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| Tree with Wishes |
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| Pagoda= beginning gathering spot |
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| Katrina's Laundry Rocks |
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| Jason's Table Ghost |
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| Slow walk with Bucket |
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| Successful full collapse |
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| The best clump so far |
Showing posts with label rehearsal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rehearsal. Show all posts
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Images from rehearsals
Friday, June 10, 2011
Butoh Day
It was great to have our first rehearsal with Sonja today. She showed us some butoh walks, and I found that the suspended, imagistic elements of butoh work really well within the space and also with Shawn's soundtrack. (which he personally lugged through the park today and needs a solution for! note to self...) Her perch on the stone bridge with the bucket, and her walk through the bushes was captivating.
In going through individual journeys, it was very interesting to note that people tended to have the impulse to work in isolation (making them extremely difficult to track in the space!) But I think that the 'perspective' theme is coming back quite strongly, and space between people is good.
The bucket and the red streamer seem to be desired props that work well in a variety of ways. We will soon need a bike trailer to lug all of our stuff around in, and just moving bags from place to place is getting pretty hilarious.
Katrina on the rocks= always cute and fun
The deer are always nice, but they are one of my fetishes right now. Am I overdoing it?
Michelle singing her guts out on the bank= could be triple the length, managed to compete with the Edmonton Queen, and always brings onlookers. With her singing, people always know its art and that it is alright to stare. (with the rest of us they sometimes shyly ask what we are doing or if they can take photos...) I still think she needs: an umbrella and a bucket of stones to throw.
Theresa on the road with her pail, walking so slowly was lovely, as was her spontaneous body break downs on the bridge, collapsing when people passed. I missed her tree today. She fished wildly. She engaged in I LOVE YOU runs, much to our pleasure... (those are originally a Ginette Laurin thing)
I caught a great glimpse of an exciting table dance by Jason. But I think the red string web is cut...single string seems more the point, and the entanglement isn't fitting in yet.
Chad's runs are really funny- in the bushes, on the road, in the field. I still haven't found the greatest way to use everyone, so there is a bit of floundering overall. I am not super worried about it, because this is the time when we get to see each other. As long as once a role is established, it gets full commitment, things work out well. (And you won't get to see some people ever again in the piece!)
I am very excited we get to work with Gabe Wong on design! Go see his website: Gabe Wong
Maybe he will be able to help us come up with something in the space as well...
And of course Sonja coming to the rescue of the drunk man on the riverbank was the cherry on top...
Chad had a dream about convergences of characters on the bridge, and in doing things today it looked like that may just be what happens. We spoke about the difficulty (and perhaps redundancy) of getting off the bridge and back up the hill, of the draw of the river- its in the title after all- and about good endings. I think the hovercraft would be fun! So who knows where it will lead- still many things to be felt out and done, but coming nicely.
In going through individual journeys, it was very interesting to note that people tended to have the impulse to work in isolation (making them extremely difficult to track in the space!) But I think that the 'perspective' theme is coming back quite strongly, and space between people is good.
The bucket and the red streamer seem to be desired props that work well in a variety of ways. We will soon need a bike trailer to lug all of our stuff around in, and just moving bags from place to place is getting pretty hilarious.
Katrina on the rocks= always cute and fun
The deer are always nice, but they are one of my fetishes right now. Am I overdoing it?
Michelle singing her guts out on the bank= could be triple the length, managed to compete with the Edmonton Queen, and always brings onlookers. With her singing, people always know its art and that it is alright to stare. (with the rest of us they sometimes shyly ask what we are doing or if they can take photos...) I still think she needs: an umbrella and a bucket of stones to throw.
Theresa on the road with her pail, walking so slowly was lovely, as was her spontaneous body break downs on the bridge, collapsing when people passed. I missed her tree today. She fished wildly. She engaged in I LOVE YOU runs, much to our pleasure... (those are originally a Ginette Laurin thing)
I caught a great glimpse of an exciting table dance by Jason. But I think the red string web is cut...single string seems more the point, and the entanglement isn't fitting in yet.
