Saturday, 28 June 2014

Complictie

On searching Complictie, it became very obvious that they were a very successful drama group due to the extensive amount of positive critic reviews on their work but it also was very difficult to pinpoint a particular style/process of the work due to the fact Complictie, only continues one method throughout history, this being, that everything changes. Each production is different from the last, just as each rehearsal is different from the day before.

From the production "The Master and
Margarita" 
Some things could be described as being more or less consistent, for example they have a principle of working collaboratively and there's a strong emphasis on the performers body, even when starting with an existing play, rehearsals will involve lots of games and physical improvisation and exploration. When looking
at images of their work it also seems that the lighting is similar throughout each production, dark, with spotlights focused on the most important areas giving a very dramatic, impending sense to their work.

Many of their members trained at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, and they say that this training is the heart of their teaching workshops, which reach over 2000 people in schools. These workshops include the techniques Complictie use in the rehearsal room, for example the neutral mask, clowning or story telling.


From the production of "The Elephant Vanishes" 



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