TheatreoftheOppressedActivitieswehavedonethissemester1.docx

Theatre of the Oppressed Activities we have done this semester.

1) The cross and circle: one leg do cross and one hand do circle (It’s hard)

2) Rhythm with chairs

3) Movement with over-premeditation

4) Divide up the movement

5) Dissociate coordinated movements

6) Sticky paper: about 10 people make a line, and put a paper between person to person and first person as a leader to walk around the campus.(paper easy to drop, and people think we are weird)

7) A round of rhythm and movement

8) Sound and movement: two person as a group, one makes a sound, other to according to the sound to make a movement from imagination)

9) Breathe in slowly while lifting the arms: to deeply feel about you body when you do this thing

10) The pressure cooker

11) Explosion

12) Leaning against a wall

13) Breathe in slowly

14) Two groups

15) The plain mirror: two person as a group, one just copy whatever another did

16) The sculptor touches the model: 3 person as a group, one as leader to touch and control others to do the movements whatever he/she want

17) The sculptor doesn’t touch the model: 3 person as a group, one as leader, No touch and control others to do the movements whatever he/she want

18) The found object

19) The object transformed

For 18,19, everyone brings 5 items that have meaning for themselves, mix up and put all items around classroom, someone gets start to create a story for 5 items, another continue to story for next 5 items, then go on…until all the items have be taking. ( 1.the items have different meanings for different people. 2. Story is so funny)

20) The great game of power

21) Murder at the Hotel Agato

22) Forum Theatre