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Session 4: The Motion Alone is Not Enough
In session four we got a little more deeply into some vocal work. We used a line from Beckett’s Footfalls: The motion alone is not enough. Get it? Anyway, the whole room saying “the motion alone is not enough” as…
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Session 3: Lesson I Bleed and EAT YOUR HEART OUT DIMITRI TIOMKIN
-by gwethalyn We began our post warm up movement in session three by making a couple of machines. In this exercise each individual player makes a rhythmic sound and repeats a physical action to go with the sound, the machine…
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Session 2, part 2: Open Theater’s Images, Our Images
-by gwethalyn We began our reading of The Open Theater’s “ceremony” The Serpent by reading a scene titled “Kennedy-King Assassination.” In the scene four actors visually recreate the figures in the convertible from the iconic video clip of JFK’s assassination,…
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Session 2, Part 1: Bertolt Brecht
Played Red Ball, A/B shaping, and Move on Exhale. Explained target stories and I was chomping at the bit to take suggestions, but we were only explaining the concept today. Next time, I’ll be ready though. Read Brecht and Open…
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dreamwork/bodywork
by gwethalyn So, it’s my favorite time of the year again! That’s right, time to take my stretchy velvet pants off the mothballs and dust off the K-tag. Thanks to a shorter than usual hiatus as a result of our…
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Session 1, Part 2: Our swelling ranks and Cocteau.
by gwethalyn As we began our first session we were a very small group and I was worried that we would have the same problem which plagued us for the past three years, low enrollment. But as we have learned,…
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Day 1, Part 1: Gertrude Stein
First session was excellent. The directors are all VERY impressed with this group of participants. They are wicked smart, have excellent critical thinking skills, and are great movers; their parents and teachers should be very proud. What follows is a…
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What a Night
So enrollment is up to 14 now and there is talk of more people being possible! This is amazing and totally has exceeded my expectations. Congrats to all who helped with recruiting, this year is off to a great start.…
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Enrollment update!
Good news! Gweth has informed me that enrollment is currently at 12, and perhaps 13. That means groups of 4 for the plays 😀 It’s not the huge beast that it was in recent memory, but a definite improvement from…