𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞

Movement Sequence Reflections [9/28/21] The five movement sequences designed by my peers created a wealth of emotions. Some were calming, reflective, and comprised of smooth motions; others were fast-paced and full of bold energy. The effects of these feelings and techniques created many different atmospheres in a short space of time. In the two pieces without lyrics, I found that they leaned much more into abstract styles of motion. Because they didn’t have words to take inspiration from, the tempo of the music was what directed them. Both of these pieces also followed a pattern of flowing movements. This made sense especially for the sequence inspired by water bending. However, their was a noticeable difference in one’s own spacial awareness between the two movements. The first, performed to an instrumental Beatle’s song, required deeper focus into how their body was transitioning from each of the stages: leaning back to forwards, standing to kneeling and then standing again. In cont...

  Reflecting Over the last two weeks, I’ve learned about the levels of viewpoint work through walking speed, lighting, and word-based gestures. We have worked in the BlackBox theatre and at the outside steps in between JJW and Humanities. Although I haven’t always been able to fully participate in the longer movement sessions, I still think I will be a much better actor when keeping what we’ve been taught in mind. I found it very important to take notes on what I saw during the first viewpoints session on the 15th and felt really impacted by being in the audience. Most everyone in our class started out anxious and uncertain. During start and stop exercises, people began with polite attitudes and a consistency of turns. Then, once chaos emerged, we could follow the abstract-ness of our ideas much more smoothly. We collectively defined a lot of terms through great collaboration. Something that impacted me a surprising amount was the difference I felt when performing outside as oppose...

  Some of the things that I observed as an audience member for today’s activity were that… People categorized their neutral, fast, and slow walking speeds in different ways. Some related it to music, others to genres of performance. At the start, there were many people who fidgeted out of nervousness and confusion. I saw people who would wring their hands, clasp behind their backs, or twirl their hair. When switching back to a neutral motion from an extreme speed or slowness, it was difficult to remember what the initial pace was. Some walks were faster than the first neutral and vice versa. During the start and stop exercises, the instinct for many was to act polite and follow a consistent order of walking. The time of each pause also tended to stay within a 3 to 6 second range. Once the concept had been practiced, though, the energy changed much more often and an element of chaos came into play. Another benefit of the start and stop exercise was that it helped the actors to learn...

 

  Previous Theatre Experience      My previous experience in theatre has included a large number of musical performances - both full and shortened productions - as well as minor roles in straight-acting plays. Starting in middle school, I played the role of Lumiere for Beauty and the Beast as a 6th grader and landed the lead as Marry Poppins during my 8th grade year. During summers since I’ve also participated in small, lower-stakes art camps, which put on Pippin and Singin’ In The Rain . At Cheshire Academy, I have performed with the theatre department for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime , Mamma Mia, Social Justice Theatre , and Cheshire Fest throughout the past three years.      Some of my personal strengths when it comes to acting are that I’m naturally empathetic, I enjoy putting myself into new and. unfamiliar conditions, and I am always ready to encourage others. Admittedly, I have many weaknesses as well, such as my struggles...

Wait For Me     My mom has made a tradition for our family to experience a musical or any live show as a Christmas experience, whether on Broadway or in state theatre houses. In 2019, our gift brought us to NYC for a full cast performance of Hadestown. After climbing the left wing stairs, we came to our seats and marveled at the amazing set design below. Every stool, railing and step looked like it had been fully lived in, with a vibrant energy despite the stage’s muted color palette. I could feel myself buzzing with an insatiable excitement, one that only peaked at the ending song of Act 1. A steady build began with the rhythm of worker’s boots treading against a spinning stage. Eurydice’s voice echoed like thunder across the building, and the sound of her clear chest note rings deep in my head almost two years later.   December 29, 2019