22nd April Lesson Evaluation

Within todays lesson we showed Nicole and Becca the pieces we had created during Alex’s workshop – five stages of grief motif and the ‘Hero’s manipulating Claudio’. Once they had learnt and watched this, we discussed how and where we could fit them in within the performance. As they are mostly movement based, we agreed that the manipulation section could be used within a transition- aiming to get Claudio and Hero from the ‘anger’ bedroom scene to the foyer- suicide scene.

We experimented with different ways of doing this e.g. using the walls, contact work, the doors, different formations etc. in order to find a transition that would work/make sense and that the audience could all watch. We have some ideas of how this could work yet need to re-rehearse this as there is still more we can develop and improve!

This transition will be taking place straight after the anger bedroom scene therefore my idea about using ribbons would link together well. Within the bedroom scene the Hero’s manipulate/control Claudio with the ribbons tied to his wrists therefore we will be able to incorporate them into the transition- perhaps when trying to lure Claudio to his death?

Furthermore, we have decided that the five stages of grief motif can be used at random places throughout the entire piece- in all or most scenes there will be a Hero performing the movement in the background, representing the five stages of grief Claudio is going through in his mind (about Hero).

 

Bedroom scene:

 

Could be split to two parts- each Hero has two lines each

When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see,
For all the day they view things unrespected;
But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,
And, darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.
Then thou, whose shadow shadows doth make bright—
How would thy shadow’s form form happy show
To the clear day with thy much clearer light,
When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so?

 

How would, I say, mine eyes be blessèd made
By looking on thee in the living day,
When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade
Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay?
All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.

 

Considering the script for my scene I have looked back over the sonnet I originally chose (for the love section). As I want most of the words/ expression to be spoken through the movement, I will cut down the amount of speech- perhaps only using half of the sonnet. Through doing this, each love Hero would have a short section of time to dance with Claudio where he will speak either one or two lines from the sonnet. This not only saves time within the music but ensures that the section doesn’t drag (seem too long and similar) and also leaves time for the main focus and point of the dance- fighting /anger. The love section should be brief and momentary as if in reflection of their relationship- the romance was brief yet the struggle and pain formed the majority of the relationship.