Physical Theatre

Physical Theatre Facts:

Has been around since the ancient Greek plays in the theatre of Aristophanes. Has a variety of cultural origins ranging from Japan to Paris to Greece. Consists of: Mime Contemporary ance !heatrical Clo"ning #arge $cale Puppetry !heatrical Acrobatics

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 Modern physical theatre is very influenced by various cultures. &t is a theatre form based on visceral e(pression rather than te(tual. Physical !heatre allo"s those from movement backgrounds) as "ell as theatrical backgrounds to truly *oin forces and create diversified performances. Physical !heatre allo"s for a universal language of physical e(pression.

H ow does it affect theatre around the world?

&n fact) in the past year ) thr ee main physical theatr e sho"s "er e per formed for a lengthy time in +,C:

-A l i ce Th r ou g h t h e L ook i n g Gl ass at !he +e" .ictor y !heatre -Th e B i g A p p l e Ci r cu s at #incoln Center -W i n t u k : Ci r q u e d u Soi l el at Madison $/uare Gar den 0&n each of those productions) a lar ge amount of the cast are fr om an assortment of countries1

Cirque du Soleil, Montreal, Canada Studio 58, Vancouver, Canada

Modern physical theatre companies and practitioners:

.nternational Cor%oreal Mi$e School /Moveo Teatro0, 1arcelona, S%ain Double Edge Theatre, Tu)ts 'niversity, 1oston, 'nited States .nternational Dell"!rte Co$%any and School, Cali)ornia, 'nited States 2e- 3or+ City Physical Theatre, 2e- 3or+ City, 'nited States P'S4 Physical Theatre, &ochester, 'nited States

Tooba Physical Theatre Centre, Vancouver, Canada DV8 Physical Theatre, London, England en en o Physical Theatre !ustralia Theatre de l"!nge #ou, London, England Co$%licite, London, England #irst Physical Theatre Co$%any, &hodes 'niversity, 'nited States Sacra$ento Theatre E(%eri$ent, Cali)ornia, 'nited States Chotto *o+ii Theatre Co$%any, Leeds, England ,neehigh Theatre, Corn-all, England

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 Physical !heatre consists of many different types of ar t forms) but it isn t limited to any specific culture or type of person. Physical !heatre is not only practiced all over the "orld) it is also influenced by many different cultures all over the "orld. &t can be practiced by anyone1 3ven +,4 students1 Check out the ,ou!ube video of t"o 3ducational !heatre graduates performing their final presentation for a Physical !heatre class.

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