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Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes
The premise of this research is that the creation of a disordered space will have a positive effect on the stimulation of a physical response to spoken language. In a disordered space, vocal delivery is foregrounded as physical activity and has a re-patterning effect on the vocal landscapes of young...
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| description | The premise of this research is that the creation of a disordered space will have a positive effect on the stimulation of a physical response to spoken language. In a disordered space, vocal delivery is foregrounded as physical activity and has a re-patterning effect on the vocal landscapes of young actors. A disordered space co-opts elements from the vocal art forms of the popular phenomenon of the Spoken Word Movement. Disordered spaces act as an intervention on the traditional notions of western theatre voice practice. Chapter 1: The term 'disordered spaces' is explored as an imaginative mental space, feeding off the energetic impulses created by anti-establishment notions of chaos and anarchy. The language based forms of the Spoken Word Movement invite new responses to stimuli that force a repatterning of vocal responses in the actor, with an emphasis on the visceral quality of speech. Chapter 2: I outline in further detail the specific vocal elements of the Spoken Word Movement that contribute to the creation of disordered spaces. The four main strands that influence this movement are Rap Music, Dub Poetry, Slam Poetry and Freestyle. Rhythmic qualities of dialect are examined as a means of re-patterning responses to text. There is an exploration of the paralinguistic elements of speech through the concept of beat-boxing. The status of the individual performer is reconsidered in terms of the ownership of material that occurs within the movement. Chapter 3: Vocal landscapes are analysed as a socio-linguistic reality that is affected by changes in dialect. The dialect of the Spoken Word Movement is classified as non-standard dialect, which is slang based. It is concluded that it is the flexibility of a young actor's vocal landscape that leads to the success of the co-option of vocal elements from the Spoken Word Movement. I propose ways of using this material as inspiration for an intervention on the traditional notions of western theatre voice. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/38275 Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes Woodward, Sarah Jane Mills, Elizabeth Theatre and Performance The premise of this research is that the creation of a disordered space will have a positive effect on the stimulation of a physical response to spoken language. In a disordered space, vocal delivery is foregrounded as physical activity and has a re-patterning effect on the vocal landscapes of young actors. A disordered space co-opts elements from the vocal art forms of the popular phenomenon of the Spoken Word Movement. Disordered spaces act as an intervention on the traditional notions of western theatre voice practice. Chapter 1: The term 'disordered spaces' is explored as an imaginative mental space, feeding off the energetic impulses created by anti-establishment notions of chaos and anarchy. The language based forms of the Spoken Word Movement invite new responses to stimuli that force a repatterning of vocal responses in the actor, with an emphasis on the visceral quality of speech. Chapter 2: I outline in further detail the specific vocal elements of the Spoken Word Movement that contribute to the creation of disordered spaces. The four main strands that influence this movement are Rap Music, Dub Poetry, Slam Poetry and Freestyle. Rhythmic qualities of dialect are examined as a means of re-patterning responses to text. There is an exploration of the paralinguistic elements of speech through the concept of beat-boxing. The status of the individual performer is reconsidered in terms of the ownership of material that occurs within the movement. Chapter 3: Vocal landscapes are analysed as a socio-linguistic reality that is affected by changes in dialect. The dialect of the Spoken Word Movement is classified as non-standard dialect, which is slang based. It is concluded that it is the flexibility of a young actor's vocal landscape that leads to the success of the co-option of vocal elements from the Spoken Word Movement. I propose ways of using this material as inspiration for an intervention on the traditional notions of western theatre voice. 2023-08-24T13:26:30Z 2023-08-24T13:26:30Z 2005 2023-08-23T07:43:15Z Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38275 eng application/pdf Department of Drama Faculty of Humanities |
| spellingShingle | Theatre and Performance Woodward, Sarah Jane Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes |
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| title | Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes |
| title_full | Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes |
| title_fullStr | Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes |
| title_short | Slamming into the visceral pleasure of language: the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes |
| title_sort | slamming into the visceral pleasure of language the value of disordered spaces and its impact on contemporary vocal landscapes |
| topic | Theatre and Performance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38275 |
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