Techniques Flashcards
Mirroring
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.
Repeating
Convergent Varielation
Playing previously developed scenes, roles, or images in order for the player to try new variations
Cycling
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
Joining
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)
Faithful Rendering
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).
Intensifying
Congruent Varielation
Exaggerating or minimizing a dramatic element
Defining
Congruent Varielation
Playor helps the player develop the details of an image before allowing the scene to continue chronologically
Act Completion
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
Emergent Varielation
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.
Transformation to the Here and Now
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.
Action Interpretation
Emergent Varielation
Transforming the scene into a previously played personal scene in order to illustrate the connection between the two.
Abstracting
Emergent Varielation
Presenting the player with an ambiguous, embodied image and allowing them to define it
Suspending
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
Bracketing
Emergent Varielation
Transforming the scene into some form of theatrical production such as a play, movie, book, or rehearsal, without changing what is happening
Replaying^rewinding
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
Pre-empting
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
Sway^armstrong^vangogh
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.
merge^picasso
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
Proximity Play
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
mist^turner^smudge
Divergent Varielation
The playor becomes vague, smudges the images, extends sounds, past the point where the player can identify them.
spinout^dali
Divergent Varielation
The playor moves away from the player, improvising material unrelated to the current scene as if the playor were by themselves
spill^wrench^pollock^monk
Divergent Varielation
The playor introduces an irrelevant, discrepant image or movement or character that interferes with the flow of the current scene
blank^pinter^beckett
Divergent Varielation
The playor introduces a missing element in the play, by briefly not moving, speaking, or by pausing or freezing
riff^parker^dizzy
Divergent Varielation
The playor and player depart together from the surface scene, story, action, or picture, and play loosely related elements
jitter^meisner
Divergent Varielation
A rapid back and forth between the parties using small variations off of repetitive elements
