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CHAPTER FIVE: DATA ANALYSIS According to my reflective diary these series offered a lot of learning about structuring LTD. There are many interesting aspects of the drama lessons that could be discussed, but I will reflect primarily on those elements that are important as part of the analysis of Bondian concepts in LTD. Site as the Framework for Data Analysis As Lam investigating the adaptation of Bondian concepts and devices in LTD I have decided to use the concept of Site, discussed in detail earlier in chapter three, as the framework of this analysis. This concept holds the full process of drama in itself and so offers the possibility of not just discussing the different Bondian devices, but clarifying their relationship to each other. Cooper explains that “sites are used in Bond’s drama primarily to establish the dramatic logic of the situation in order to illuminate our social reality and forge the direct connection between the play and the experience of the audience”.555 Bond states that the socio-cultural context (Site A) that the play is performed in needs to be present in the set, props and narrative (Site B) of a performance. These need to be brought into action (Site C) so they open up the play’s content in ways that engage the audience’s imagination (Site D).5% The Sites are contained in each other and connected dialectically. The story and the Centre it investigates has been placed as Site B by Cooper in recent workshops.**’ The times we live in. The important problems/contradictions of our 585 Cooper: Imagination in Action, 132. 5# Bond: Modern Drama, 10. 587 Facing the Gap Seminar led by Chris Cooper, hosted by The GAP Arts Project, 5‘ — 8‘ February, 2015, Birmingham, UK. + 174 +
