Day 29 and 30
Timer on…
Well, yesterday, I only, really walked the dogs because I had a lot going on yesterday with rehearsal for (almost) three hours and then three hours at the prison. The dogs did take a really long walk in the afternoon, so…that (almost) counts as a workout, but I do feel badly about not doing anything else…
Today, I had training in the morning, which was very different because it was raining today and the Carpetbag Brigade members were not there. Also, Tannis was not there, so…it was all around weird. Brad had me do something different with my plastiques of the eyes today, where during the layering work we concentrate on a body part, and then he had me zero in on a focal point that was opposite from my body part, and, yet, I had to keep the whole process moving…it was difficult, and I’m not sure what it was for, or what he was trying to “correct”, but…I did feel more “balanced” in the layering work after that, when we were cooling down, so…maybe that was it, but…sometimes I have a hard time really reflecting on “corrective” work because I sometimes regress to the fact that I’m not sure how the physical theater work reconstructs into the work that the actor has to do with text. I have wanted to certify (and I am in the process of certifying) in Catherine Fitzmaurice work because it is the physical and the vocal work put together, something that, I think, most physical ensemble work doesn’t do very well…they separate it, and the actor has to find a way to “reconstruct” their habits with the text and the demands of the script on these “new found actor body instruments”. It never feels very holistic in actuality…so…I sometimes don’t ask in the moment, what the “corrective” note was for because I sort of don't care. I do trainings and this kind of work to find new ways of expression through “flow” and to keep the actor body loose and willing, but I don’t find that the actor body/understanding/voice that I have necessarily needs “changing”. I have a style to what I do, and that is the voice I have created. Changing that is not what my process is, anymore…I just have the process of continuing the work and keeping the actor brain/body/voice ready to go…but…maybe the change the “correction” will reveal itself to me in future work…
After training I drove to Apple Pond Farm for rehearsal. We rehearsed for a couple of hours in the site-specific areas for our characters/scenes. It was very wet out there, and I fell on my gate that I do my action on, and I now have a bruise, but…it was fun, overall. It’s going to be exhausting by the end of the show, and, I hope the physical training and my wedding workout will get me prepared for this…
I have now been putting off grading since 3PM, today, because I don’t want to grade, for some reason. I did some wedding planning, specifically, purchasing the flights, the decorations, and party dresses. I keep forgetting that I will need other outfits other than “the dress”. I did that work today. I think they will look good.
Well, timer out, and I need to stop procrastinating on grading…
Timer on…
Well, yesterday, I only, really walked the dogs because I had a lot going on yesterday with rehearsal for (almost) three hours and then three hours at the prison. The dogs did take a really long walk in the afternoon, so…that (almost) counts as a workout, but I do feel badly about not doing anything else…
Today, I had training in the morning, which was very different because it was raining today and the Carpetbag Brigade members were not there. Also, Tannis was not there, so…it was all around weird. Brad had me do something different with my plastiques of the eyes today, where during the layering work we concentrate on a body part, and then he had me zero in on a focal point that was opposite from my body part, and, yet, I had to keep the whole process moving…it was difficult, and I’m not sure what it was for, or what he was trying to “correct”, but…I did feel more “balanced” in the layering work after that, when we were cooling down, so…maybe that was it, but…sometimes I have a hard time really reflecting on “corrective” work because I sometimes regress to the fact that I’m not sure how the physical theater work reconstructs into the work that the actor has to do with text. I have wanted to certify (and I am in the process of certifying) in Catherine Fitzmaurice work because it is the physical and the vocal work put together, something that, I think, most physical ensemble work doesn’t do very well…they separate it, and the actor has to find a way to “reconstruct” their habits with the text and the demands of the script on these “new found actor body instruments”. It never feels very holistic in actuality…so…I sometimes don’t ask in the moment, what the “corrective” note was for because I sort of don't care. I do trainings and this kind of work to find new ways of expression through “flow” and to keep the actor body loose and willing, but I don’t find that the actor body/understanding/voice that I have necessarily needs “changing”. I have a style to what I do, and that is the voice I have created. Changing that is not what my process is, anymore…I just have the process of continuing the work and keeping the actor brain/body/voice ready to go…but…maybe the change the “correction” will reveal itself to me in future work…
After training I drove to Apple Pond Farm for rehearsal. We rehearsed for a couple of hours in the site-specific areas for our characters/scenes. It was very wet out there, and I fell on my gate that I do my action on, and I now have a bruise, but…it was fun, overall. It’s going to be exhausting by the end of the show, and, I hope the physical training and my wedding workout will get me prepared for this…
I have now been putting off grading since 3PM, today, because I don’t want to grade, for some reason. I did some wedding planning, specifically, purchasing the flights, the decorations, and party dresses. I keep forgetting that I will need other outfits other than “the dress”. I did that work today. I think they will look good.
Well, timer out, and I need to stop procrastinating on grading…
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