Please take a look at what each other is doing, and particularly the targets set - you may be able to help, or work in pairs or small groups where targets are similar!
James
A
Decided upon Physical song actions to the
song using David Armand’s Torn performance as influence. Will attempt to extend
physical skills set. Using a song which comes out of comfort zone. A thousand
Miles – Vanessa Carlton. Challenges: Fast tempo, demanding precision of
physicality at speed.
Task:
look at silent movie stars such as Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, the Marx
Brothers, Laurel and Hardy.
Research into Laban’s Efforts. LP look for handout to e mail.
Laura
C
Scrapped monologue idea, has moved towards
a different mode of comedy. Inspired by a random clip on facebook of the flight
attendant. L’s mother is a flight attendant, so L can get the safety demo and
anecdotal content down. Interesting in terms of physical seated/standing
relationship between passengers and attendant, and audience and performer.
“Brecht used comedy to distance his audiences from the depicted events”.
Tasks: Research the context of the Brecht
Quote, Decide in developing your material, what your angle will be? ( feminist,
political, storytelling, cultural or economic drivers – servant/master, status
type stuff? that you expose…)
Zoe
C
Looking at comedic monologue?
Task: Talk with Polly re storytelling and
techniques for developing own comedic monologue.
Also: Look at Christopher Durang, Laughing
Wild, look at Victoria Wood, Alan Ayckbourne and find more contemporary
examples!
Sam
P
Has read Krapps last tape and has watched a
bit of it. Stand Up is enjoyable, but doesn’t feel; hideously challenged
though.
Has got the existing mono’s and now the
Richard the second also. Need to consider how you might place these into a
performance context. Is there a way to pull the stand up and mono’s together?
TASK: Decide between a compere persona who
commentates on sections of the monologue? Or do you look for the commonalities
of text/concept/character in the mono’s and develop a stand up which links
these and comments on them.
( Audience reception theory, communication
theory).
Yvette
Confused! Absent through illness, so needed a bit more context
for decision making over content.
Considering a physical piece, cites DV8 as
example of marrying text and moves. Also intrigued by diff in own physicality
twixt dance and phys. theatre . Needs to be corralled or will keep being
interested in new things!
Explore Laban’s effort and the
dodecahedron. Think about Etchell’s accidents of rehearsal.
Authorised absent: Jonathan
Absent: Daniel, Paige
Present but tutorialling next week: Harry Christopher, Greg, Goncalo
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