Open participation session
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- Physical Theatre
A free-form participatory session: went out for ice cream, shared a salad. Started formulating our “ptichka” and, by the end, assembling the future performance.
Journal
The chronicle of the theatre, date by date: rehearsals, events, everyday life.
Class diary
Analysis of Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"
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In class, the play was analyzed. "People in the world live by the rules of the game, while we in the theatre play by the rules of life."
The practice of an irrational method of gathering material for one's work
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- Track
- Physical Theatre
We discussed the day's events, identified common themes, and then stepped outside the theatre for 15 minutes. The show was born
Strong and weak beats
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- Track
- Rhythmics
They pounded out a unified rhythm and took turns improvising with the rhythmic pattern. Learned how to identify strong beats, and broke down additional beats: snare and percussion.
Assembling the Pillowman text from verbatim material
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- Playwriting: Verbatim
The verbatim track's interviews started folding into the acting track's scenes.