Today was our show day and for the whole day we were just rehearsing our piece and making sure everyone knew what was going on and the running order of the piece, when running through we were in our costumes that we would be wearing later on that day - bunny ears and in all black. before rehearsing we did an activity just to warm us up and lighten up the mood, we were asked to go into pairs and make up a game that only consisted of two people, after this we tried playing some of the games that were made up and they were very fun. one was to hug each other and try and touch each others elbow while being connected and the other was to have your partner facing opposite to you on the floor and have bunny tails around our feet and we have to try and take them off each others feet.
what went well?
I was proud of the end result of our show, I thought it went very well and everyone put their all in it, we were all bouncing off each other and all of our focus was too a high standard, we were so engaged in the performance that there was not one bit where we lost focus or were lost on what to do. it was very fun and an amazing experience, especially reliving all our childhood memories, when looking at the audience members all I could see were smiles and laughs which strengthened the piece more because that was the reaction we were looking for, everything went to plan and the audience got involved a lot, all I could sense was joy in the atmosphere and that reflected a lot within the piece. we were all fully committed and in the room we performed there was a strong spiritual connection between us all.
Even better if...
I don't feel there were any flaws within our performance, but I feel like if it was longer and we got the audience involved a little bit more then it would of been to a great standard, I feel like we should of put a bit more emotion and feelings into our movements when we heard a specific type of music so it showed that the music was flowing through us and we could feel the rhythm flowing through our bodies. at some points I felt as if the emotion we were trying to portray was by force because that what we rehearsed, so if it was natural then it was of had an organic element to it.
Audience comments/reactions
All of the audiences faces were filled with joy while watching the whole piece but at one point I saw a few tears and that was the part where we were reaching up asking for our mummy's to help us, but besides that we had a good reaction and a lot of involvement, after the show when talking to some of the audience they were thanking us because we made them relive their childhood and that they really enjoyed it, a few said it had really touched them and changed the way they see life, they said that they wouldn't take life as seriously and that even though in society they are considered an adult in their heart they will always be a child and by watching our performance it made it more apparent to them.
Overall, I really enjoyed being part of something special and awakening other people to see that they should just have fun and making people and myself relive their childhood, by seeing other people happy made me happy and made the atmosphere in the room 10x better. I feel like I am a lot closer with the people in my class and have learnt a lot about them individually and as a group.
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