ABSTRACT
The methods and techniques developed the previous productions assisted in developing the exploratory productions Dr Faustus, The Oedipus Project, and Iam Nocte. The transference of Physical, Vocal, and Conceptual Crisis and the total outcomes of the performances as a collective and how they all combine and relate to create a performance style, which encompasses the notion of Crisis, are discussed in this chapter. The overall aim of Dr Faustus was to create a production whereby the internal image generated by abstract imagery of the Butoh-Fu became the guiding influence of the voice and body through means of spoken word and non-textual communication. The specific aim was to explore an alternate way to increase performer’s ability to connect voice, body, and internal image. 5 performance was essentially a showcase of training aesthetics developed through the early stages of the training process linking natural and manufactured elements and internal and external abstract imagery. The process was a seamless transition from training, through to devising and finally refining the vignettes which culminated in a performance that contained 19 discrete scenes with the number 5 being the constant theme throughout.
