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The Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) was developed by Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal during the 1950′s and 1960′s. In an effort to transform theatre from the “monologue” of traditional performance into a “dialogue” between audience and stage, Boal experimented with many kinds of interactive theatre. His explorations were based on the assumption that dialogue is the common, healthy dynamic between all humans, that all human beings desire and are capable of dialogue, and that when a dialogue becomes a monologue, oppression ensues. Theatre then becomes an extraordinary tool for transforming monologue into dialogue. “While some people make theatre,” says Boal, “we all are theatre.”
From his work Boal evolved various forms of theatre workshops and performances which aimed to meet the needs of all people for interaction, dialogue, critical thinking, action, and fun. While the performance modes of Forum Theatre, Image Theatre, Cop-In-The-Head, and the vast array of the Rainbow of Desire are designed to bring the audience into active relationship with the performed event, the workshops are virtually a training ground for action not only in these performance forms, but for action in life.
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Filed under: out-and-about, Uncategorized | Tags: art while you wait, random
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Students from all over Ireland take to the streets of Dublin to Protest the reintroduction of third level fees… Fuck yea!
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Filed under: out-and-about, performance | Tags: events, festival, Live Art, Michelle Browne, performance, Promenade
Hugh O'Donnell, "Untitled & Lycopene", OutOfSite 07
Date: 8th November
Time: 12-6pm
Out Of Site presents Promenade, a day of live art along the Clontarf walkway to Bull Island. Out Of Site has invited 10 artists to respond to the Clontarf walkway. Promenade will use the sheltered bathing and seating areas, the walkway and the sea along the Clontarf seafront to present multiple performances to the public. The name Promenade refers to the walkway, the wandering from work to work and the notion of displaying oneself. Promenade engages critically with the methods of presentation of live work, while exploring new contexts and a diversity of approaches to one site. Promenade will draw people to the sea shore, presenting live art in this vibrant and active port.
By inviting some of the most esteemed artists in the field of live art in Ireland, Out Of Site will provide the public with an invaluable opportunity to experience live work of the highest standard. Featured artists include Alastair McLennan, Amanda Coogan, Dennis McNulty, Frances Mezzetti, Dominic Thorpe, Alex Conway, Sinead McCann, Michelle Browne and Pauline Cummins.
