REHEARSALS
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WARM UP
For the warm up we did the same Sally song as yesterday and two other songs. For the Sally song, we did lunges for the first part of the song and squats for the second half. My legs were already aching from all of the squats we did the day before so I really struggled. Mr Lemon told the cast that your mind quits before your body, so I really wanted to keep going to prove to myself that I could do it even when my mind quit. By the end of the song, I ended up crying because I was in so much pain, but I felt stronger and happier afterwards.
We did Love The Way You Lie by Rihanna and Eminem:
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Every time Rihanna sang, we held a crunch position and every time Eminem rapped, we did sit ups. This was a lot easier than the Sally song we did in my opinion as I have stronger ab muscles than leg muscles.
We also did Thunderstruck by ACDC:
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In this song, every time the word "thunder" was said even in the word "thunderstruck", we had to do a burpee. By this time we were all absolutely worn out so we struggled to carry on.
REHEARSAL
For the rehearsal, we had a bit of a tough time, especially Tristan, the narrator, to adapt to the orchestra as this was our first rehearsal with them. One of the musicians wasn't able to make the rehearsal which was even more difficult and stressful. Some of the music was faster and some was slower than the recording that we had previously been rehearsing to. For example, my music when Tristan says, "In a twinkling, the cat climbed up the tree" was significantly faster than the recording. Despite all of this, we still managed to make things work. Our first run through was even worse than the day before, so all of us got down hearted for a bit but then we pulled ourselves together and did a much better second rehearsal.
Showing posts with label procession. Show all posts
Showing posts with label procession. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Monday, 9 December 2019
09.12.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
REHEARSAL
In this rehearsal, we covered the movements from the duck coming out of the pond and then getting eaten by the wolf up until the procession. There was a bit of confusion as to why the duck was getting out of the pond in the first place, but now Georgia understands her character's motif and it's smoother. She thought that she was getting out of the pond because she was scared of the wolf, but now her objective is to instinctively fight the wolf, then realises how scary he is and runs away. I think we need to fix the section after the duck gets eaten as the wolf isn't doing much and it's a bit boring, especially for a young audience. I think the rehearsal, despite the little working space we had, went quite well as the cast was more lively and energetic today.
In this rehearsal, we covered the movements from the duck coming out of the pond and then getting eaten by the wolf up until the procession. There was a bit of confusion as to why the duck was getting out of the pond in the first place, but now Georgia understands her character's motif and it's smoother. She thought that she was getting out of the pond because she was scared of the wolf, but now her objective is to instinctively fight the wolf, then realises how scary he is and runs away. I think we need to fix the section after the duck gets eaten as the wolf isn't doing much and it's a bit boring, especially for a young audience. I think the rehearsal, despite the little working space we had, went quite well as the cast was more lively and energetic today.
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| Wolf chasing duck |
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
12.11.19 - Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
REHEARSAL
In this rehearsal, we re-blocked the procession so that it makes more sense with the music and the storyline.
Before, our procession was boring and lifeless but we changed it because that wouldn't be appropriate for our target audience as they want it to be interactive and exciting.
We now have Peter, the wolf and the huntsmen interacting with the audience and walking around whilst the cat and grandfather perform their segment.
Then the cat and grandad come off stage and meet Peter, the wolf and the huntsmen and interact with the children whilst the bird performs.
Then we all go off stage and come back on for the curtain call.
This has been improved greatly and now the cast is more confident in the piece.
In this rehearsal, we re-blocked the procession so that it makes more sense with the music and the storyline.
Before, our procession was boring and lifeless but we changed it because that wouldn't be appropriate for our target audience as they want it to be interactive and exciting.
We now have Peter, the wolf and the huntsmen interacting with the audience and walking around whilst the cat and grandfather perform their segment.
Then the cat and grandad come off stage and meet Peter, the wolf and the huntsmen and interact with the children whilst the bird performs.
Then we all go off stage and come back on for the curtain call.
This has been improved greatly and now the cast is more confident in the piece.
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| Actors interacting with the audience |
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
22.10.19 Peter and the Wolf - Ms Trono
WARM UP
In this rehearsal we did the warm up game Chinese Whispers but with actions to get our bodies moving. We had to use movements from the characters from Peter and the Wolf and it would go down the line until we had a movement that should have but didn't look anything like the movement at the start. For example, I did the duck's waddle, Peter's skip and the hunter's walk. This then had to go down the line of people in our theatre company and see how the movements turned out at the end. Some people had a hard time recreating the movements as they required some skill, e.g. I struggled to recreate Amelie's bird motif as it was too difficult. Some other people had a hard time to remember what movements were done.
PROCESSION
We then looked at the procession and watched some videos online to help us figure out how we want to choreograph this section. We looked at contact improvisation for ideas on how the characters could interact with each other as there is no dialogue. We didn't do too much physical work this
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We also looked at some procession videos.
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In this rehearsal we did the warm up game Chinese Whispers but with actions to get our bodies moving. We had to use movements from the characters from Peter and the Wolf and it would go down the line until we had a movement that should have but didn't look anything like the movement at the start. For example, I did the duck's waddle, Peter's skip and the hunter's walk. This then had to go down the line of people in our theatre company and see how the movements turned out at the end. Some people had a hard time recreating the movements as they required some skill, e.g. I struggled to recreate Amelie's bird motif as it was too difficult. Some other people had a hard time to remember what movements were done.
PROCESSION
We then looked at the procession and watched some videos online to help us figure out how we want to choreograph this section. We looked at contact improvisation for ideas on how the characters could interact with each other as there is no dialogue. We didn't do too much physical work this
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We also looked at some procession videos.
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