Example of Columbian Hypnosis
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Tuesday 14 August 2012

Agenda:

1. Warm Up - Physical and Vocal

2. Yes! No!

3. Play with stereotypes

4. Columbian hypnosis - group variation

5. Ensemble work - machines (make a machine based on the book - whole class)

6. Invisible theatre - experiment with it

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Second day of IB Theatre.

Yes!No! really made me step out of my comfort zone and just assert my position with a simple one syllable word. With this one word, we had to try to 'win the argument' by saying it each time with a different tone and attitude. You really have to be creative of how you're going to say it next. Because adding the unexpected variations catches the other person by surprise and causes them to respond back in their own way. We usually depend so much on words to convey our message, but in this exercise, one has to use basically a single sound and rely solely on the behavior and tone of that sound to convey the message.

Stereotypes was really cool. Especially when we put it all together in the class machine at the end. One person started out doing a repeated motion of a stereotype and the rest of us joined in one by one after analyzing the movement. As the 'machine' grew larger and larger, the half of the class watching were able to piece together what stereotype we were portraying, although we were forming this machine impromptu without prior planning.

Columbian hypnosis as a class was a real challenge. With Ms. Ashley slowly revolving in the middle, one student at a time became 'hypnotized' by a body part of whoever was in the middle. Soon, we had created a huge blob of people all fascinated by an elbow, knee, or even foot! The speed of the center person had to be slow and steady so others with a 2nd or 3rd hypnosis source could follow along.

Monday 13 August 2012

Agenda:

1. Warm up - Physical & Vocal
2. Status practice with chair as prop
3. Introduce Boal with Columbian hypnosis with variations
4. Handout - read intro on Boal for HW
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First day of theatre was so interesting!

It was so unique because I had never done the vocal and physical exercises before.
I realized that when we're in the class, there is no more shame and pride. All is left at the door. When we come in, I think I'll get very comfortable with my classmates so I can feel free to act out of my normal character and branch out.