Author Archives: Leanne McKettrick

The Details in the Performance

As discussed in a previous, post our performance was beginning to touch upon some very complex ideas, and therefore for these to effectively be realised, the details in how we presented our performance were very important. An important decision we … Continue reading

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The Importance of Touch

Through doing research in Emmanuel Lévinas, how we viewed our performance began to change. Lévinas speaks of the face and what happens when we see this face, however it could be argued that our piece extends this idea, as we … Continue reading

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One to One Responses

Although our performance is a group performance, it is set up as a series of one to one performances in which our question ‘What is intimacy?’ is explored. While each of these performances are experimenting with the same questions and … Continue reading

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Committment

So we finally had an idea for our performance. The idea was that each of us would have a separate tent to which we could each explore intimacy in our own one to one performance, whether this be the ideas … Continue reading

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The Important of the Question

From the beginning of this module, it has been highlighted to us the importance of having a question behind our piece. The question is a vital component in Contemporary Experimental Performance, as it is what drives the performance. As performers it is … Continue reading

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