This hushed ritual, lasting mere seconds prior to each session or show, marks the commencement of one of the last experiences of total immersion remaining in our technology-savvy, multiscreen-saturated society. For the sixty minutes or longer that follows, audiences are asked to pledge their complete attention to the piece of filmed or performed art played out before them. Their eyes must only search the contents of their direct vicinity; their ears may only hear the sounds filtering through their surrounds; their senses must submit to the immediacy of the now and the near.
The meditation of darkened theatres
Committing time and focus to a performance may tap the benefits of meditation, mindfulness and rest.
8 Oct 2013 12:00
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