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1) Physical theatre is mainly seen as drama and dance in many peoples opinions, but it can be argued by many people that this is not the case, this is because of what can be classed as physical theatre and what is not. When I started Process and performance I thought physical theatre would be shown through movements and dialogue. As time went on I found out that this was not the case, we can use the body to tell a story with movements and dialogue is not needed.

For a story to be told by physical movements, every movement needs to have a purpose and not putting a move in because it looks pretty or is convenient . Moves need to be thought through and have a clear purpose and meaning of why you are moving in that particular way . The main reason for this being is for the audience to understand the movements and to understand the character as a individual. If movements are not clear the understanding of the piece will be misled and may lead individuals to be interpreted something they are not as a character.


2) “The term itself – ‘physical theatre’ – denotes a hybrid character and is testimony to its double legacy in both avant-garde theatre and dance. Sanchez-Colberg in Keefe & Murray; 2007, p 21)

Ana Sanchez-Colberg is suggesting that the hybrid character is made up of two things these being theatre and dance. By combining these two type of arts together she proposes this be a new genre.

After reading Ana Sanchez-Colberg study I believe that hybrid character is present in physical theatre. Physical theatre has always been a hard definition to define with many different opinion on the matter, but I believe that hybrid character is the combining of dance and theatre. Dance and theatre in my opinion are linked, they both use the bodies to tell a story to the audience, be it either through the use of dialogue or a sequence of movements.


3) DV8 are a British physical theatre company who fit into the physical theatre genre and is led by Lloyd Newson. Dv8 create there work through artistic inspiration and they try to deal with many situations in the society we live in as possible, mainly these being the roles and relationships of men and women.

“DV8 Physical Theatre's work is about taking risks, aesthetically and physically, about breaking down the barriers between dance, theatre and personal politics and, above all, communicating ideas and feelings clearly and unpretentiously” (http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/artist.php?id=43) .

This quote shows us that as a company, they are willing to take new risks and break the barriers to create physical theatre. Dv8 relate to physical theatre by tell a story through the use of there bodies and do not rely on the use of dialogue they try to work towards a wide range of audiences.


Books
Sanchez-Colberg in Keefe & Murray; 2007, p 21)

Web sites
http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/artist.php?id=43

http://www.dv8.co.uk/index.html

http://www.4dr.co.uk/whatis.php

http://www.blackfishacademy.com/physical.htm