All About Your Partner

Well, today we did NOT have acrobatics, because last night was the deliciously successful Commedia School Christmas Party 2011!!

So, we just had MASK class with Ole, working with the Dumpster Masks.

Words:

-Don't worry about yourself, your partner will take care of you.

-Give your partner a chance to be great; help them be great.

-Let yourself change.

-Be ready for anything and change; you don't know what's going to happen.

-"You're creating this thing and you don't know what it is. So, you need to be completely alert all the time." - Ole

-Restrict yourself (if you decide your character's arms are crossed, then keep them crossed no matter what).

Today we did:

-The recognition exercise...four times!! Apparently, we were having a hard time being genuinely surprised and organic. Let's work on that, shall we? I suggest we relax and pretend no one's watching us. Thoughts? -- "It it doesn't happen, it dies, but it better happen. You don't know what's going to happen, but it better happen. It's only you. There's no one else." - Ole

-Work with each of the dumpster masks individually. What works? What doesn't work? Defend the mask!

That's all for today. A short one.

Love,

Uncle David