Ritual Theatre in a Feminine Way: Ritual Theatre as a Tool for Re-Awakening the Sacred Perception(443 KB)
magistrska naloga, Lesley University, 2004

Kazalo (Table of Contents):

I. INTRODUCTION

1. THE PURPOSE OF THE THEATRE ART IN ITS BEGINNINGS
2. HOLISTIC PERCEPTION OF REALITY - The Myth of Eternal Return
3. WHAT IS RITUAL
4. CONDITIONS FOR MYTHIC PERCEPTION
5. THE END OF MYTHIC - HOLISTIC PERCEPTION
   Patriarchal Religious Perception
   Scientific Atheistic Perception

II. CREATIVE PROCESS OF PERFORMANCE ELECTRA

1. ELECTRA (script)
2. LONGING FOR THE FEMININE – THE QUEST BEGINS
3. WHY MYTH IS SO IMPORTANT
   Healing the Myths – Healing the Self Image of Women
   Healing the Myth of Electra
   Paying Regard to Contrary Nature of Female Psyche
4. DISCOVERING THE MOTHER ARCHETYPE – GAIA, THE EARTH MOTHER
   Soul-loss
   Soul Retrieval and a “child within”
   Coming Home
   What is the Essence of Shamanic Experience
   Mother Principle and the Earth
   Back to the Inner child
5. RITUAL
   The Essence of Ritual
   Characteristics of a Ritual

III. CREATIVE PROCESS OF PERFORMANCE WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN

1. WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN (script)
2. CREATIVE PROCESS AS A BIRTHING PROCESS
3. FIRST PHASE - THE BEGINNING
4. SECOND PHASE – PREPARATION
   Native American Sacred Ceremonies
   Sweat Lodge Ceremony
   Sun Dance Ceremony
5. THIRD PHASE - CREATING
6. DISCOVERING THE DARK GODDESS ARCHETYPE
   Altering the Myth – Redeeming the Identity of a Woman

IV. CONCLUSIONS

1. RETURNING TO HARMONIOUS MEANINGFUL EXISTENCE
2. RITUAL NARRATIVE STRUCTURE IN PERFORMANCES ELECTRA AND WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN
3. RITUAL THEATREAS A HEALING TOOL FOR THE AUDIENCE AND THE PERFORMERS
4. THE FEMININE WAY

V. REFERENCES

VI. APPENDIX

     WORKSHOP "HEALING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FEMININE
     AND THE INNER CHILD"