Becketts Quad & Using space
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Becketts Quad
On Monday we started a new performance, which was Becketts Quad. Harry was assigned to be our director as he has not had a go at being in the role of director before. We spent the first two lessons working out the movements and what each persons part was. I found this complicated at first as no one really knew what they were doing at the beginning. However after completing our routes (we each had routes in a square with no speech or particular stage directions), I found it much easier to understand. At this point we still had no idea what the play was about or what we were supposed to be showing. In some ways this made acting it out much harder as we had questions like:
On Monday we started a new performance, which was Becketts Quad. Harry was assigned to be our director as he has not had a go at being in the role of director before. We spent the first two lessons working out the movements and what each persons part was. I found this complicated at first as no one really knew what they were doing at the beginning. However after completing our routes (we each had routes in a square with no speech or particular stage directions), I found it much easier to understand. At this point we still had no idea what the play was about or what we were supposed to be showing. In some ways this made acting it out much harder as we had questions like:
- Am I supposed to go through the centre of the square?
- Am I supposed to have contact with the other three people ?
- Why is one person doing the exact opposite to me ?
- Are we supposed to mirror each other?
At the start of our double lesson on Thursday, we spent time trying to understand what the play was about. Some ideas we came up with were:
- The routine of life - everyone moves at the same time stuck in a routine that is hard to escape. Everything moves in a routine, time, planets, the sun, the seasons, days, weeks... The central point being a problem which everyone cleverly gets passed. Is this a good thing?
- The idea of Karma - As there is always one person who is doing the exact same thing as you but opposite. The idea of a ripple, doing one thing effects someone else on the opposite side of the world.
We then started to wonder about the formation, a square and the idea that it has four sides, and that we're walking in triangles. Does the number four have any significance? we found out:
- Four is the number of creation in the bible
- Four is linked with organisation and practicality
- Triangles are linked with strength and support
We then started to realise that each person will also be helping to complete another persons triangle, this also fitted in with our idea with Karma. We went on to watch Becketts version of the play.
We noticed that the actors were wearing primary colours, which were just sheets. This gave the idea that they were not really humans which I think is an important theme in his piece. We were both inspired and influenced by watching this. The fact that none of the actors crossed paths influenced to do the same. We were inspired by the colours we wanted to take this idea and tweak it slightly to fit our own ideas.
Our ideas:
- Using coloured rice to show each persons pathway and how they are all intertwined and sometimes even destroyed by others.
- We each change each other
- The use of different percussion instruments for each actor and a continuous beat like a clock in the background
- A beat that sounds whenever we reach a corner
Use of Space
On Friday we played a 'game' where we had to use space to create different scenarios that we were given. We had to use both voice and movement. The spaces we had were:
- An aeroplane hanger
- A deserted Island
- A lift
- A coffin
This task was very interesting and helpful in exploring space.
When reading the reflection on the use of space, I'm left wondering *why* the task was 'interesting and helpful'. Can you please develop this more and give more detail? Thanks
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