Tectonic Theatre Part 1 Notes

• Lot's of innovation with theatre between the 1980s and 90s
• deconstruction of what was traditional
• Mary Overlie created a deconstruction pyramid with the six aspects of theatre and performance that she thought was most important
• story (base)
• movement
• emotion
• time
• shape
• space
• she also said that these aspects did not have to build off of each other, but that they could also have equal aspects in a performance
• beginning by taking theatre apart rather than just making theatre
• opening mind up to new ideas and takes on how to create theatre and tell a story
• giving each aspect of theatre equal opportunity and thought can be more affective than the pyramid method
• "relationship among elements"
• Trial and error
• creating texts based on movements
• devised theatre-when theatre is created through improvisational work and collaborative work
• actively exploring
• creating moments (moment work), then writing text to go with it
• Form and content have been argued about for a while
• Samuel Beckett said "Form is content"
• indivisible
• dramatic narrative
• conflict
• character development 
• dramatic tension
• plot
• script
• theatrical narrative
• sound
• movement
• color
• lights
• mood
• sets
• tension