Peter and the Wolf BLOCKING 6

In todays lesson, there were a limited number of students, therefore we could not work on the whole piece. This was not such a negative point, as it meant I could work on specific scenes with specific people. I worked on the first scene shared between Peter and the Bird and Peter's scene with the Grandfather.

Our aim for the scene between Peter and the bird was to include our motifs and create a scene that is more exciting. We decided to alter our ending, and add more 'dance' to it. We achieved this, and now this scene is less dull. It begins with the bird helping Peter stand up. Then Peter tries to teach the bird how to kick some grass, however the bird fails. Then the bird tries to teach Peter how to do a specific ballet hop, however Peter fails. Peter then tries to teach the bird how to kick one more time, and the bird succeeds. This is then followed by Peters successful attempt at the hop. The two characters then kick and hop together, before performing their motifs to either side of the stage. Both run into the middle and high five, showing their friendship. The significance of each character learning these specific moves is important as it shows the development of friendship, which foreshadows what they will do together later on in the play.

The scene with the grandfather just needed reviewing from our teacher, and by the end of our lesson, we had a full scene that fitted well with the music. The grandfather enters slowly, and then we added the grandfather falling backwards after opening the gate. We want the grandfather to seem as grumpy and clumsy as possible, in order for his character to have binary opposition to Peter's constant cheerful attitude. After the grandfather falls, he makes his way over to Peter and, timed perfectly to the change in music pace, they both see each other and fall backwards. Then they walk back together and the grandfather begins to shout at Peter. The grandfather then turns around, but falls back again, into Peter's arms. Peter laughs at his grandfather for this. The grandfather then gets frustrated and leans forward too much, falling into Peters arms again. We want the repetitiveness of the grandfather falling as we want to show Peter is in control. This means that we can shock the children when the grandfather later takes control.