It's been a good some months since I last posted.. wow..
Since finally performing Medea in front of a crowd, (it was just so amazing and such a great time!) we have been focusing more on techniques and learning about different practitioners. Right after Medea, we jumped into ancient Chinese theatre, learning about the Yuan Dynasty which is particularly famous for its theatre and plays written then as well as about Chinese character archetypes. We made our own Chinese masks, incorporating purposeful colours and shapes and gave him/her a backstory and a character type if it were to be in a real play. A lot of this Mrs. Ashley says it's to help us with our research papers and PPP later on, and I agree. We definitely need the textual information part of the class.
I do miss doing exercises and little skits of different acting methods; they weren't just fun but allowed us to experience it firsthand which is the best way to learn about the little nuances behind the method. But as soon as we get some of this 'educational' stuff done, we can go back to performing plays! Yay!
I'm actually quite interested for the PPP though; I hope all goes well!
