Friday, November 20

VOICE
We spent the entire class working quietly on our transcriptions of the monologues from The Importance of Being Earnest.


TAP WORKSHOP
Thanks to Dance Instructor, I think we're pretty solid on our Time Steps now.

At the end of class, he let us do some Swing as a reward for a long week of Tap.


ACTING
We did an exercise where we each recited our sonnets to a partner while physically doing things to them.
First Quatrain: Push partner
Second Quatrain: Pull partner
Third Quatrain: Push partner to the floor
Couplet: Help partner back up

It was actually really helpful in separating the beats of the sonnet.

We each got up and did our sonnets quickly for the class, and then we started working with some people more in depth.

Acting Professoressa keeps trying to instill in us not to emphasize words in the same way we do in daily life. Words to not emphasize include:
- so
- must
- not
- no
- don't
- me
- I
- mine
- myself


Here are some of the verbs that D-Train tested out for his sonnet (#27, if I remember correctly)...

1st: to incise/to laser/to throttle/to grab/to brace/to mold/to squeeze
2nd: to grab/to laser/to pierce
3rd: to stroke
Couplet: to amputate/to draw a line in the sand


Here are some that All-The-Way tried for sonnet #61...

1st: to accuse/to twist his arm/to tug/to stroke/to flick/to test
2nd: to stroke/to question/to plead/to nail/to laser/to wring
3rd: to shake/to wake up/to discover
Couplet: to shove/to say goodbye/to release