In this lesson, we completed the simple blocking for Peter and the Wolf, until the procession. This is a useful step for us as it means we will be able to focus on the finer details, for example looking at adding the correct amount of dance to the play. The majority of the BTEC Performing Arts students have a limited ability on dance, therefore our aim is to communicate with our choreographer (Amelie Marchand) to come up with the best contrast between dance and movement.
This means that we simply have where we want our set to be, where we want the brief areas each of us should stand in and where we should stand based on what line is being said. The only main scene I have looked at for myself is the opening scene. In this scene, I enter the meadow and walk around. At the start, the brief plan was to walk on, have a skip around and then finish sitting down, however we added more creative movement. I now kick some grass (mime) pick up some grass and throw it in the air, check nobody is looking and eat some grass (and the spit it out) and then flick some whatever.
Previous to this blocking rehearsal, we had the idea of performing with thrust stage. We decided against this decision in today's rehearsal as we feel it will not create the same atmosphere and it will be hard to find a space large enough to fit the size audience we are looking for
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