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An exploration of the application of the laboratoire.

Barbieri, Donatella (2006) An exploration of the application of the laboratoire. In: Costume Symposium 2006: Academic Research Papers. Arts Institute, University of Bournemouth, Bournemouth. ISBN 0901196134

Type of Research: Book Section
Creators: Barbieri, Donatella
Description:

I wrote this paper to challenge the way costume design is taught and debated. Conventional design teaching aligns itself – often for practical reasons - to the text-based, director led theatre - favouring a Stanislavsky based approach to physical theatre/movement based creative development. This can result in a responsive rather than a proactive practice, or an illustrative approach to design.

The paper examined the Laboratoire d'Étude du Mouvement (LEM) pedagogy and its application to the teaching and practice of costume design. It also referred to the co-production, between London College of Fashion and DAMU (Theatre Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague), of a costume–based performance in Prague in April 2006, which created a common language via the exploration of the dynamics of the costumed body in movement.

It analysed how the visual dialogue about the body as a dynamic sculptural expressive form in movement – and the idea of the costumed, scenic body as a universal communicator – can support the creation of work that, in turn, suggests and creates movement, thus essentially ‘writing’ the physical performance text. It suggests that, liberated from a purely illustrative raison d’être the costumed body can, given the appropriate collaborative environment, write the story.

Official Website: http://www.aibep.co.uk/archive/costume2006/publication.aspx.htm
Additional Information (Publicly available):

Donatella Barbieri's research interests include Costume; Scenography; and Costume design for performance.

Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: Arts Institute, University of Bournemouth
Your affiliations with UAL: Colleges > London College of Fashion
Research Centres No Longer Active > Fashion, The Body And Material Cultures Research Centre (FBMC)
Date: 1 October 2006
Related Websites: http://www.fashion-body-materialcultures.org/members, http://www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/donatella-barbieri.htm#
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Projects or Series: Research Outputs Review (April 2010 - April 2011)
Date Deposited: 02 Dec 2009 14:56
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2015 21:02
Item ID: 1754
URI: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/1754

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