BURAN PERFORMATIVES
Where we've come from and where we're going in efforts to shape contemporary theatre with new work.
http://burantheatre.blogspot.com/
If you would like a Word Document copy of the text please e-mail burantheatrecompany@gmail.com to request one. Enjoy!
The following texts appear in the blog above:
Bringing Back the Spectator (April 2008) The beginnings of Buran. Initial motives, ideas, urges, images, and movements. The influence of LaMaMa E.T.C. Introduction of community via the act of performance. The rarity of flesh in a technological age. Details on productions of The Sensualist, All Men Are Whores, A Greater Release, and Nightmares: An Artful Demonstration of the Sublime. Performance methodology for Nightmares, the Five Point Method in performance, nudity on stage, Boal's Joker system in action. A calling out to artists.
Sustained Applause: Recent Buran Performatives (Dec. 2009) Account of time spent in Lithuania with Buran co-founder Alicia Gian. Contemporary productions that signal towards a community invested concept in theatre. The "Buran Workshop" process as it now stands and as they were conducted in the summer of 2009. Using Chuck Mee's work in the workshop as a jumping off point. Account of performance methodology put into action in working on Money Buckets! The Untold Story of FDR.
Notes on Devising for House of Fitzcarraldo (June 2010): The use of mythology in recent Buran performances. Means of devising. Influence of Schechner on performance space. Contemporary counterparts. Interaction with Radiohole in performance. Positing of questions leading up to rehearsals for Fitzcarraldo. Andre Bazin on film.
If you would like a Word Document copy of the text please e-mail burantheatrecompany@gmail.com to request one. Enjoy!
The following texts appear in the blog above:
Bringing Back the Spectator (April 2008) The beginnings of Buran. Initial motives, ideas, urges, images, and movements. The influence of LaMaMa E.T.C. Introduction of community via the act of performance. The rarity of flesh in a technological age. Details on productions of The Sensualist, All Men Are Whores, A Greater Release, and Nightmares: An Artful Demonstration of the Sublime. Performance methodology for Nightmares, the Five Point Method in performance, nudity on stage, Boal's Joker system in action. A calling out to artists.
Sustained Applause: Recent Buran Performatives (Dec. 2009) Account of time spent in Lithuania with Buran co-founder Alicia Gian. Contemporary productions that signal towards a community invested concept in theatre. The "Buran Workshop" process as it now stands and as they were conducted in the summer of 2009. Using Chuck Mee's work in the workshop as a jumping off point. Account of performance methodology put into action in working on Money Buckets! The Untold Story of FDR.
Notes on Devising for House of Fitzcarraldo (June 2010): The use of mythology in recent Buran performances. Means of devising. Influence of Schechner on performance space. Contemporary counterparts. Interaction with Radiohole in performance. Positing of questions leading up to rehearsals for Fitzcarraldo. Andre Bazin on film.