Chad's runs are really funny- in the bushes, on the road, in the field. I still haven't found the greatest way to use everyone, so there is a bit of floundering overall. I am not super worried about it, because this is the time when we get to see each other. As long as once a role is established, it gets full commitment, things work out well. (And you won't get to see some people ever again in the piece!)
I am very excited we get to work with Gabe Wong on design! Go see his website: Gabe Wong
Maybe he will be able to help us come up with something in the space as well...
And of course Sonja coming to the rescue of the drunk man on the riverbank was the cherry on top...
Chad had a dream about convergences of characters on the bridge, and in doing things today it looked like that may just be what happens. We spoke about the difficulty (and perhaps redundancy) of getting off the bridge and back up the hill, of the draw of the river- its in the title after all- and about good endings. I think the hovercraft would be fun! So who knows where it will lead- still many things to be felt out and done, but coming nicely.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Windy Day #5?
It continues to be super windy on site. Today was the first day of mosquitoes, so I guess I will settle for the wind if I have to choose! But the wind does cut down considerably on sound, depending where you are. Today we spent some time banging on the bridge and it does contain many resonant features, both metal and wooden. The bridge is quite a magical no-man's land. Anything could happen there...
Another cool resonant location was under the stone bridge. We dropped some stones and Michelle was singing from underneath and it sounded quite pretty.
High on my wish list is a boat of some kind. That is another resonant thing. Some kids went under the bridge today on longboats and you could hear them very easily as they said hello to everyone on the bridge. Odd.
Theresa did a lovely little tree climbing solo for us while she talked about lung structure.
We might be pushing it for the desired 35 minutes. We will see how it goes, what gets cut, what gets developed.
Our Soldiers of Fitness Section could be totally absurd or it could get cut.
But so far so good. It is lucky to get to work on site. The bikes are looking like they could be hard for us to deal with while dancing- not sure yet though. Logistics.
The price to equip the bikes with sound sounds reasonable.
Another cool resonant location was under the stone bridge. We dropped some stones and Michelle was singing from underneath and it sounded quite pretty.
High on my wish list is a boat of some kind. That is another resonant thing. Some kids went under the bridge today on longboats and you could hear them very easily as they said hello to everyone on the bridge. Odd.
Theresa did a lovely little tree climbing solo for us while she talked about lung structure.
We might be pushing it for the desired 35 minutes. We will see how it goes, what gets cut, what gets developed.
Our Soldiers of Fitness Section could be totally absurd or it could get cut.
But so far so good. It is lucky to get to work on site. The bikes are looking like they could be hard for us to deal with while dancing- not sure yet though. Logistics.
The price to equip the bikes with sound sounds reasonable.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Rehearsal
Today Michelle, Jason and I explored some possibilities in the space.
Ironically, the bridge was cut off for some police work on the other side of the river, so we got to watch all the joggers get forced to re-route in frustration.
We had a fun little rhythm romp on a picnic table.
We explored the pathways, borders, walls, stairs, and the rocks nearer to the water.
With so many people continually running and walking through the location on a nice day such as today, you almost don't have to do anything- just sit and watch and listen.
I did enjoy constructing ridiculous and improbable exercise regimes.
We talked about yarnbombing or putting tags or something on a fence or pole.
I am seeing lots of solos and duets. And posting/posing.
Ironically, the bridge was cut off for some police work on the other side of the river, so we got to watch all the joggers get forced to re-route in frustration.
We had a fun little rhythm romp on a picnic table.
We explored the pathways, borders, walls, stairs, and the rocks nearer to the water.
With so many people continually running and walking through the location on a nice day such as today, you almost don't have to do anything- just sit and watch and listen.
I did enjoy constructing ridiculous and improbable exercise regimes.
We talked about yarnbombing or putting tags or something on a fence or pole.
I am seeing lots of solos and duets. And posting/posing.
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