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{{Term|COMMUNITY INTERACTIVE THEATER|Group of theatre techniques and perfomances breaking the "fourth wall" that separates performers and audience physically as well as verbally. While in traditional theatre performance takes place in a designated stage area, the audience members passively observing the play; in '''interactive theatre''' performance often '''involves the audience actively'''. They may be invited to provide performance suggestions (as in improvisational theatre) or take part in the play as characters (as in Augusto Boal's forum theatre). The performance becomes a starting point for '''dialogue''' that often leads perfomers and audience to deal with difficult, complex topics. Interactional theatre is also helpful for therapeutic and educational purposes: in these cases, the audience may be asked to discuss pertinent issues with the performers. | {{Term|COMMUNITY INTERACTIVE THEATER|Group of theatre techniques and perfomances breaking the "fourth wall" that separates performers and audience physically as well as verbally. While in traditional theatre performance takes place in a designated stage area, the audience members passively observing the play; in '''interactive theatre''' performance often '''involves the audience actively'''. They may be invited to provide performance suggestions (as in improvisational theatre) or take part in the play as characters (as in Augusto Boal's forum theatre). The performance becomes a starting point for '''dialogue''' that often leads perfomers and audience to deal with difficult, complex topics. Interactional theatre is also helpful for therapeutic and educational purposes: in these cases, the audience may be asked to discuss pertinent issues with the performers. | ||
The main outcome of an interactive theater performance is often the '''increase of community strength, creativity, knowledge and competence'''. <ref> [http://www.kstoolkit.org/Community+Interactive+Theater www.kstoolkit.org] (27 May 2009), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_theater Wikipedia] (27 May 2009) </ref>}} | The main outcome of an interactive theater performance is often the '''increase of community strength, creativity, knowledge and competence'''. <ref> [http://www.kstoolkit.org/Community+Interactive+Theater www.kstoolkit.org] (27 May 2009), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_theater Wikipedia] (27 May 2009) </ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 11:04, 22 June 2009
 COMMUNITY INTERACTIVE THEATER |
| Group of theatre techniques and perfomances breaking the "fourth wall" that separates performers and audience physically as well as verbally. While in traditional theatre performance takes place in a designated stage area, the audience members passively observing the play; in interactive theatre performance often involves the audience actively. They may be invited to provide performance suggestions (as in improvisational theatre) or take part in the play as characters (as in Augusto Boal's forum theatre). The performance becomes a starting point for dialogue that often leads perfomers and audience to deal with difficult, complex topics. Interactional theatre is also helpful for therapeutic and educational purposes: in these cases, the audience may be asked to discuss pertinent issues with the performers. The main outcome of an interactive theater performance is often the increase of community strength, creativity, knowledge and competence. [1] |
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| Below you have a list of selected websites where you can find more informations about Community Interactive Theatre techniques: |
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| www.theatreoftheoppressed.org | General informations about the hisotory and principle of Theatre of the Oppressed technique. |
| www.theatreoftheoppressed.com | Some examples of exercises that can be used in a workshop of Theatre of the Oppressed. |
| Improvencyclopedia.org | A series of exercises useful to improve improvisation skills. |
References
- ↑ www.kstoolkit.org (27 May 2009), Wikipedia (27 May 2009)