Performance One

So today i was feeling positive about our performance in the afternoon, however this didn't last long as my WHOLE water bottle leaked into my bag in the morning, and soaked EVERYTHING in my bag including my costume (but luckily what i was wearing was okay) so i was panicking about that! but i got to bourne hall extra early and put it in the sun and it dried a bit. but when everyone started arriving i was happy again :)

When the Jamie arrived it wasn't like 'quick quick Jamie's here' and we dived right into practising, there was an ease into which i think helped calm everyone own. We warmed up which lacked energy a bit because we was in the sun and i personally don't like that particular warm up, but we need warming up so...

We then went over revolve which was confusing because we'd had a weekend without thinking about it but when we disused it, it went smoothly(ish)

I think the exercises with Elle where we had to run through our blocking, really helped because it makes you identify what part your a bit hazy on and which parts your good with, and then you just go over and over the parts your hazy on.

I think Nikki getting elbowed in the face wasn't a good thing to happen before a performance! but she was okay so that's good! I panicked a little bit when Chloe started saying her back we in pain, I've heard her say it before but we were about to go and do a performance, but she's a little solider she carried on!

I think just before the performance when everyone was doing their hair & make-up there was a positive vibe in the room, i think everyone was waiting to see what it's going to be like, and i think people were thinking 'I'm nervous lets get on with this' but when it got really near i think people started to panic i know Nikki did when she couldn't get her lip piercing out! and i couldn't find a clip for my hair. I was panicking by thinking that we hadn't gone over anything from before Ollie's solo and i was scared we'd forget the 3 points to look at but we didn't so thumbs up! :)

I personally feel that overall the performance went really well! i felt the only time i came out of character was in the physical score part and only for a couple of seconds. I think i was focused and calm and collected through-out the piece i don't think anyone forgot where to be or what part was next, before the physical score i made my way to my place and i didn't feel the need to remind Chloe that we needed to go upstairs and when i was up their i looked to my left and she was there so i know i can trust every single performer in this piece to be where they need to be! I remember being told i nearly run into a man when we were doing the death line, and so i used the paintings reflection to guide me and make sure i can see behind me which i thought was quite clever :P

I've decided i like it better when bourne is relatively empty because i won't panic and keep think i have to dodge that person, oh that person is in my space what do i do? I'm quite scared for Thursday night and i know there's at least 50 people coming and the majority of them will be standing in the center and that's where most scenes happen!

With the baby section i feel i connected more with the imaginary baby more than i have done, i think portrayed more emotion is what I'm trying to say, i used emotional memory to take me back to Sunday when i went to visit my new born baby cousin!

                                                            

this section is bout creation and how the world begins, with birth i think back to this gorgeous little girl (not named yet) and any other pregnancy and think its amazing how we are made and created, the fact that someone is growing us in them its incredible and i love that we are sharing that with people who might not even be able to have babies. :)

I enjoy the fact that when we do the physical score, we freak people out, i was hesitant towards doing them in this space, i thought it wouldn't fit in with the piece but it does. I Officially take it back. I like that we freak people out but them not knowing where the noises are coming from.

I don't really enjoy the points, only because i think its just there past the time, i do understand it and that its showing the boring everyday lives of businessmen and how they are so structured and have the same routine in the mornings, i think i need to create a character and that way i can feel like I'm living out there life because at the moment I'm just thinking 'ok this is point one' etc..

I think i was in the moment i think i could maybe bring more emotion into the whole thing a bit more, but i think i wasn't faking and i think it was a consistent emotion through-out which maybe wrong and i might need to change that.

There was quite a few different reactions from the audience none to me personally but there was and it is funny to see how different people reaction, there was a mother who as soon as the boys where throwing the ball she protected her baby, one man said to the boys to pick up the football and one women was nodding and singing along to the music at one point. There was a man "counting windows" as he was, he was watching our performance, it makes me think was he really counting windows or did he not want his boss knowing he was watching...?
One ladie said it was fabulous, like live art,  it was different and she enjoyed it and it gave her goosebumps.

 

After i felt relief, but also because there isn't a bow at the end or an applause so i felt the piece was unfinished but i feeling postive and glad it all went well.

 

- (Remember) Be Bigger with the pulsing circle with Dan & Naomi