Time is Marching On!

Some thoughts from Lauren on Tuesday 2nd and Friday 5th March:

Filming and dancing were high on the workshop agenda this week. We started to create a music video to Whitest Boy Alive 'Burning', and the kids and adults responded very well to our seemingly strange requests! The task definitely required full use of their imagination, concentration and spontanaeity, all skills The Fiasco Division value highly when creating performance.

A variety of dance techniques were explored this week, ranging from Anna (Fiasco) teaching us all a superhero bollywood-inspired sequence, to Lewis Hudson, one of our teenage participants, passing on some of his break-dancing skills, to the entire group freestyling it up on the dancefloor, offering a move to the group, then everyone repeating it back. What energy. What enthusiasm. The medium of dance and music certainly seems to trigger a spark in our workshoppers, especially when they don't worry too much about getting moves 'right.'

This is one big experiment. There are no wrongs or rights. Just an open space where people can try out creative tasks and be respected for giving something of themselves. We encourage a give and take approach to drama, aiming for a mutual respect across the group when creating and presenting work.

Over and out.
Lauren x