Friday, April 9

Happy Birthday, Two-Shots-Up!!!

Acting class was canceled again today.


VOICE

We had our Irish Dialect exam, and I think it went well. I had both Iceman and Killer as partners, so I did the scene twice, but Voice Professor only graded my first time through. I hope I did alright. It sounded like most people did well.


MOVEMENT

Movement Professor says we're now ready to take on the next level of Commedia work. Instead of being focused on the story, we have to focus on digression. It's like when you have a dream that just keeps hopping from one thing to another instead of having a logical plot arc.

We started off by getting into our small Commedia groups, and then a few of us were sent to other groups to upset the balance of the scene, and throw it into digression.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!

Not long into it, all 11 of us were in one long, insane digression, with several plots evolving all over the room. It was hilarious and awesome.

We have to e-mail Movement Professor a list of our favorite 5 things that happened. Mine are:

- Zanni (Thrill) thought my finger was food and tried to eat it.
- Ruffiana (Newbie) put a wedding veil over my face, so I couldn't see anything and kept almost falling over
- When I saw Flavio (Big Show), I fainted, and then couldn't get back up
- Harlequina (Two-Shots-Up) took a ring that I was trying to give to Flavio. She kept switching directions and showing me the hand it wasn't on so I would think she didn't have it.
- Flavio and I spoke different grammelot "languages", and Ruffiana had to translate for us.


We also have to come up with a lazzo to show the class. Here are some I've tried:
- using a stick like a baton to twirl
- almost falling over one direction, then the other (like the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz during "If I Only Had a Heart").
- falling down and being unable to get back up
- pretending to be Ruffiana