Movement in performance - Exploring 'torch-ography' and verbatim theatre

Verbatim theatre is a form of theatre based on spoken words from real people from real events (like interviews, for example). We really like the idea of this, and thought it would work very well with our theme. We thought of having recorded voices (I suggested we use my multi-track recorder to record each of our voices through one track, just to make things much easier for ourselves) saying words or phrases related to common insecurities to have in the background of our 'torch-ography' movement piece. We thought of some phrases that could be included:

'Torch-ography' piece:

We used a instrument version of Bastille's 'Oblivion', which works really well with the piece because it sets a nice and mellow atmosphere, but also has provides lots of opportunity for stylistic movements and visuals, and also helps to create the hard-hitting message we wish to get across. 

For this piece, we were inspired by the musical number 'Blackout' in the musical 'In the Heights', where the only lights are from lighters and phones from the cast:

(A clip from the professional production couldn't be found, so this an amateur dramatics company called Spirit Young Performers Company)

The part where we shine our lights on the ground and we walk around the spot light shows that we don't to be in the light - as young, insecure, and media-controlled young people who suffer from body dysmorphia, we wish to stay out of the centre of attention, out of the light because we don't want to look at ourselves and we believe we do not look good enough for others to us too.

In terms of RADS, we hit a fair few aspects of it. We cover: 

• Canon, with the lights (Relationships, 0:40-0:47, done poorly here)
• Meet and part (relationships, 0:30-0:33)
• Side by side, waiting (relationships, 0:40-0:47)
• Levels (space, 0:40-0:46)
• Pathways across the floor (space, 0:17-0:28)
• Travelling in a group (Actions, 0:34-0:39)
• Travelling as a transition (Actions, 0:38-0:40)
• Pivoting turn (Actions, 0:32-0:33)