Limber Up

I had my limber assessment today

I had to lead a 20 minute limber class suitable for first year student actors. It could be preparing them for anything that I chose as my intended class. I am interested in animal work as an actor training into character development or creation. My task over the last few weeks has been to be very clear and teach something concrete to my class. I often work in a playful and creative way avoiding very technical exercises, as I write this I think it's not true but anyway in a schizophrenic way I will continue my train of thought. Maybe I am less drawn to these type of exercises because I have to be very clear in my instructions and know the work inside out.

BOY AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH dunno where that came from.

So I took some exercises that i do alot and really worked on getting to the core of what they were about and how to lead them. I was pleased on the whole although I ran out of time at the end so didn't tie it up quite right.

At the beginning of the module my feedback for the weeks ahead was:

NO GAMES
I MUST DEMONSTRATE
USE A SOFTER VOICE
DON'T RUSH

I definitely have addressed those points and therefore as I realised in my last blog, I am learning. I am tuning my teaching instrument and I love it. Another challenging aspect of my chosen limber was that it wasn't FUN and I think thats interesting. Sometimes we have to do prep work that is valuable and not an instant fix of adrenaline, humor and play. No sometimes play is around the corner but not quite needed yet. I must find play for myself that isn't always visible to the students but keeps me light and responsive. I am different to them and need to support there journey from the outside and resist MY desire to have fun all the time. Oh it's getting deep, i'm analysing myself thats thursdays session coming into my self indulgent blogging time!

RESEARCH QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK?