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KMID : 1147020080110010081
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Korean Journal of Psychodrama
2008 Volume.11 No. 1 p.81 ~ p.91
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Serious Play: Bibliodrama in the Context of Creative Incarnation
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Bjorn Krondorfer
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Abstract
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Bibliodrama refers to the "drama of books" etymologically, and particularly refers to the dramatic enactment of biblical stories. In the Christian tradition, we have the notion of "incarnation" that can be interpreted to mean that we as humans can locate the divine in our bodies. This is why biblical stories work so well. Yet, the bibliodramatic method is not limited to the Bible. I have applied the technique to poetry and short stories; others have worked with select literary vignettes, Greek mythology, Mesopotamian myths, or even hagiographies. In view of bibliodrama in comparison with the theatrical performances, Bibliodrama is not a staged play for which actors rehearse a given role. Improvisation and spontaneity are essential elements. It is played only by and for the people who are actively participating in workshops with no spectators. As bibliodrama focuses on process and people, on improvisation and creative encounters a lot, one might think that it is akin to a therapeutic session or Bibliodrama must be like psychodrama with biblical protagonists. Surely, certain therapeutic elements are part of Bibliodrama. However it would be better to call it pre-therapeutic or proto-therapeutic. It does not diagnose or heal individual pathologies, but develops its healing power in the mediation between a given biblical narrative, creative spontaneous play, and the dynamics of individual participants engaged in a facilitated group setting. Bibliodrama is "serious play" that requires the active participation of adults willing to confront life in all its dimensions. Bibliodrama, Victor Turner said, "is not just `having fun`…[but] deals with the whole gamut of experience both contemporary and stored in culture". As Bibliodramatists, we cannot underestimate the seriousness of play and we need to be prepared to evaluate the interpretive work accomplished in these encounters. And since it is always at risk of deteriorating to self referential, regressive or infantile play, we should perform the bibliodrama with consideration.
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KEYWORD
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dramatic enactment of biblical stories, incarnation, Improvisation and spontaneity, pre-therapeutic or proto-therapeutic, serious play, interpretive work
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