Ismene Choreography and Ragged Run-Through 08.02.17

Extending the scene from what we created on Monday, we incorporated the Machetes into the movement. We failed at the start as a large group to create something effective, but splitting into seperate groups we were able to come up with more effective movements. My partner and I used a series of four movements trying to create a threatening position in crossing our Machetes over Ismene's head then following through dragging the blade across the shoulders down the sides, forcefully grabbing Ismene's arm then cutting her knee (creating height differences) then cutting her throat. This was apparently quite an effective sequence according to the response as we used it in the final choreography, here is the example:

Following this, we ran the full scene including the lifts from Monday and bits from other group's blade sequences. A little bit ropy as we were just cramming it together for the first time, but with rehearsal, I think it will look quite good as it incorporates the 'thousand hands' and the threatening image of the blades running over Ismene's body.

We went on for the following hour to run through already blocked scenes separately. Harriet (fellow Creon) and myself went to a room to run lines and movements in the massive scene between us and Antigone. It was definitely useful to go through it together as we got each other's opinions on different passages and the way we move/ say them. 

Then came the massive botch run-through of all the scenes we had gone through so far. The chorus section at the beginning went extremely well, perhaps because I was able to hear Chipp's voice over the movements being a but louder than Sarah, but it meant that I got all my cues spot on for the first time though that was partly due to the fact I felt much more relaxed in my role than ever before. 

My scene with Antigone went really well, I was almost completely off-book with little prompting and I felt pretty relaxed on stage though I still feel a little awkward with my hands. I think I did quite a good job and was pretty pleased with my performance though I decided to change how I started my first monologue on the spot, though I feel like it worked better as I did it. Furthermore, I'm sometimes a little lost with where to direct my eyes and whether to look towards the audience or Antigone, mainly reverting to staring at Antigone. But all in all, it was a good confidence booster being able to perform the massive scene with little prompting and a lot of time to improve.