This will be a quick post, as I have a ton of reading to do tonight. This week has been going by really very quickly, with a lot of information. I haven't had a chance to really let it sink in before I am off to the next thing.
Had the opportunity today to work in an art class setting, where the puppeteers were allowed to sit in and get an anatomy for the artist lesson, which I found to be extremely satisfying. It is my personal opinion that in order to move away from or distort the figure, you have to know the figure first. I think the same is true in theatrical terms, relating to tradition and contemporary performance, but that is another post, for another time.
The art class got me really very excited and hopeful that the puppeteers might have more opportunities to work this way. I can't wait to do more of this sort of work.
Picked up "Impro" by Keith Johnstone after our class with Nick Wood on Tuesday. I have worked on improvisational theatre before, and found it refreshing to jump back into the elemental and basic principals of doing improv.
What this week has done for me, is prob into what do I want to research? There are so many avenues, but after doing this work, I think I am most interested in neutral mask, mask work, and really getting to use puppets to m
ask the human form. I therefore have picked up "Masks, Transformation, and Paradox".On another note, during the Shunt presentation this week, we were asked to collaborate in groups of three. I won't go into detail here, as we have yet to present our piece, but so far, the pieces have all been unique and intriguging.
Tune in tomorrow to find out about the end of the Shunt lectures!
(Here we are gathering ideas.)
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