We started the lesson with some Misorgi. We cleaned the room and then cleaned ourselves. Cleansing the room makes it easier to work as there are no physical distractions which can help us when we practice our Somadhi. Using water to cleanse our body is useful as it gets rid of the outside world and helps us connect with the room. It helps us also with our Somadhi and focusing on one thing.
We then did the Shoal of fish exercise (Octopus, Dolphin, Moonfish) again. It is based off of a complicite exercise. Complicite formed 25 years ago and this exercise is about being individual but contributing to a group. It focuses on space, play and adventure. It helps give a common language to performers especially in a game where verbal communication is not used.
In today's version we used these pieces of music to create our Octopus', Dolphin's and Moonfish:
Brian Eno - Reflections
Brian Eno - Horse
Beach Boys - Warmth Of The Sun
We then took part in an exercise called the Sacred Space/Circle. We created a space out of shoes/various objects and inside the space was the theatre and outside was an audience space. Anything could take place in this space and it was all totally improvised. In my opinion, this was a truly magical exercise. There were quite a few brilliant moments that I took part in and observed from inside and outside of the space.
These moments were particularly notable:
Lots of guitar collating - There were lots of moments where the guitars would come together and play songs and music and it really brought a mood to the piece.
People listening to music with each other - I observed this from outside the space. A couple of people were sharing headphones and were listening to a song they knew mutually. They were both having a good time and it was so cool to see two people creating a world of their own by just listening to music, despite whatever is happening in the rest of the space.
Roseby listening to music on the outside - I was on the outside of the circle and so was Roseby. There was a really beautiful moment where she had picked up some headphones and put them on (they were somebody else's headphones). She then continued to observe the space whilst listening to whatever was playing in those headphones. It was interesting to think that maybe the music she was listening to influenced how she portrayed things in the scene. This could be an interesting idea for a performance.
Talking with numbers - One group of people were conversing and playing games, but only using numbers to communicate. They seemed to playing games like children and again much like children, making up the rules as they go. It brought a lot of innocence to the piece and made me smile in a simple way.
Daniella with lights on her head - Daniella had fairy lights on her. It was simple, but beautiful and effective. Ethereal.
Child-like behaviour - There was a general feeling of juvenility within the piece
Daniels party ring shapes - Throughout the piece Daniel created an unhappy face/ and a love heart out of the party rings. This made me smile.
Jimmy presenting Daniel with a heart - When Daniel had created the unhappy face, Jimmy bit a Jaffa Cake into a loveheart shape and offered it to him.
Jake and his bike - Jake would intermittently come into the circle with his bike and every time he did people would start to follow him.
Joe and his harmonica - This really brings emotion to our piece. It's a good non verbal narrator and fits well with all the guitar playing too.
The amount of non verbal communication - This exercise was brilliant as not many people were being vocal with their communication, and if they were, then it wasn't English. This was so interesting to watch people interact like children, where language and vocabulary isn't a barrier to communication.
Jake throwing jaffa cake into air and screaming and everyone reacts - Jake threw a jaffa cake into the air and he made a high pitched scream. A lot of people then reacted the same way, almost rejoicing the great jaffa cake god.
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