalistic Acting. - Full research.

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What is Naturalistic Acting/Drama? Naturalistic Acting is when the acting seems to replicate real life and shows the realistic version of it, through performance, naturalism creates a world that could almost be our own , through theatre.The great Stanislavski developed the idea of naturalistic acting and also argued with the theory, (Which we will talk about further down) as he wanted his actors to become emotionally and psychologically involved with their roles, in order to create a convincing, realistic performance.

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PUSH Physical Theatre (Different Breed Promo)