We made this decision as we preferred the themes in this, compared to Doll's house. These themes include- Social class, Gender, Transformation, etc. We felt like we could create an interesting, unique reinterpretation of these themes.
During our first reinterpretation lesson, we decided to 'brainstorm' our ideas about the plot of our performance. We started by agreeing that we should make Eliza's transformation the basis of our ideas.
Moreover, we had previously used the idea of a dystopian future, and we really liked how this impacted our performance, as it added a more unique outlook on Eliza's life. In this dystopian future, there was an extreme class system that hugely benefited the upper class, but destroyed the lower class. Moreover, to keep with the futuristic theme, we decided that there would be a 'faction' of manual workers, who were actually synthetic humans. These workers would be the lowest of the low, and would be treated abysmally. This is partly due to the fact that they are 'lower beings', and that the upper class people believe that they are not conscious.
Moreover, we had previously used the idea of a dystopian future, and we really liked how this impacted our performance, as it added a more unique outlook on Eliza's life. In this dystopian future, there was an extreme class system that hugely benefited the upper class, but destroyed the lower class. Moreover, to keep with the futuristic theme, we decided that there would be a 'faction' of manual workers, who were actually synthetic humans. These workers would be the lowest of the low, and would be treated abysmally. This is partly due to the fact that they are 'lower beings', and that the upper class people believe that they are not conscious.
This was not the case for Eliza, who was one of these synthetics. Although she is not fully 'conscious' to start with, she has the ability of such emotions, and Higgins (who is very upper classed in our interpretation), takes it upon himself to make Eliza 'human'.
We will base our performance on the transformation of Eliza from a low worker, to somebody fully capable to show and feel human emotions.
Our performance will touch upon what makes us human, and how class systems only work for the upper classed.
Finally, we decided to use physical theatre as our practitioner. We believe that we can effectively portray these theme through physical theatre, and it will make our performance visually intriguing. These are the techniques that we want to include:
Finally, we decided to use physical theatre as our practitioner. We believe that we can effectively portray these theme through physical theatre, and it will make our performance visually intriguing. These are the techniques that we want to include:
- Lifts
- Shadow work
- Choral speaking
- Dance work
- Moments of immobility
- Puppetry
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