Site Specific Presentations

Myself (Luke)


Link to my presentation - HERE


My presentation notes - Here


London Bubble

This company started as a very small company which started out in 1927  in London. There main focus is on site specific performance were they make small scale productions that they would take to schools, nursery's and community centres around the London area. They are very much a hands on company and are all about looking into the community and how they can help. For example they once ran a work shop for young adults to teach them all about theatre making.

Willi Dorner 

Willi Dorner is an Austrian dancer and choreographer, he was born in 1959. He is known for his creations of using dance in new and interesting ways, bringing it to the streets and other site specific venues, one example would be 'Bodies in urban spaces' this shows 20 dancers flowing through the streets, and fitting into man made structures.


Artichoke

This company is a UK based company and are still fairly new as they were first established in 2005, they are very much a colabritive company, working with new artists to make theatre, They mainly focus on invasive theatre where they would enter public places with their art. There aim is to make audiences appreciate English landscapes and countrysides.


What do these companies have in common?

The first thing that i notices about all of these companies is that they all use unconventional spaces for theatre, either public spaces or festivals where there are big crowds of unsuspecting audiences. Once a piece of theatre leaves a conventional space like a theatre, the audience are automatically in contact with the work, so there is a new type of art form made, for example with the company Artichoke they let their audience have contact with the work, and even in past works such as the giant elephant walking through the town the audience would even be able to climb onto it as it walks past.

What is different?

The main difference that i found with these companies was the Willi Dorner company,as his is from a dance background, so it seemed more of a performance than the others as the others were either art installations or festival floats.

Which company am i drawn to and why?

I am most drawn to the company Artichoke's work, i found that this was the most thought about piece of work and it seemed to involve all members of the audience and public. However i also found that the Willi Dorner piece was really interesting as his was the most contrasting to all of the other companies.  Particularity his work of 'Bodies in Urban Spaces'. Where the performers would cram themselves into small and confine spaces. Which was a new look into incorporating theatre into every day life.


What is most surprising about the work you have discovered through research?


The main thing that i have discovered is the wide array of different types of performance, ranging from theatre shows, carnival floats (of all sizes), firework displays and street performers. When i first thought about the term 'Site Specific' before doing my research the only thing that i thought of was plays and written scripts performed in unconventional theatre spaces, but after my research i now realise that Site Specific performance can be anything arts related.