We started to look at the practitioner Antonin Artaud, when
we first entered the classroom there was creepy music playing, which I felt
kind of set the atmosphere. We then had our hands tied with marking tape
without any explanation of why this was happening and sir just started the
lesson of explaining who Antonin Artaud was. I learnt that, like Pina Bausch,
Anton was very extreme in his methods of drama but where Pina Bausch focused
solely on her performers experience Antonin Artaud also included the audience
in the experience, i.e. he will ‘kidnap’ them and ‘hold them hostage’ during
the performance so they will get a real experience like no other. I understood
what Artaud was saying when I broke out of the binds and not having full
control, especially when I ran blindfolded towards a wall with the rest of the
class only there to stop me and when sir ran at me full pelt, the total lack of
control gave me a fear that a regular performance can’t give me and I had a
real reaction of jumping out the way.
After understanding why Artaud thought like this and having
an experience of it, we then went under the stage, split into two groups and we
tried to see who could creep the other group out the most. I was blindfolded,
grabbed and yanked into the room where I was touched up by a broom followed by
a rope whilst hearing loud bangs occasionally. It was terrifying, I got sweaty
and my heart rate rose, it was an amazing experience, and for that reason I
wish to incorporate that into our performance of ‘Alice in Wonderland’.
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