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Lyon Festival (Lyon, France) – Gender & Genre / workshop – SOLD OUT

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May 9, 2018 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Australia/Melbourne Timezone
2018-05-09T11:00:00+10:00
2018-05-09T17:00:00+10:00
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Lyon Festival (Lyon, France) - Gender & Genre / workshop - SOLD OUT
« Many of the genres we perform have characters that were created to reflect society of the time. Even if the author set the story in a different time, the actions or behaviours of the characters represented the social sensibility of the reader. These acceptable social rules were heavily categorised into male and female behaviour. Today’s world is different. Our social dynamics and ‘rules’ of engagement encompass more freedom then rules of the past yet our storytelling is still shackled to historical roles. For example, if we continue to categorise behaviour by gender, in reflection of today’s world, are we not perpetuating a form of sexism? Do the actions need to be linked to the gender for the story to be told? Do the stories remain genre ‘true’ regardless of ‘gender’ casting? By questioning, challenging and exploring the purpose of the character in the story and removing the gender assumptions we break open new levels of impro play and possibilities. The effects on the audience are really quite interesting. »

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