Yoga
Movement
- how do we learn to move?
- LABAN (1879 – 1958)
- born Austro-Hungary
- dancer, choreographer, movement theoretician
- one of the founders of European modern dance
- raised status of dance as an art from
- transformed nature of dance schorlarship
- established choreology
- discipline of dance analysis
- invented a system of dance notation
- <Labanotation> also called <Kinetography Laban>
- first to establish community dance
- reform role of dance education
- “Dance should be for everyone”
- architecture – how you use the space
- UK -> France -> German
- Space – direct or flexible
- time – sudden or sustained
- weight – light or strong
Acting
- 2nd half term – timetable – rehearsal
- performance live streaming or filming
- original script – theme > story
- how can you practice own your play?
- Uta Hagen
- Actress. 1940~ teaching and acting
- how can do you do it your own?
- <Object exercises> – physical destination
- 2 mins ordinary life & recreating – objective
- bring things present the space
- be very specific on “time”
- what are you thinking – daydream, or next plan…
- “who am I” fundamental question
- details at the moment
- given circumstances and fundamental questions
- who am I? – gender, age, family, job, name, occupation
- where are you? – country, city, house, location, inside/outside
- when? – year, time, season, weather
- why?
- how? – physical/motivation
- what? action : what are you doing?/objective : what do you want?
- relationship
Text
- what am I saying?
- the art of solo ‘table work’ – understand the context of play and what’s the significant things
- part1) what you see
- structure/visual cues (ending of sentence/end of a thought)
- punctuation – full stop, slash…
- part2) the first three lessons
- part3)
- part4) the three R’s
- rhythm – stressed syllables
- rhyme – patterns “A B A B”
- repetition
- part5) pay attention to one thing at a time
- part6) in practise
- read aloud – first impression
- saying all punctation
- quick scan & all ends
- mark collons
- mark relevant punctuation
- action words
- thoughts
- emotion words
- names of people
- use personal pronouns
- objects
- rhyme, rhythm
- notice sounds
- Rules :
- you must read the play
- know about the writer
- memorise with 100% accuracy
- tricky words (stating the obvious)
- mean -> context -> remind me of check dictionary -> mean
- what do I mean when I say that?
- <Hamlet’s advice to the actors>
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