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