Techniques

Question 1

Mirroring

Answer 1

Convergent Varielation

repetition or mirroring of dramatic elements observed in the player’s behavior; movement qualities, sounds, or images. Playor picks up on what is present [existents]. AIM: to present player with least discrepant information possible.

Question 2

Repeating

Answer 2

Convergent Varielation

Playing previously developed scenes, roles, or images in order for the player to try new variations

Question 3

Cycling

Answer 3

Convergent Varielation

Player presents a relatively clear polarity in their behavior (e.g. wanting to come close but then backing away)- the playor alternates between each several times, often while transforming to the Here and Now and commenting on the player’s pattern of alternating behaviors

Question 4

Joining

Answer 4

Convergent Varielation

The playor becomes a character similar to that of the player, taking on the same attitude and behaviors (though not necessarily mirroring the movements or sounds)

Question 5

Faithful Rendering

Answer 5

Congruent Varielation

Playing in a manner that fulfills the dramatic needs of the scene, usually involving the portrayal of the “other” evoked by the player’s dramatic behavior. The playor picks up on what is absent but implied by the player’s behavior (existents and remnants).

Question 6

Intensifying

Answer 6

Congruent Varielation

Exaggerating or minimizing a dramatic element

Question 7

Defining

Answer 7

Congruent Varielation

Playor helps the player develop the details of an image before allowing the scene to continue chronologically

Question 8

Act Completion

Answer 8

Congruent Varielation

Playor brings a scene to its logical conclusion when they sense the player wishes it but is hesitating out of fear or embarrassment

Question 9

Emergent Varielation

Answer 9

Emergent Varielation

portrayal of the emergent image arising in the player’s dramatic behavior. This will almost always be different from the existent scene (i.e. leakage) [emergents]. The emergent imagery is closer to what the player is feeling in the present, and can be identified as an element that does not fit in with existent role. The reflection of the emergent image back to the player is likely to evoke a transformation of the scene into a new one.

Question 10

Transformation to the Here and Now

Answer 10

Emergent Varielation

Transforming the scene by becoming oneself as the playor and addressing the player as the player and expressing a feeling about the ongoing process of the session, while continuing to maintain the playspace.

Question 11

Action Interpretation

Answer 11

Emergent Varielation

Transforming the scene into a previously played personal scene in order to illustrate the connection between the two.

Question 12

Abstracting

Answer 12

Emergent Varielation

Presenting the player with an ambiguous, embodied image and allowing them to define it

Question 13

Suspending

Answer 13

Emergent Varielation

While in the middle of a transformation, slowing down and transforming to the here-and-now to discuss with the player the options for selecting roles in the emerging scene

Question 14

Bracketing

Answer 14

Emergent Varielation

Transforming the scene into some form of theatrical production such as a play, movie, book, or rehearsal, without changing what is happening

Question 15

Replaying^rewinding

Answer 15

Emergent Varielation

A form of bracketing when the parties play out the scene again as if it were on a videotape being rewound and replayed

Question 16

Pre-empting

Answer 16

Emergent Varielation

Choosing an action or a role often taken by the player before they do, in order to encourage them to make another choice

Question 17

Sway^armstrong^vangogh

Answer 17

Divergent Varielation

subtle variations in the portrayal of a dramatic element in terms of intensity, proximity, quality, or timing. The playor picks upon slight differences and then plays with them, having the effect of stretching or skewing or twisting the encounter such that new feelings are experienced [emergents and nascents]. As each element is varielated, the playor attends to the players response energetically and then responds to those variations. Effect: to loosen up nascent images very close to the present moment.

Question 18

merge^picasso

Answer 18

Divergent Varielation

The playor simultaneously plays aspects of two or more characters, impulses, images, or actions, especially if they are contradictory, often using different types of touch, posture, movement, role, or speech

Question 19

Proximity Play

Answer 19

Divergent Varielation

A type of sway in which the playor varies the distance between the playor and player in a manner unrelated to the demands of the scene

Question 20

mist^turner^smudge

Answer 20

Divergent Varielation

The playor becomes vague, smudges the images, extends sounds, past the point where the player can identify them.

Question 21

spinout^dali

Answer 21

Divergent Varielation

The playor moves away from the player, improvising material unrelated to the current scene as if the playor were by themselves

Question 22

spill^wrench^pollock^monk

Answer 22

Divergent Varielation

The playor introduces an irrelevant, discrepant image or movement or character that interferes with the flow of the current scene

Question 23

blank^pinter^beckett

Answer 23

Divergent Varielation

The playor introduces a missing element in the play, by briefly not moving, speaking, or by pausing or freezing

Question 24

riff^parker^dizzy

Answer 24

Divergent Varielation

The playor and player depart together from the surface scene, story, action, or picture, and play loosely related elements

Question 25

jitter^meisner

Answer 25

Divergent Varielation

A rapid back and forth between the parties using small variations off of repetitive elements