SHORT VIDEOS ON DEVISING
Big Dance Theater - Making 17C - devising collaboratively from non-fiction sources- 5 min. video -
Devising "A Monster Calls" - devising from a base script that the develops in the devising process - having a composer, director & writer creating with performers through devising - 2 minute video
DV8 - production clip - a glimpse at text and movement juxtaposed to enhance meaning & a non-fiction starting point - 4 minute video
Elevator Repair Service Interview about Process devising with the people in the room as the base & their decision to do a series of pieces performing full books of literature 2 minute video
Frantic Assembly - Chair Duets - Process - "How to" Video - shows a devising process - 3 min
Jane Eyre - Devising -Devising from a core text- 3 minute video
National Theatre: Devising a multimedia production 3 minutes & 30 seconds
Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop on Devising Theatre - (Robert Lepage's Devised Collaborative Company is Ex Machina) - 5 minute video
Rude Mechanicals - Art in Context - intro to the company's collective structure 1:30
Truthworker - BAR CODE Trailer - School to Prison Pipeline devised performance created by devising from research & stories & exploration - social justice theatre - 2 min
Wooster Group - Interveiw with Liz LeCompte & Kate Valk - 3 min
LONGER DEVISING VIDEOS
Working in the Theatre: Devised Theatre -many devised theater creators talking about their processes. 26 minutes
Creating Chorus: Building Choreography: Group Movement & Pulling Focus to Significant Character(s) - Workshop video with Aline David - 11 minute video
Double Edge Theatre Company - devising spectacle - Once In a Blue Moon 25 minute video (you can skip through, but watch at least 10 minutes)
Forced Entertainment - talk about Forced Entertainment's devised process
Frantic Assembly Masterclass Building Blocks for Devising - Process Video - Devising in 5 days - Masterclass
Katie Mitchell - A director explaining process of devising "Beauty & the Beast" - 8 minutes
Pig Iron Company - A Devised Play in a Day - 8 minutes
RashDash: Devising Masterclass: Process: "Under-Over" Creating Physical Sequences - story from physical - 8 minutes
Roberet LePage & Ex Machina's Devising Process - lecture by Robert LePasge - includes outline of the regular creation schedule - rehearsing in mornings & evenings - 10 minute video
Spymonkey Devising Masterclass: Status - Devising through exploration of Status - 8 minutes
Tectonic - Devising "The American Family" - Moment Work & developing a show on two coasts (what you did with Tectonic) - 45 minutes (you can skip around in the video, but watch at least 10 minutes in total)
Truthworker Theater - Devising with Hip-hop & Social Justice - based in Brooklyn -devising from stories - especially the school to prison pipeline.
DWIGHT DP WORKSHOPS ON COMPANIES WHO DEVISE
Ava G. Big Dance Theater Part 1
Ava G. Big Dance Theater Part 2
Fernando devised workshop - Improbable Theater Company
Moments from IB Collaborative Devised Performances
Ms. G. took these from YouTube. If you scroll down this page, you will find sample projects that IB gives teachers as assessment samples.
The videos are just a few minutes from a longer piece. These are the edited bits that students sent to IB to show their contributions in their piece.
Live Fast : Full project video
Refugee : Full project video
Elliott: Full project video: Elliott, a boy with Schizophrenia, experiences things, and is haunted by the death of his mother.
Underdog: Full project video: Use of animal masks, no words
Contingency: Full project video about: The inspiration of our production are the events that occured in April of 1945 in the city of Demmin, Germany. As the second world war was coming to a close, the defeat of Germany was seen as imminent. Allied forces soon began to close in on a soon-to-be defeated Third Reich. In light of this, thousands of Germans chose the option of suicide or selbstmord over occupation. This was a preferred method for not only high ranking officials such as Goebbels and Hitler, but also an avenue taken by many German citizens. The nazi cult of personality fueled strong nationalistic tendencies within the German people and the most infamous incident being the city of Demmin. In fear of occupation, in the name of nationalism, and with additional encouragement by the German Government, over 1,000 German citizens commited suicide in a span of hardly 72 hours. Within this event we decided to imitate the idea of a government encouraged call for mass suicide within time of war and political turmoil. Taking our imitation, our innovation comes into play by taking that concept and placing it within the modern day United States and it’s political climate. Contingency follows the fall of United States, and a government mandated act of “patriotic” mass suicide. The production follows American citizens with as the dives into the individual consciousness of multiple different places on the political spectrum, allowing to create a commentary on the vast political divide facing this country brought to light by an extreme exaggeration of what the future may hold.
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IB Project Samples that the IB gives teachers as examples
Starting point: “Moles Don’t Think about Space or Small Talk”, a poem by Savannah Brown
Target audience: Parents & Peers
Assessment & Assessor's comments - note the grid says D was 5-6, but the comment says D was 7-8
Video: Collaborative Project: Example 15 on MyIB Website
Starting point: a series of photographs, Removed by Eric Pickersgill - you can see the images the group used in the process portfolio
Target Audience: Peers - people from "our generation" "old enough to understand the intention of the piece and young enough to initiate the change we hoped our performance would spark."
Starting point: Smile by Charlie Chaplin
Target audience: School Peers
Process Portfolio for Wellsville
Assessment & Assessor's comments 7-8 on all points
Starting point: A block of wood that says: Don't Be Afraid of Change
Target audience: Late Teens into Adults
Aza Devised Workshop