Ways into the theater – Mixing aesthetic means as a theater DJ

“Freeze! Diagonal! Playing air guitar in slow motion!” The theater DJ can give free rein to his creativity at the theatrical mixing desk.

The group responds to the calls of the classmate who has stepped behind the table on which a whole buffet of theatrical resources, visualized on different coloured cards, is spread out.

Effective images are created through the combination of activities and various aesthetic means. We have already gotten to know and experimented with many of the means, such as freeze, mirroring, synchronicity and tempo changes, in the previous weeks.

The more familiar the various design options become, the greater the courage to use them in the scenes that small groups have developed on various topics.

Wouldn’t it be interesting if the two best friends mirrored their movements? This is tried out immediately and the scene is refined further and further with surprising results.