A bibliodrama on the written word: How do religious texts
and writings assist us in our everyday life?
Can we live in peace with one another?
These are two of the questions we will explore in the June
Theatre of Spontaneity. The technique and art of bibliodrama is to bring to
life some of the stories, tales, poems and religious texts in a completely
different way. In addition bibliodrama give participants the opportunity to
imagine alternative viewpoints, bring forward and enact their own views, ideas
and thoughts, bring new and fresh interpretations, and thereby making them more
relevant to their lives. Bibliodrama enables the group to find out how these
texts are relevant to our society today and to explore the close connection
between myth and religion. Some of these texts are the Hebrew Bible, Christian
Bible, Hindu, Bhagavad Gita, The Koran, a book of Zen Tales, a book of Sufi
Tales and Aboriginal dreamtime stories.
I will be using Dr J.L. Moreno’s earliest psychodrama
methods and techniques in my presentation, which include axiodrama (1918),
sociodrama (1921) bibliodrama and the psychodramatic empty chair.
Axiodrama deals with the activation of religious, ethical
and cultural values in spontaneous-dramatic form (Moreno, 1953). A bibliodrama
is the application of an action method to any piece of writing (Pitzele,
1998). The essence of the method is to
bring all or certain aspects of a text to the fore and allow participants to
imagine the motivations of character, the writers and the motives or meanings
of the plots. Bibliodrama is a high form
of spontaneity training.
Sunday 28th June 2015 at 6.00 pm. for 6.30 start – 8.30 finish
RSVP by 26th June to Gavin O'Loughlin 0403 597 685
$15.00 MPS members/$20.00 non-members
The Location is 1/10-12 Adolph St. Cremorne, Victoria
Light refreshment provided
Friends, MPS members and
colleagues are welcome
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