Breaking from Realism: A Theatrical Aesthetic
My goal is to provide the next generation of theatre-makers - playwrights especially - with concepts, processes, and tools that will enable them to explore multiple realities on stage and thereby bring to the theatre types of stories and events that are a significant part of the human experience but are not yet a sizable part of our dramatic repertoire.
The Breaking from Realism methodology consists of 15 concepts, processes, and tools, including: Hybridization; Division and Multiplication; Distortion; Expressionism; Altered States of Mind and Being; Bricolage, or Pastiche; Extreme Symbolism; Re-contextualization; Anthropomorphism; Virtuosity; Priority Shifts; Borrowed Structures; The Mystical, Supernatural, and Paranormal; Interruption: Authenticity, Chance, Choice, and Accident; and Rebellion
New Play Workshops: Writing & Devising New Works for the 21st Century
Bring a workshop for creating new plays to your college, theatre, or playwriting community.
Workshops focusing on the Breaking from Realism methodologies are taught by Michael Bigelow Dixon.
Workshops introducing ways to devise new work are taught by Sullivan Canaday White, acting and directing professor at Transylvania University.
Half-day, full-day, two-day and week-long workshops are available.
For more information, contact:
Michael Bigelow Dixon
Theatre Program
Transylvania University
300 N. Broadway
Lexington, KY 40508
859-281-3503
mdixon@transy.edu
My goal is to provide the next generation of theatre-makers - playwrights especially - with concepts, processes, and tools that will enable them to explore multiple realities on stage and thereby bring to the theatre types of stories and events that are a significant part of the human experience but are not yet a sizable part of our dramatic repertoire.
The Breaking from Realism methodology consists of 15 concepts, processes, and tools, including: Hybridization; Division and Multiplication; Distortion; Expressionism; Altered States of Mind and Being; Bricolage, or Pastiche; Extreme Symbolism; Re-contextualization; Anthropomorphism; Virtuosity; Priority Shifts; Borrowed Structures; The Mystical, Supernatural, and Paranormal; Interruption: Authenticity, Chance, Choice, and Accident; and Rebellion
New Play Workshops: Writing & Devising New Works for the 21st Century
Bring a workshop for creating new plays to your college, theatre, or playwriting community.
Workshops focusing on the Breaking from Realism methodologies are taught by Michael Bigelow Dixon.
Workshops introducing ways to devise new work are taught by Sullivan Canaday White, acting and directing professor at Transylvania University.
Half-day, full-day, two-day and week-long workshops are available.
For more information, contact:
Michael Bigelow Dixon
Theatre Program
Transylvania University
300 N. Broadway
Lexington, KY 40508
859-281-3503
mdixon@transy.edu