We partnered up and came up with four movements that coincided with our protest ideas, and then partnered up to combine them into a longer piece as duets.
Project Workshop 06/11/18
We combined our performances with other groups to create a bigger piece with similar protests. The front group worked on a separate performance piece but moved at the same time as us.
Project Workshop Class 12/11/18
- Treat women FAIRLY!!! Touching on inequality, and how women are mistreated.
-Stigma around periods.
Political
-The school education system doesn't prepare us for adult life. You could be getting bad grades in school, but be very street smart.
Why aren't we educated more on politics? People believe we are too young. Surely if we're mature enough to make the decision to have sex, we should be able to vote if we are educated enough as it is OUR future.
What were the strengths and weaknesses of your piece?
I think a weakness was the movements- they could have been more in sync and exaggerated.
A strength was the length and ideas. The piece was an appropriate time and we came up with good ideas and movements when devising.
Project Workshop 13/11/18
Today we ran through our performance piece to make sure everything we wanted to include was smooth and refined. We also put everyone together in a sort of running order to get a feel of how the actual performance would run.
At the beginning of the class we also spoke about different ideas we had and how we could incorporate them into our piece.
Project Workshop 19/11/18
We were given a piece of paper to write down key words and emotions that corresponded with our protest theme. We then came up with movements that conveyed the emotions we wrote down, then paired up to create a duet around our similar protests.
I wrote down words like isolated and lonely, so my movements were me sort of searching for someone to talk to but being rejected by everyone. When I worked with Ella we incorporated that idea but then ran into each other to show that we were similar.
We then put everyone's duets into our performance piece, and rehearsed as a group.
Project Workshop 20/11/18
We had a visit from Nick, who works at the British Museum and was helping to organise the performance. We ran through it to make sure that everything was appropriate for us to perform, and he gave us some positive feedback, and things we shouldn't include as they could be controversial.
Project Workshop 27/11/18
How did you work to rehearse and refine the piece today? What did you need to focus on?
In today's lesson, we focused on finishing the ending and adding it in so that we could run through the whole piece. After we had performed our duets, we found our way back to the back of the room, and walked around, saying our slogans one by one until we were in two lines. We then decided to pick up the placards again and walk forward. As we walked forward, we said 'I Object' starting quietly, ending loudly with ' WE object'.
We thought that this was an appropriate ending because then people had no choice but to focus on our protest slogans. Also, all of us shouting we object really showed how passionate we were about the protests.
MY PROTEST:
"Gay rights are human rights"
This is something I am very passionate about, as I am a part of the LGBT+ community myself. It's very evident that all across the world, people are singled out and bullied for their sexual orientation, and in some extreme cases they are thrown into prison or (in very few countries) stoned to death.
I believe that we are all different, of course, but nobody deserves to die over something that they can't control. Rights are taken away from gay people for the sole reason that they are gay, and it isn't right.
I want to bring attention to the damage this does to not only the people involved, but to their friends and family as well.
Musical Theatre:Cinema Italiano Review
-How did it make you feel?
The dance was something that could only be pulled off if you were confident, and that's what I was. It made me feel very empowered.
-What surprised you?
The spacing. We had previously rehearsed in the dance studio, and when we got to the theatre part of the space had been cut off, so we had less space to perform.
-What was one thing you did well?
I remembered all of the moves. Usually I try to think ahead and visualise what steps come next, but sometimes that can confuse me so I was very surprised to have remembered every step and not have messed up.
-What was one thing you could have improved?
My facial expressions. I need to work on really bringing the performance to life with my face as well.
Overall, I think that the performance went really well. We worked so hard during rehearsals with the choreography, projection and animation, and I think it all worked out well in the end.
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National Theatre Quiz
Q:In what year did the National Theatre open?
- A:1976
Q:How many seats does the Olivier theatre hold?
- A:1160
Q:How many degrees is peripheral vision in the Olivier?
- A:118
Q:How many theatres are there in total?
- A:3
Q:What different possibilities do the three theatres present for performance and what type of work does each of them allow?
- A:"The Olivier has a concentrated intimacy. No seat is far from an actor's point of command; and the span of the seats matches their effective span of vision. They can hold the audience within the compass of their eyes"
- A: "There are no eye-blocking pillars, circle rails, or other familiar hazards and you can see and hear almost equally well from each of its 890 seats. Unlike most traditional theatres, the Lyttelton has an adjustable proscenium. You can make it into an open-end stage; add a fore stage; or create an orchestra pit for up to 20 musicians. No seat is further away, here, from the actor's point of command than the distance from the front row of the dress circle in many older, larger theatres".
- A:"The most flexible of the National Theatre auditoriums, it is a rectangular room, which can hold up to 450 people. In the pit, the new flexible seating system can be raised and lowered in minutes to either a steep or shallow rake format; or the seats can be folded away completely to become a flat floor. On three sides of the room there are two levels, the circle and gallery, which look down on the pit. Performances can be staged in a conventional format at one end; in “traverse”, length ways or across the space; or in the round. Everything is open to change except the circle and gallery, which are reminiscent of the inn-yards that preceded Shakespeare's stages as performance areas"
Q: What is the part under the stage called in the Olivier theatre?
- A:Drum revolve
Job roles in theatre
-What is the job title?
Head of stage.
-Where might you be employed?
Royal Court Theatre, Sloan Square.
-Who would you be responsible to?
Head of production.
-What salary does the job attract?
£40,000-£49,000 a year.
-Summarise the key responsibilities of the job:
Responsible for the delivery and management of technical stage requirements. Also expected to manage all departmental resources(physical, human, and financial).
-What is the job title?
Theatre Director.
-Where might you be employed?
-Who would you be responsible to?
Creative and production teams, performers, and the producer.
-What salary does the job attract?
Weekly fee is around £440.
-Summarise the key responsibilities of the job:
Some theatre directors act as an administrator or producer, depending on the staffing structure and size of the theatre. You may also work alongside an executive administrator or general manager who heads the theatre, or an artistic director who selects the plays and determines the programming.
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