Week 5 -

Week 5 – I was ill on the day of our site specific lesson (Tuesday) but came in on Friday to meet our group, catch up on what I had missed and rehearse.

Both of the couples of our piece are creating a physical theatre element within our performance which takes place towards the end to show the struggle of their relationship and how out of hand and contrasting the couples have become as they begin to split apart. Since I am playing the clingy one in mine and Will’s relationship, as I am pregnant and determined to stay with him, I cling onto Will during this as he tries to say goodbye. My objective for this is to be romantic and hold him in my grasp while with each move he tries to say “no” and push me away firmly but gently as he wants to move on and leave me. Eventually with time this becomes more desperate and Will's movements towards me become harsher and more definate as he tries to escape. We both communicate this physically and with facial expression and eye contact. The power of not using words at this point comes after a frantic sound cathedral as the couples argue and we feel this contrast shows the change in their relationship before they finally leave eachother.

Previously, in our last rehearsal we were both initiating the movements we had been devising simultaneously and with concentration. This week we realised this is ineffective and confusing and that I need to initiate the movement in an attempt to take control and stay with Will’s character. Doing this will communicate our story and my given circumstances more effectively. My movements became more forward as I iniate the movement and when doing this and I have strong eye contact with Will to communicate my objective. Importantly, this makes the connection of love which we originally devised from our site stronger and more visibly clear for the audience. I think this makes it clear to the audience that we have contrasting intentions and are no longer thinking as one anymore.