Saturday Rehearsal-NOV 1 9:30-12 ROOM 21

Reminder-rehearsal this Saturday 9:30-12 Room 21 (studio space)

Please load your freewrites if it's your turn to create work. We need to read your writing again so we can review what it is you want in your piece.

Last week's review:

Warm ups include Sun Salute/Laban Cube/Contact Improv

Read through each freewrites, every week will be devoted to each person's vision. Last week was Lorna's vision of beauty, absurd, quirky. We came up with two performance pieces: Weaving and Clown Love.

Next Saturday:

Christina's elephant in pink tutu

Lorna's Freewrite

1. What do you want to watch on stage? In terms of characters, stories, location, visual, sound, emotion etc. What don't you see and would like to see?

I want to see something beautiful, something quirky, the absurd. Off the map, not on the tried and true path. I want to be surprised, enchanted, inspired, to laugh and to learn. I have seen incredible performances not meant to be performed. Whether it’s beautiful Balinese women out in the morning spreading flowers and rice on delicately woven leaves throughout the neighborhood, looking regal or a young boy on top of a crumbling tower tearing pieces from a black plastic bag so when the wind catches them, he’s looking at the black butterflies he imagined and created. Walking down the street with eyes wide open various scenes would unfold. I want to hear stories that are not usually heard, did you hear about the young teacher from one of the toughest town in Manila, Tondo? He took a bus load of his students hostage, not for money or power, but because he wanted to change their lives for the better. It was his protest against the lack of support and funding for young kids living in poverty. After hours of stand off, the kids were delivered to safety and each one of the kids and their parents begged for the police and government to set the young teacher free! They believed in him and what he did despite of the danger the young kids went through. That is life theatre, that is beautiful, absurd, dangerous but incredibly true.

2. What can you bring on stage? We've talked about what is missing, what can you do to fill it?

I need to keep working, wake up every Saturday morning and devote 3 hours of my life to just creating art. Work that I like to do and see what comes out. Carving out a time, tearing myself from the arms of my little daughter, still smelling the sleep on her head and my husband across from me, both faces looking like perfect copies of each other. To lock myself in a room with like minded people and agree on a silent contract to just create and make something. A silent contract, not too much to ask for, when so many other hours are devoted to doing things we may not want or like to do. Filling up a time based on work that we create out of our imagination and life experience. Where every second is new, like traveling to a new place where we don’t know anyone or anything. It’s between performance and a lifestyle. A performance has an audience we cater to, a goal to reach, acceptance from critiques. A lifestyle is when work and pleasure seem to merge. To be able to do something because we know to do it and we have always done it. Given enough time, investment and practice.

3. What is/are the thing(s) holding you back? What ca you do about it?

So many things. Fatigue, the inner censor, the voice telling you that what you are doing is not any good. Getting older, not getting wiser. Other responsibilities. People to take care of. Money. Time. Finding inspiration. Finding a freakin room in this big university. My mom. Your mom. Everyobody’s mom. My body changing.

What can I do about it? Not much really, there’s nothing I can really do to control or wish those things away. They are there and always will be there.

Get over it. Plain and simple, just get over it. At least we’re doing something.

October 25, Saturday rehearsal CHANGE OF ROOMS

Hi....

So for this Saturday rehearsal, still from 9:30-12 but the room was reserved by another group, so we need to go to a different room. Instead of Room 21, we are going to meet in room 134. ROOM 134.

Here's a summary of last week's workshop:

Voice Work. When working with monologues, try different ways to embody your words.

1) Pitch
2) Pace
3) Power
4) Inflection
5) Pause
6) Emphasis

Homework: Freewrite for 10 minutes and answer the following questions:

1) What do you want to watch on stage? In terms of characters, stories, location, visual, sound, emotion etc. What don't you see and would like to see?

2) What can you bring on stage? We've talked about what is missing, what can you do to fill it?

3) What is/are the thing(s) holding you back? What ca you do about it?

schedule conflict

midnight mass is slated to run dec 4-6.

is anyone planning on helping with/doing midnight mass?
(i was actually considering helping with stage)

will this conflict with our work in progress show on the 6th?

what say you?

October 14 Rehearsal SATURDAY 9:30-12

Great work this past Saturday everyone!

Reminder: Next rehearsal is Saturday from 9:30 am to Noon at the Creative Arts Building Room 21 at SF State.

Homework: Bring a one minute monologue.
We are going to work on voice for the most part.

Review of last rehearsal:
-Rudolph Laban History and Contribution to theatre
-Laban cube work
-Ensemble work (walk from 1-5 speed)
-Jacques Lecoq History and Contribution
-Bande Mime

Research: Laban and Lecoq

Hi Folks,

Before our Saturday rehearsal, please read through some of these articles on Jacques Lecoq and Rudolph Laban. They are good introduction to the style we will be learning and also inspiring to read about the works of master teachers.

See you next Saturday!....L

http://www.ecole-jacqueslecoq.com/jacques_lecoq-biographie-uk.php?bg=01

http://home.eserver.org/danzico/lecoq/art03.html

http://www.laban.org/php/news.php?id=20

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Laban

GUNHILD KILDE Guest Teacher

Gunhilde Kilde is a graduate of Oslo University in Dance an d Movement. She is a contemporary dancer and choreographer. She has studied he style of Jacques Lecoq and Rudolph Laban. She is the founder of the Two Dancers Society and has performed in Europe through various productions including A DOLL HOUSE by Anton Tsjekkov and THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Willaims.

Next Saturday Rehearsal 10.11.08 9:30am-12pm

Great work this Saturday! It was incredible to see everyone's fearlessness and creativity.

Announcements:

1) Rehearsal Saturday, 9:30 am-Noon, Room 21. Dress comfortably and bring water.

2) Guest teacher Gunhilde Kilde will be coming in at 10:30-12 to teach Laban and Lecoq

3) Homework: bring a walk

4) Save the Date: December 6, workshop show at Bayanihan

Summary of past work:

-Opening discussion of artist and relevance.
-Scene with words vs. Scene without words
-Directorial vignettes (Red Cup Breakfast, Wrinkled Hand Weathered, Man Woman Mars Venus, Toy Box Building Blocks).
-Closing discussion on processes and group work. Continue group processes where each performer is responsible for creating, performing, directing and creating work.

For those at the workshop, please add any other thoughts and ideas that I may have left out.