Physical Exploring

Physical exploring was the main activity this week. Letting the energy accumulate in our centre on energy and start exploring the voice and body (movements). I think this is an important exercise because it helps your body to become a tool while acting and you discover many movements that can be used later while performing and it also helps to develop concentration.

I the other hand the school play its developing each day more and I feel it’s more difficult to continue. In my scene I think fortunately we have reach a grade of concentration that so that everybody focuses in their actions, so that the movements are not any more based on the actor but in the character. Now we can see the difference between the actor and the character. Now I think what more can it be done to develop more the character of the servants so they really look like servants? How the masks will help to represent the servants?

In the theorical part we focus on how to analyse a play or a scene. This was really helpful while doing my research. I have finished my research by now, there are just some little details left to be fixed. With the script I could analyse the different parts and start applying the convections to the play easier. It was easier to think about what convection was or could be use by analysing first and I also get to predict the effect it would have, and not just talk about the element. How can I include the effect I have discovered in my research? Should I talk about it too? While doing my research i have and thinking about the physical exploring i have notice that in Noh theatre the movements are very different that daily life movements and this makes it very interesting, may noh actors use physical exploring too before acting?

Finally I ask my self would it be useful to do the physical exploring with everybody in the school play as the use of mask and puppets need a better knowledge of the different possible movements your body can do?