Choose one of the Julie Taymor productions, and analyze it as if you were the Director. What choices did the director make and why?
Think about Taymor's themes that she highlights and her use (or not) or a controlling image like the Circle from The Lion King.
Think about the world of the play and how she creates mood, uses color or other design elements, costuming, etc.
She is very much a visually-oriented director, so look at the use (or not) of music, light, sound, of high and low tech elements.
Look also at the use (or not) of puppets since this is important to her.
Think about character and how she creates, reshapes, manipulates character.
Think about social context and messages -- how does the piece of theater "nourish" the audience like bread?
Finally, trace her influences -- what was she inspired by?
You can use some source material to help you construct the content of this project, but it must be correctly cited and you must have a bibliography. However, much of the work should be your own observations as well.
Format: This is not an essay! It is a collection of ideas and observations and connections. You can structure it in any way that you want. Please include photos or videos (or links to those) to supplement your writing. It will eventually be turned into a long blog post.
Length: The writing portion should be about 1000 words, not including the Bibliography. However, we will devote much class time to working on this!
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