Fairytale Workshop

In todays lesson we were introduced to a fairy-tale workshop. The main target from this lesson was to help guide the chorus when we perform Electra, the reasoning for this is because when you are acting as chorus it can be hard to keep up the atmosphere and energy going throughout the play. To keep the energy going we were taught several ways to keep it interesting, one way we learnt was the shoal of fish where a group of people would stay compact together and one person would lead the group just like a shoal of fish, the directions will change frequently so you need to stay alert to keep up with the direction changes. This exercise allowed movement to continue through the show keeping it lively and active.


Another exercise we did was where we were put into groups of 4 and one at a time a person would change a part of movement of 1 one person who was acting almost like a moveable statue. This created a dramatic effect and the puppet effect of it allowed it to portray intense emotions.


The last exercise we did in this workshop was where you had to guide one person who has their eyes shut. This was a scary feeling if you were the one with their eyes shut but it meant you had to put your trust into the person who was guiding you. All these exercises allows to break up a piece of acting, it brings in movement which can be portrayed in a dance way allowing the piece to come alive.


At the end of this exercise we had to then put this into context which was a fairy tale of our choice, our group decided to chose a fairy tale we all knew well which ended up being Cinderella. We used the exercises above and said a line of the fairy tale each until the play was completed. The exercises made the acting more interesting and quite comical at places.


Below is the video of this performance of our fairy tale:
Fairy Tale Performance 


I believe my performance went well, we were in time with each other and remember the story lines and said our lines clearly and with emotion. This allowed us to interact more with the audience if I could have done it again I would have changed a few movements and I would have connected more with the audience, maybe by actually involving them would have been a great way to bring the atmosphere of the play up.