I am still in shock that we, as an ensemble, can now do the Side Stretch without any prompts as we all work together really well in this! The only thing we need to hear from Ben is when he shouts 'HA' so that we can then follow. When we do that 'HA' in response, the energy in the room creates an insane atmosphere in the room that can even surprise me on how powerful we all sound all together.
The Second Hacca
Straight after the Side Stretch, Ben made a good decision when he split the class and took a group of actors out to do their scene and he left the rest of the class to work out how to use the bamboo sticks in a second performance of the Hacca, led by Delainey.
Before leaving, Ben gave us a few instructions; he said that he wanted us to put down the sticks at the start, and also that he wanted us to pick up the stick (after the work lower on the floor) and incorporate it into the rest of the Hacca after.
Once Ben had left the room, we were all eager to begin however most of us had forgotten the Hacca therefore we had to go over it again - this was hard because we all seemed to remember different things so it was hard to communicate the sequence to each other. After Hannah and Chloe figured out what it was, they went to the front and showed us all. I found this to be very helpful as I'm more of a visual learner than I am an aural learner.
After many failed attempts, we finally ran through it all together a few times. One by one, it seemed that we were each giving up since we had run it so many times. There were some people who were getting stressed because of this as they thought we would end up disappointing Ben however this all turned around when Ben walked into the room and we showed him what we had created, which turned out to be our best run so far! It ended up flowing seamlessly! I'm very happy with this turn out as this really showed me that our work can really pull through even though there are so many strong minds and voices that may cause arguments occasionally.
We were then directed by Ben for the rest; we were split into two halves of warriors. When Jamilah ran towards the left, half of the warriors would run and block her, following with a 'HOO HOO HA', slapping their wrists, and finally holding their bamboo stick like a sword to intimidate her so that she would go to the other side and the other half of us would do the same. Because I am at the front of the line, I then walked forward, creating a v-shape and connecting the two halves. The scene then began with us all squatting/sitting down watching in this v-formation.
The only issue that I can see with this is that this is straight after I exit off as a dead Nurse therefore we will have to sort out a very quick transition between these two characters (also since I have a Goth armband to put on so I might not be able to do this quick enough).
After this, we ran some scenes where the Goths that were crouched down were in. I need to find a more interesting way in getting involved in these group pieces as it does not seem as if I am as involved as I could be.
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