Oh how far we can travel in just one day! So our original
nugget walking into this adventure was “Creation Destruction and Potential.”
After spending some time with this theme we’ve realized it is actually not a theme
at all. It is more of a life cycle of sorts. Or life belief perhaps. It feels
more like a moral to a story than a kernel of a story. Anyway, this realization
has led us on quite a tumble. I’m struggling to explain the relevance right
now. Its been a late night rehearsal. Let me try again.
This morning we worked
on this idea of “blank slate”. Meaning, Detroit is abandoned. There is nothing
there. We could fill that void. We could create what we want. We could save
Detroit and so on and so forth. But Detroit is not a blank slate at all! There
is history there. Homes with people in them. People who’ve lived their whole
lives and created their stories there. Today we worked conceptually.
Idea (ex.
blank slate) à
moment (ex. inflating our egos- going from blank slate to “I’m going to save
Detroit”) (using an umbrella as a fire billowing device).
This evening we worked
more in a relaxed, free form, play/experimentation setting. We’ve noticed
though that our moments are typically one of us doing something and the other
person watching/giving suggestions…its really hard to play together because we
don’t know what it looks like! Tomorrow we are going to try to get a mirror in
the space. Tonight we experimented with blankets, clip lights, and a few hats.
Two totally different ways of running rehearsal:
Conceptual à “moments”
Play/Experimentation
à Moments/forms
Also, we’ve altered our rehearsal schedule to 9-12 and
8pm-11pm. This is SO much better for light play (we need the dark!) and better
for our sanity. All day and homework at night felt like zero break time. So
yeah, I’m feeling like we are hitting our groove. Starting to roll…
Trying to keep an open mind.
Not fit the show together too soon.
Let it breath.
And let it rest.
(until
tomorrow!)
-Tina
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