Peru has always been a country were politics have played a huge part in popular culture, however it is due to the wrong reasons. For many of us the word politics is a synonym for corruption and it has led us to distrust politicians and those who intend to become politic figures.
This distrust has been portrayed in different forms of art, and Yuyachkani is well known for their criticism against the "dark ages" of peruvian history decades ago, where human rights were violated daily due to terrorism.
The only word which i find suitable to describe this play is "experimental", it has a strong political and social context and has an amazing sense of documentation. Going through different stages of Peruvian history such as the Pacific war and the horrific violence in the eighties and early nineties to the corrupt dictatorship and abuse of power until the new millenium.
The audience is part of the play, it acts as an important component in the performance, the stage had been convrted into a living museum where thes tatues and cartoons of polititians or of ihstorical figures come to life. FOr instance, in some cases where actors wore masks of politicians theya cted as if they were playing, otying around iwth us, the people form the republic which is what happened during those times, many of us had no idea of what was really happening until it was too late.
The play takes diferent tones, at first it seems dramatic,, as the actions take place in four platform which circled around and us the audience either followed them or stayed static to watch a larger picture of the performance. This gave the play a new level, the performers now where able to communicate with us on a deeper level, we were part of the play by being on the stage but they still were recognizable because they were on a higher level on the platforms at moments acting,
This play is something unique, personally it was an amazing experience to go and watch this performance, the main attraction for me was the social and political content but once i was part of the performance i realized there was more than that, there was an entire experimentation from scenery, to the actual stage, costumes, props and even to acting, the play started tragically with the horrors of the war with Chile and at the moments of modern history we were laughing and enjoying the show as the actors performed wearing masks depicting corrupt politicians.
Even though Ido think i understood the play and the thematics, i still have yet to fully comprehend the idea of the concepts in this play. The direction, design and acting concepts must have been truly explored when arming the production. The acting style changed completely, the environment changed with lightning and scenery changes.
Therefore my question is,
What concept would have been employed to produce a performance as complex as this one and how far were the concepts (design, direction, acting) explored?
You have focused too much on the content and barely analyzed the way the diferent elements have worked in order to produce an effect on the audience. By doing that, you would have given a solid back-up to your reflections.
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