Today we only spent 40 minutes in class rehearsing. During this time, my group changed the physical status manipulation section. The change included both the Creons surrounding Antigone and then pushing her to the floor rather than having Antigone and step backwards as Creon stepped forwards. This strengthened the piece because it meant that there was no confusion of where the second Creon had sprung from. Instead the audience can clearly see that both of the Creons were the same character because of the mirroring and speaking in unison.
We then did a run through of the entire show and finished ordering the scenes before moving onto the ensemble introduction. We created the introduction using some of the group ideas that we had come up with. Our groups opening was chosen and consisted of improvising getting dressed. A couple of other groups created boxing matches and so we used that idea to create a series of moves to demonstrate a fight. This then concluded with us all marching to one end of the room where we mimicked riots in which we were all trying to get past one another. Facial expressions and exaggerated movements was key for this part of the introduction because otherwise the whole thing just looked really messy. But we all managed to create chaos in a controlled manor. Our only weakness was that we had a habit of breaking off into two different clumps instead of sticking together in one clump which made the entire thing look less effective and professional. The introduction also included us raising our fists in cannon and singing to the audience. Then everyone falls to the ground and stand as the delver a line before taking their starting positions.
In todays lesson I created and was part of a strong ensemble but something I need to work on would be not smiling during the introduction because it is meant to be a serious section. However, it was our first run through and so I'm sure I'll be able to sort this out with more discipline.
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