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ABSTRACT
THE SCOPE OF THE WORKS IN PHYSICAL THEATRE
AND
APPROACH OF THE DV 8 GROUP TO THE PHYSICALTHEATRE
Ezgi COŞKUN
MA Thesis, The Unit of Performing Arts
Supervisor: Yrd.Doç.Dr. Muzaffer SÜMBÜL
June 2008, 98 Pages
Physical Theatre, which is occured with dance and theatre, has had an importance
especially for the last thirty years. For the phsical features: mime, dance and
choreography are the most important features of the physical theatre. The concept in
physical theatre is consists of these: dance, movements, words, acting and all the other
elements which are necessary for the stage.
The most important products of the theatre are the ones which were produced for
the last thirty years. The works and the inventions on Dance and movement theatre of
the 1970s bases on the improvements in the subjects of the dance and the theatre of
1930s. V. Meyerhold and J.Grorowski who had significant researches in the area of
physical theatre in Europe affected the groups of the dance-movement theatre of the
1970s indirectly.
Pina Bausch, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, Jiri Kylian, Holland Dance Theatre ,
Sasha Waltz, Carlos Saura, Maurice Bejart, Silvia Guillem, Mats Ek and Dv 8 group
are considered as being the significant groups of physical theatre from 1970s up to day..
In contact improvisation technique: each one of the theatre groups uses this
technique according to their own methods. The technique of Martha Graham and contact
improvisation is fundemantal for both operators of contemporary pyhsical theatre and
choreographies of movement theatre.
In both physical theatre and dramatic theatre, the body is in the search of original
movements today and apart form being stereotyped. contact improvisation which is the
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