Category Archives: Mask theatre

Posted on 2017-02-27 by Micke Klingvall

The mask and the actor

The mask demands energy and size. It is all about filling the mask with life. Since the mask is stylized and extends parts of the face or is larger than life, it demands another form of dynamism than the realistic. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2017-02-20 by Micke Klingvall

The origins of mask (Part 2 – From rites to early plays)

As we humans settled down, started to cultivate the earth and become domiciled other rites and festivities started to develop. It was harvest, fertility, initiation or transition rites among other. Those rites demanded more human masks, representing human types such … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2017-02-13 by Micke Klingvall

The origins of mask (Part 1 – The hunt)

Masks are developed from hunting. When the hunters were trying to get closer to their pray they dressed in hides and furs from the animals they were hunting. It was not only the looks and the scents from the hunters … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-01-17 by Micke Klingvall

Why mask?

As the mask enhances the bodily expression both visually and by size it also compels a more direct communication from the stage. A communication that becomes stronger in its expression and allows a comedy that goes straight to the guts … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-01-13 by Micke Klingvall

The face – a tool to lie with

People tend to think that the face is central for communication between people. I am not so sure. I think we think that the face is central. The face is what we use to lie with. We lie in the … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2012-01-11 by Micke Klingvall

Mask and the sense of time

On the whole I don’t think the masks have influenced the feeling for space so much in my performances as it has with the sense of time. In my opinion the masks always change the sense of time. I see … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-22 by Micke Klingvall

The mask’s influence over the actors

Here is another post from the questionnaire from Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. This time is about how I work with masks if I only use them in rehearsals and not in the actual play. For those who like to … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-14 by Micke Klingvall

Masks in rehearsals

Here is another post from the questionnaire from Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. This time is about how I work with masks if I only use them in rehearsals and not in the actual play. For those who like to … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-13 by Micke Klingvall

About teaching mask – part 2

In About mask making I explained how this is all about some questions I got in for a scientific work by Thanos Vovolis at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts. This post is continuing from About teaching mask. The goal … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-12-12 by Micke Klingvall

About teaching mask

While answering the questions I talked about in About mask making I was also asked about how I teach mask. Here are a little of the answer to that. I am not bound to any specific method even though I … Read the rest of this entry →

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