Also, welcome to December. According to the 5-year-old girl I nanny, it is now officially Winter. Welcome in, Father Winter. Would you like some hot chocolate with rum, or perhaps a kick in the face with whipped cream?
ACROBATICS
-Headstands
-nose-cruncher
-no banana back! It keeps you off balance and wacks out your back something fierce
-try keeping your knees bent and to your chest like a ball when you go into the headstand, it will help you keep control of your hips
-Handstands
-try it starting with your legs spread out very far, and your hands in the normal position, but quite close to your feet to begin with, then go up into the handstand and keep your legs out to the side as far as they will go
-this will also help you keep control of your hips
-Bridge (Three cheers for pain!)
-shake hands with someone
-walk over someone as they lay on the ground
-Big wheels
-run and then sort of jump into doing a cartwheel, go for AIR TIME!!
-Standing Flag (this is the one where one person jumps straight as a stick onto the other persons legs while holding hands and remaining relaxed, of course)
-help your partner by always being straight as a stick
-try taking two people up at a time, booya!
MASK
(1) Exercises for Larvae Masks
-2 masks enter with a workout mat (either together or at different times)
-3 masks enter in a crab walk position with the mask on the back of their heads
-6 masks enter with costumes
-Get together for a Family Photo
(2) Words of Wisdom
-say yes to your partner no matter what, even if they are humping your back. This is how these masks behave, this is their normal lives
-when a change happens (emotion, rhythm, tempo, etc.) stay with it until something interrupts the mask and forces a change again
-when you're not sure what to do, move into the empty space and something will happen, something will provoke action
-"irrational logic"
-Bikash and Fationa had very different masks (like a boss and the worker)
-Fationa's character's thoughts, "Am I helping? Is this right? Is this what you want me to do? I like you."
-Bikash's character's thoughts, "There she is again. Why is she always so close to me?"
-The rhythm of the mask is strict and definite, so keep it consistent
-as soon as we see the actor instead of the mask, it doesn't work
-Make a decision about the movement and stay with it
-First establish what is normal, then it can become abnormal
-Keep going until the mask is in the right place, keep moving until you bump into your partner
-Take your time, hold the positions, time is so flexible with these characters, almost like their thoughts are in slow motion
-"Let your imagination take you away and your concentration hold it together." -- Ole
-"Once you establish a character, it can take all the energy you got!" -- Ole
"No no no no no no no no no no no no there's no limit." -- Sam
Well, there you are folks.
Love,
Uncle David
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