Over the past couple of sessions we have been reading through the play “Arabian Nights”, and being cast. I am playing the role of Shaharazad, and I'm very happy with this as I feel there's quite a lot of dimensions to her character.
Nat xx
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Blog for session 02/07
Today’s rehearsal was one that stretched imagination to the limit!! As usual, we were expecting the exercise of creating scenes using shapes of our bodies and a bit of creativity. But this week it took us all a bit more brain power as the pictures we were creating were not just your average “funeral”, “ship” or “wedding” but far more detailed depictions such as “a hill full of boulders” or “a shop filled with treasures.” It was quite difficult at first because thinking more outside the box in 30 seconds was hard but by the end of the exercise the groups had come up with some very interesting (and humorous) work!
The main part of the session was splitting into groups and, using a scene from the actual script of “Arabian Nights”, creating the scenery and imagery using our own bodies. Watching the results
of these really showed how everyone had really thought about the task and there were some very fresh takes on how to make a prison, a garden and how to show the relationships between characters using story telling. However, there was one thing that no group had managed to do convincingly which brings me on to the final part of the evening. Babies!
The last few minutes of the session were spent trying to create the birth of a baby on stage whilst keeping it within the style of the story telling in “Arabian Nights.” It concluded with some wonderful humour and wonderful performances from boys and girls alike!
Anna
Today’s rehearsal was one that stretched imagination to the limit!! As usual, we were expecting the exercise of creating scenes using shapes of our bodies and a bit of creativity. But this week it took us all a bit more brain power as the pictures we were creating were not just your average “funeral”, “ship” or “wedding” but far more detailed depictions such as “a hill full of boulders” or “a shop filled with treasures.” It was quite difficult at first because thinking more outside the box in 30 seconds was hard but by the end of the exercise the groups had come up with some very interesting (and humorous) work!
The main part of the session was splitting into groups and, using a scene from the actual script of “Arabian Nights”, creating the scenery and imagery using our own bodies. Watching the results
of these really showed how everyone had really thought about the task and there were some very fresh takes on how to make a prison, a garden and how to show the relationships between characters using story telling. However, there was one thing that no group had managed to do convincingly which brings me on to the final part of the evening. Babies!
The last few minutes of the session were spent trying to create the birth of a baby on stage whilst keeping it within the style of the story telling in “Arabian Nights.” It concluded with some wonderful humour and wonderful performances from boys and girls alike!
Anna
Blog for session 16/07
This week we looked into how we could stage the number of weddings that happen in the play: using ideas originally put forward by members of CYT2, we worked with Arabian music to develop a sequence in which the bride enters followed by the groom. I played the bride as my role in the play is Shaharazad, and it was a lot of fun! We choreographed a simple Arabian-style dance to enter with, and used big swathes of red cloth to develop some dramatic elements into it. Fantastic! Nat x
This week we looked into how we could stage the number of weddings that happen in the play: using ideas originally put forward by members of CYT2, we worked with Arabian music to develop a sequence in which the bride enters followed by the groom. I played the bride as my role in the play is Shaharazad, and it was a lot of fun! We choreographed a simple Arabian-style dance to enter with, and used big swathes of red cloth to develop some dramatic elements into it. Fantastic! Nat x
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
today we got cast in our play for Trelawny of the 'Wells'. i'm quite chuffed with my part to be honest - its going to be a blast. :D we did some small performances and me, tasha and becky did a super-hero type scene. i was the heroine, tasha was the villian and becky was the hero. i really enjoyed it :D we finished of the session with some games called 'splatt' and a game that involved us being bunnies but i cant remember what it was called, but it was a laugh :D
Hannah Cade
Hannah Cade
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