BREAK DOWN OF SOME OF THE WEEK

Mondayà

 

We want to start our very first session with the group that we are going to be working with in a casual, unpressured way. We thought that it would be good to get know the group a bit and to give them a chance to get to know us and ask us any questions that they wanted so that they could feel more comfortable with us. I feel that this is really important because it starts to build a relationship between us and them so that they might feel more confident and comfortable working with us and pushing themselves. We also thought that this would be a good time to talk to the students about any ideas they had about the piece as we want them to as involved in the creative process as possible so that it can be their piece not ours that they are performing. By getting to know their ideas early on it allows us to adjust the week to fit in and explore their own ideas as well as ours.

We then wanted to play some theatre games later on in the day so that the students could get used to working with us and playing the games that we are more likely to be playing and developing throughout the week. Also for us it shows us what the students are capable of doing physically so that we can plan the choreography around that to make sure they are all included.

The craft time allows the students to get involved in creating the props that will be in the final piece. It also allows them to personalise it a bit more and have their own creative ownership over a certain piece of the performance.

Tuesday à

On Tuesday we are going to be playing some more physical games to lead into the creation of the piece. The games such as mirroring and sculpting and contact games allows us to see how far the students can go and push themselves and it also allows the students to get more comfortable with what they are going to be doing in the piece. It is also a really good way to start developing work for the piece and it allows us to explore and see what does and doesn’t work. More over I think that it give the students some ownership on what they are doing as they can interpret the games in their own way to create unique elements and movements to go into the performance.