Thursday, 29 October 2015

Creating physical theatre and movement - Human Trafficking

Having so far had quite a naturalistic straight drama piece that has relied heavily on dialogue quality and straight acting, we though that piece of stylised movement to music was needed to give strong dynamics to the overall piece. A decision was made that presenting the section of human trafficking through a physical theatre piece would be the best choice as the telling of a story would be delivered in a very unique and stylised way, certain actions, motifs and movements being able to effectively show the vulnerability and powerlessness of women who were forced and trapped into slavery and trafficked across boarders. A member of my group really liked the song 'Radioactive' by Imagine Dragons and instantly, we all agreed. The song portrays a certain aggression and hostility that is in fact overpowering, strongly representing the entrapment and victimisation of these women.
The piece includes lifts (and drops), violence, and sexual references and motifs all shown through stylised movements and actions that contribute, alongside the rhythm and antics of the song, in conveying this control and manipulation that men had over women in this particular crisis.


The actions like the lift and drop are purely to show the control and power that the men have over these women in the way we work as a unit to empower her. The motif used at the end of the video where it looks we are stringing her up like a puppet is to represent how the men would mould their girls into being these 'slaves' to be trafficked. The other female character in the piece is to symbolise a sense of experience in this field and the brainwash effect it has - using a slave to catch a slave.

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