Today's Rehearsal

Today in the rehearsal we work shopped 3 ideas.

The first one that we did was Elsa's idea:

Elsa came up with this idea from something that we did at SAS on Monday. It was about people leading others using their hand on the back of their neck (it is an exercise in pairs). At first we took it softly and gently to allow everyone to get used to it (those of us that had done it before led the others that hadn't) then we picked up the pace and made it a bit rougher either by using more force or controlling them by holding their shoulders. Once everyone was used to this, we then developed it so that the people that were controlling would walk up behind someone and mould them into a position before moving them.
The aim of this exercise was to portray oppression.
We did indeed feel oppressed. You also felt very insecure, unsure, disoriented and you had no choice but to be submissive. Rose said it looked strong and powerful.

The next idea was from Daisy:

Daisy asked us all to stand in a line one behind the other and to put both our hands on the person in front shoulders. The person at the back leads. Everyone apart from the leader was to close their eyes and you had to follow the direction that the person behind you would pull you towards.

The last idea was from James:

Again James got us all to stand in a line one behind the other with our eyes closed holding on to the next persons shoulders. This time James was ordering us around, telling us when to stop and when to go.

Today's rehearsal was good as we managed to stick to our aim which was to workshop 3 different ideas. It has also opened up some ideas that we may want to develop further and delve into, for instance I really like Elsa's idea with the oppression and I think that if we worked on it and developed it, it could work really nicely for either of the concepts that we are exploring this week (Auschwitz and Witch Trials) .
The concept of James' input was good for the Auschwitz idea with him in command and essentially controlling us. In addition, I did like Daisy's input also. Again, if we were to adapt and develop it further it may again work for either adaptation.