Description: this week we talked about the set designs and the different types of stages.
Analysis: we learned about the set designs, specially the types of stages and its different uses, we looked for 7 types of stages, but the one I liked the most was the Promenade performance stage as it has the benefit of intimacy between performers and the audience. I like this kind of stage as you create a stronger connection between the audience and the performers. The audience may view the stage from different sizes and therefore different perspectives, as the audience and the actors are placed in the same space. In this performances the actor has to bring all the attention on him in order to start, it can be helped with lights or talking to the audience. Been in the same space as the actors, makes the 4th wall to break, in my opinion this is a good thing as you bond more with the audience, making them interact with the play,making them part of the play, which I think people enjoy a lot. These plays are performed on non-theatrical structures, which is good for adapting the play, as it doesn't need a specific space but any place can be used for adapting the play, or you can easily adapt the space for the play, as it is an open space you can change it quickly, just bringing the props. If I was a director I would love to use this kind of stage, maybe because I'm in a moder area in which plays can be acted like this, but also because of the link between the audience and the performer, which I think it's very important in order to be able to make the audience enjoy the play. But as all the stages. this stage has its negative parts, first of all that if you want to change a scene then you need to do it in front of all the audience, second that you can't bring new things as there is no backstage to hide it.
Connections: Even though changing the scenery in front of the audience doesn't sound interesting, for me it is as for example in Sin titulo, tecnica mixta, a play by Yuyachkani, they had blocks, in which the actors acted more like the pageant wagons, which they moved in order to change the setting, this was not boring neither usual which made you engaged even more with the actors, and the actions they were doing. Also in here even though they couldnt use new props, they hide the props and when the audience could see it then it was innovating and interesting (as it iwassomething new to the performance)
Reflexion: promenade performance was very interesting for me, specially for the bond it created with the audience, but what other bonds can be created appart from this type of theatre?
