Abstract
The central theme of this presentation is the online performance of F. G. Lorca’s "The House of Bernarda Alba", which was created in Greece by the theatre school of “Periplous Theatre” under the direction of Maria Kantife, during the 2021 quarantine. This performance, of a kind which is now known as digital theatre / performance, came about as a result of a complete method of acting teaching created by the acting teacher to enable the continuation of her work under isolation conditions, via video and video calls. After six months of online rehearsals, the play was performed via a group video call, which was also recorded, with the actors never actually meeting face-to-face but creating an atmosphere shared by all of them, so that the viewer could sense that all the actors were performing in the same world. This performance was the first of its kind in Greece and this work shows us how the arts can benefit from technology and how theatre can be experienced in different ways. It raises issues regarding theatre teaching methods, research and theatre practices, while at the same time it examines how an audience perceives an online performance when they themselves are viewing on online platforms (zoom).
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Anna Tzanidaki, University of Crete, Greece
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Conference: ECAH2024
Stream: Arts - Media Arts Practices: Television
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To cite this article:
Tzanidaki A. (2024) “The House of Bernarda Alba” by F.G. Lorca: An Online Performance ISSN: 2188-1111 – The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 335-343) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1111.2024.29
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1111.2024.29
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