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dolorsitamet's review
3.0
A combination of the physical and verbal, the somatic and the spoken word. It is a performance of the individual, of the collective, and of the relationships between people and their environments. There is an improvisation and intuition inherent to this performance that lives beyond “logic and semantic thinking”; “it is best”, says Xingjian, “not to resort to library analysis outside of theatrical performance or to uncover hidden meanings in the text”.
"The play can be performed in a theatre, a living room, a rehearsal room, an empty warehouse…any empty space as long as the necessary lighting and sound equipment can be properly installed…The actors may be among the audience, or the audience among the actors.”
Like Godot, in many ways, yet achieved through very different means.
I don't understand it, that's for sure. As usual, rating arbitrary. It probably needs to be seen, not read.
Metatheater, relationships, abstraction, realization, searching, meaning, acting, dreamlike qualities, episodic, conformity/individual/collectivism, etc.
"The play can be performed in a theatre, a living room, a rehearsal room, an empty warehouse…any empty space as long as the necessary lighting and sound equipment can be properly installed…The actors may be among the audience, or the audience among the actors.”
Like Godot, in many ways, yet achieved through very different means.
I don't understand it, that's for sure. As usual, rating arbitrary. It probably needs to be seen, not read.
Metatheater, relationships, abstraction, realization, searching, meaning, acting, dreamlike qualities, episodic, conformity/individual/collectivism, etc.
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