Friday, January 22

Acting Professoressa flew out last night to start recruitment, so we don't have Acting class for a couple of weeks now. In the meanwhile, we're expected to work on our Shakespeare scenes on our own.


VOICE
I turned in my New York dialect cheat sheet. I hope I did everything correctly.

We got some scenes to work on with the dialect over the next 3 weeks while we're in workshops and won't have Voice class. The scenes are all from Play It Again, Sam. Our partners are:

- Killer & Wifey
- O.D. & All-The-Way
- Iceman & Two-Shots-Up
- D-Train & Newbie
- Big Show, Thrill, & Angela

Our homework is to transcribe our scenes for 02/18 (which will be our next Voice class... man, that seems so far away). We're also supposed to listen to the New York dialect clips on the IDEA Site.


MOVEMENT
We started with lifting weights. Movement Professor gave us three exercises that she wants us to work on during the next couple of weeks while we don't have Movement. (Man, it's going to be weird not having ANY of our regular classes.)

We did a barre, and Movement Professor remarked on our progress. She says that we've come further than she thought we would, and she's impressed. She says that some of the people in our class could get professional dance work. She thinks that of any class she's taught, at this school or the others she's taught at, our class has done the best with ballet. :)

She talked to us about how to handle mistakes that we might make, and how we shouldn't acknowledge them to the audience. She also spoke about how people don't remember the entire dance or the entire play; they remember moments.

Four of the six partnering pairs got to show their work, and the other two will go after break. Everything looked really cool, despite the fact that they were blocked REALLY QUICKLY. It was neat to see what our classmates had been working on without us. :)

Movement Professor said that each pairing was inspired by something different. One pair is mostly ballet, one is a modern duet, one is very Astaire-Rogers... My duet with Killer is apparently Merce Cunningham inspired (our professor was in Merce Cunningham's company when she was very young).



HEARTS
Tonight was the Rep's opening night of Hearts. If I remember correctly, the cast has 9 people in it, and 5 of them are 3rd-years in the Conservatory! They did a great job. :) It's a very moving piece about a man who fought in World War II. The audience LOVED it! We think it's going to be a huge hit.