Mise-en-corp/mise-encore: mapping the physical theatre spectrum as a methodology of adaptation in contemporary performance
Cyr-Cooke, Jérémie
Cyr-Cooke, Jérémie
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2024-04-10
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This thesis explores and investigates the use of physical theatre as a methodology of adaptation. I define physical theatre as a genre of theatre performance that primarily employs the body as a source of creation, expression, and meaningmaking and which consciously hybridises multiple historical and established forms and practices within the theatremaking and performance processes to make use of the body as a primary communicator in storytelling. Furthermore, 1 this thesis examines adaptation in terms of the inter-practical, intersemiotic and embodied negotiations which occur when translating and transposing crucial elements found in the source-text — often originally coded through the medium of written language, but not always — into the body, or the process to which I refer in the title as ‘mise-en-corp’, to ultimately create, perform, and present a source-text in a different format than its original, or what I refer to as ‘mise-encore’. These terms playfully recall the term ‘mise-en-scène’, which, when translated from French, refers to the process of ‘placing’ the varying compositions and theatrical elements (lighting, scenography, actors, etc.) onto the stage.
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NUI Galway