‘Come all savage creatures’: Becoming Bakkhai in the southwest of Western Australia

Abstract

This chapter tracks affective dimensions of participation in an applied theatre project that produced a new version of Euripides’ Bakkhai, developed collaboratively with artists and a community ensemble in the south west of Western Australia. It describes affective analysis of both the audio recording and written transcript of a focus group discussion with cast and creative team. This analysis revealed that: Bakkhai’s corporeal and sensual studio methods established affective relations between participants, the play-world, and the proximate more-than-human world; affective community offered a sense of belonging in the region; and audience affect produced deep understanding of the power of performance.

RAS ID

32405

Document Type

Book Chapter

Date of Publication

2020

School

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Comments

Boxall, K., & McKenzie, V. (2020). ‘Come all savage creatures’: Becoming Bakkhai in the southwest of Western Australia. In A. Harris & S. H. Jones (Eds.), Affective Movements, Methods and Pedagogies (pp. 142-157). Routledge, Taylor & Francis. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/come-savage-creatures-vahri-mckenzie-kathy-boxall/e/10.4324/9781003005377-9?context=ubx&refId=f53125ea-379f-4cb0-82d1-1f90a009f730

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Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.4324/9781003005377