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Quick questions on Frantic Assembly and physical ensemble theatre - WJEC A-Level Drama and Theatre companies
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What is building-block devising?Show answer
Frantic Assembly generate material through building-block tasks: simple, repeatable starting points that produce raw movement to be shaped. The chair duet builds a sequence around two performers and a chair to explore a relationship; round-by-through is a set pattern of contact movements (going round, by and through a partner) that generates physical material. The company then selects, shapes and refines this raw material into precise choreography, which is how original, repeatable sequences are made.
What is unsafe contact work?Show answer
Lifts and contact must be controlled and rehearsed. Plan them precisely so they are safe and repeatable.
What is q1?Show answer
What does it mean that movement and text are integrated in Frantic Assembly's work? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Name a building-block devising method and explain what it does. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Explain how you would use Frantic Assembly's devising and movement techniques to create a physical moment of theatre. [10 marks]
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