I have absolutely loved working on Shakespeare over the past few weeks, and what Joe did with us has really helped me gain greater understanding of not only the language but how it should be spoken and performed. I have noticed that not only myself has improved, the whole class has really developed and with the assessments yesterday I felt everyone had really gotten a great understanding of their piece and performed it well! Joe helped me to get out of my normal habbits with gesture and by the end I found my movements truthful to the character of Lady Anne, from Richard III. Picking apart the thoughts of the character in the monologue gave me a great sense of journey that the character goes on while the monologue takes place, I feel this helped me portray Anne in a stronger and more believable way. I have loved this part of the course, and feel it has benifited me hugely! Most of the techniques I have leant in breaking down the monologue and finding a real sense of character, can be trasnfered into other work we do, which is massively helpful for the next year to come.
Thank you Joe!! :)
That is really great stuff. How can you best use and push further what you learnt with next mini project? Is it maybe about looking for truth in movement?
ReplyDeleteI completely agree Samantha, Joe has been a huge help and I feel we have learnt alot, Joe helped me with vocal work as I chose to make my physicality restricted. He really knows what he is talking about. He has helped everyone with the flow of their thoughts, making everyone's pieces have musicality.
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