Workshop 2

Body Over Mind

This exercise left me feeling very relaxed and open. I felt I could move freely and interact with others without inhibition which created fluid organic movement.
I noticed that through my relaxation during the exercise I became very floppy which helped with the fluidity of movement.
I was able to explore all parts of my body and all levels of the room. After the exercise I feel I benefited from this exploration of my body, how it moves and what can be done with it.

Tickle Me

I though this task was to help recreate movement and emotion form a specific moment in time. I though that recreating my partners movement was far easier than my own because I got to watch their reaction and I couldn't watch myself being tickled. But I found it much easier to recreate my emotion because I got to feel it myself and I couldn't feel how my partner felt. 
The movement became more alien the more I did the exercise. Being tickled caused me to jolt a lot and as the thought of the movement being ticking faded the movement became more like a fit and more disturbing. 
I found that instead of connecting with emotion, it was more effective to connect with movement and I think this was the point of the exercise. We weren't supposed to recreate a character we were supposed to represent it. 

Impossible Task

My impossible task was to break the window with my teeth. From the immediate start of the exercise, I knew my task was not even attemptable. If I had attempted it I would've seriously hurt myself and I have that instinct to protect myself wired into me. This instinct meant that the exercise felt tainted. I would never get to try my task because I would hurt myself. This made me feel very frustrated because I wanted to achieve my task.
Instead I pretended to attempt my task. Chewing at the window and smashing my mouth against the glass. It never felt real or organic, just forced.


Music Response

Overall the exercise made me sharper and more instinctive as at the start of the exercise the music was a surprise and fresh. However, the music queues being played at random points made the session feel bitty. Nothing was entirely finished.  
After a while I got used to the precarious nature of the music and started anticipating when it was going to be played. The more I thought about what was coming up the less organic the movement became. This exercise broke the conventions of theatre because we were performing all the time.