Jan Fabre and tg STAN: Two Models of Postdramatic Theatre in the Avant-Garde Tradition

Dries, Luk Van den; Crombez, Thomas

doi:10.1080/10486801.2010.505767

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“…After a five-minute warm-up, participants were asked to perform the Cat exercise [ 27 ] while recording whole-body kinematics. In the Cat exercise, participants are asked to behave like a feline, i.e.…”

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“…The population of this study consisted of two groups: experienced (EXP), and novice (NOV) performers. The experienced performers were recruited from Jan Fabre’s acting company, which is known for its physically demanding theatrical performances [ 19 , 27 ]. From the fifteen performers of this company, twelve performers met the inclusion criteria: having participated in at least one workshop and one production of Jan Fabre (n = 12 for EXP).…”

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Comparison of the movement behaviour of experienced and novice performers during the Cat exercise

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Two previous studies showed kinematic differences between novice and experienced performers during unchoreographed movements executed in standing position. However, no study explores if these kinematic differences holds during unchoreographed movements executed in quadrupedal position. The aim of this study is to compare the movement behaviour of experienced and novice performers during an exercise wherein they are challenged to use dynamic and largely unchoreographed movement patterns executed in quadrupedal position. The exercise studied was the Cat exercise, in which participants were asked to behave like a feline for 10 minutes. An inventory of the chosen movements and the assessment of their average and coefficient of variation of the ground contact temporal parameters, computed by analysing the tri-dimensional whole-body kinematics of 25 performers (n = 13 novices and n = 12 experienced), was compared according to their experience level. No significant difference was found between the groups for the number of chosen movements, and median or coefficient of variation of ground contact temporal parameters, except for a greater foot/ knee swing coefficient of variation in experienced performers. This suggests that biomechanical constraints induced by quadrupedal position “prevent” a different selection of motor strategies by experienced performers, although the latter can be more variable in their movements.

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confidence: 99%