ENGL 173 Lecture 15: English 173 week 8, 2
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Halloween assignment due on the 5th of november. So twilight is that time between day and night limbo i call it limbo . Author is interested in when people break their habitual voice: their actual voice is messier. It"s about creating questions, creating in-between space, limbo. What is performance: it is embodied, utilizes actor/audience relationship, it is always about claiming space, it is ephemeral, it invents the future. Vulnerability: a performer is vulnerable, as the space/at of performance: Invites looking: aims to create a sense of public solitude, leaves the performer subject to injury or criticism. Representational vs. presentational performance: representational acting is realism, you suspend reality and buy into the play, you are presenting the idea of a character, saturday night live is an example. It is presenting an idea, it is satirical. It challenges your passivity: passivity of the audience is challenged, where does anna"s work sit, her work sits in a weird middle.
