03/09/14
Introduction session-
On our first practical session we joined
up with Tish who is working with us to do our physical theatre piece. During
our introduction session we focussed on weight bearing as this can be used in
physical theatre to create a very effective piece. Weight bearing is a way of
using weight to travel as a trust element from balancing weight and the weight
that is being beared in physical theatre is the weight of another person. A way
in which we put weight baring to the test was by partnering up and using each
other's weight to get the two of us from one side of the room to another by
using different levels and forces. What I noticed from doing the introduction
session with Tish was that we used dynamics and travelling as well as the weight
bearing to get from one side of the room to the other. The dynamics were used as
there was a contrast and different levels of the movement we used which changed
depending on whether we were moving fast or slow in the small piece that we had
created to show the weight baring. The travelling was used as it moves us from
one place to another and helped us to create contact improvisation.
This is a good first post - although it would have been worth writing a short introduction to the project as your first post.
ReplyDeleteCareful with your spelling - weight bearing, not weight baring. If you are not sure of spelling then you could write it in a Word document first so that it checks your spelling and grammar.