After we had warmed up, we did an exercise that involved movements akin to whispers. There would be a person at the front of the clump that we got into. That person was the leader. They had to move and the rest of us would follow. There was a ripple effect as the action was copied from the front until the message got through to those at the back. It was like a whisper as the message was never quite the same as when it started but as similar enough (mostly).
To develop this, we then had a leader and 3 strands to them. One group was at a diagonal holding onto the right arm of the person in front. The other group were the same on the left arm. The third group were holding each other’s heads. We had become a giant head and two arms. The leader then moved again to the music and we moved with them, each person being guided by the person in front of them.
We examined this more in two smaller groups. One person had a beautiful idea of moving her arms up and down alternatively. As one set of us went up with her left arm, the others were going down with her right arm, like a wave. We watched each other’s groups and discussed them. It worked well when the leader moved slowly so it could be seen well and the action could be completed within the group.
It was then back to our journeys from last week. We had some time to recollect them and then walk them out with the music. We had much more space so things changed a little and encounters changed. Rachel asked us to see who we met on our journeys. Most people found someone and Rachel got them to work on a pose or action to hole for a certain number of counts. Three of us had not met anyone; we had solitary journeys. We came together and enjoyed watching the whole thing and helping others if needed. It was nice to see such a variety of people moving in different ways, darting and meandering across the space. It was starting to look quite interesting.
We worked on these for a while and then got back into the groups for the routines we had started practicing. It was hard to remember what we had done but we managed to recall them all between us.
We did the routine in our group but it did not seem to flow as well as it had initially. Rachel came and helped us out. She got us into a line, one behind the other, and gave us direction on how we could split and go in different directions. It looked really nice after that!
We were all getting deep into our routines but…we ran out of time! 2 ½ hours had flown by. The superheroes had not been called upon today but who know for the future! Keep those costumes at the ready Super X, Y, Z.
Some of us did some vox pox at the end. What did you do in your group today? Why did you want to be part of this project? and What do you think it will look like in the end? Well, we Whispered for the Opportunity to be in something Wondrous! W.O.W.
Exactly!
Photos: Gigi Giannella
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