Good morning Parker Pond! (This is what I see in the morning.)
Today we worked on Theme, Content, Structure. Claire gave wonderfully useful directives and limitations. We shared our phrases with each other, learned each other's phrases and gave titles to what we saw - one that I might consider using is: Down the Other Street. Shortly before lunch we were invited to peruse Claire's books. The following are books that I would like to have for myself:
"Action Theatre"
"Acting Games"
"Theatre Games"
"The Art of Comedy"
I had a relaxing nap by the lake (well, they call it a pond) while my feet dangled in the water. Heaven! And then it was back to afternoon class.
What do I want to work on Claire asks. Writing several short (very short) stories and creating work from them. I suppose my theme is Memory. From a particular memory I drew these lines. They were spoken by other dancers as I moved:
She tossed the clean sheets over the hyper chickens.He told me to move on and then he kissed my hand.He kissed my hand.He kissed my hand.He kissed my hand.I kissed his hand.
This came from a dream about Woody a couple of months before his passing. Obviously I have a lot of work to do, but this was the first thing to come to mind.
Another highlight of the day - talking to Vicki about taking performances into schools. She is involved in a program that takes Bill T. Jones' Ghost Catcher into schools. I read about this earlier this year and was intrigued. Now I'm in a workshop with one of the people making it happen. I need to find more time to talk with her this week!
One last thing - I asked Claire if I could show her my solo, Bear Traps and Other Impressions. She said absolutely! I show tomorrow before the afternoon session. I'm looking forward to it!
Time to slip under three blankets to prepare for a cold evening/morning. I froze last night! (But I secretly loved it.)
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