Today we were put into pairs and given a piece of very
‘open’ dialogue. This meant that when I was paired with Joe, we could make this
piece of dialogue fit almost any situation we wanted it to. This was very
interesting because we all had different ideas about the dialogue and these
ideas changed over time. For example we first performed the piece as if we were
waiting for one of our friends to come back to us and they were late, so we
were getting worried. We were then given the instruction to perform it and
always be touching our partner, so we played it as if Joe had broken his leg
and we were waiting for the nurse to come back with painkillers. We were then
told to do it a final time, but use contemporary dance to show what is
happening. This lesson was extremely useful because once we get a rough story
for our performance; we can then experiment with different ways of showing the
same scene – not just with dialogue. Tomorrow, we are meant to be going to
Rochester Cathedral to take pictures of it and possibly get some inspiration
for our performance.
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