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Classical text/Romeo & Juliet evaluation

Romeo and Juliet Evaluation:

Evaluate your skills throughout the process starting with your professional conduct in the group.

Describe your strengths and weaknesses as part of a professional team getting the show ready for an audience. Including, setting up the stage, finding props and costume, organising set, costume props, working as a team, time management, focus and concentration in rehearsals, your role in the tech rehearsals, organisation and communication as a team to get the show ready, experimenting and auditioning for roles.

 Throughout the rehearsals and the tech runs, the whole group came closer together and really put theirs all into their performances and preparations before the rehearsals, tech runs and the actual performance. For example, everybody had a role before the performance and the tech runs, my role was to set up+ Juliet’s bedroom scene I didn’t do this alone so I and other people had to set up Juliet’s bed and place the seats in the correct places. On the 2 performance days, everyone was extremely professional and helped each other out with their jobs. I feel that my professionalism was always to a good standard on rehearsals, tech runs and the actual performance days, I was always friendly and kept calm during performance days. My concentration was on the performance full time and when time came to it I was focused and prepared for the performance and my character and my performance was the most important thing to me during that time

 If you had more time what would you do differently to make the piece and your overall experience even better?

 If I had to think of something to improve my experience I would have had more fun with the role meaning I would have exaggerated my movement a lot more, to give my scenes more life and movement as some of the scenes I’m in their quite still and there isn’t a lot of movement. I would also help to raise more money for the performance so we would be able to get better props and costumes as some of the props were of poor quality and some broke so it would have been better to get more money and get better props, the costumes were ok however if we had more money we would be able to get costumes of higher quality.

 What do you plan to do differently in the next project?

 Next project I want to be more active as the character that I am playing, meaning that I want to move more on scene, more exaggerated movements so that some scenes aren’t just me and other characters just standing still and talking, I want to move more so that some of these scenes are more lively however when the scene is serious where something big happens I will tone down my movement as sometimes this type of movement can be seen as comedic.

 Explain who your target audience might be for the play

 I think that the audience for the play would be people familiar with Shakespeare and his work, or even people familiar with the movie version of the play and they are wanting to see the play that is set in the correct time and not in the modern times.

 How did your audience react to the performance? What was their feedback?

 The audience gave us very positive feed about the performance, I was told that my portrait of the male character Benvolio was very good for a female as I had to adopt male mannerisms and movements. We were also given constructive criticism as a whole; we were told that the performance would be better as a whole if everybody was more confident in their lines and if everybody remembered their lines however this was on the first performance and by the second day we have all improved and worked in the criticism.

 Evaluate each skill Vocal, Physical, Characterization

 Vocals: I think could have improved my vocals, as I found it difficult to project my voice to the people at the back and also keep the emotion in my voice so I believe my vocals could improve.

 Physical: I think that my movement was ok overall as I believe I owned the space I had to work with very well, I also believe that on the final performance I gave the role my all and really exaggerated my movement, however, I wish I did that on every performance and tech run so for the next project I have to remember to do this.

 Characterization: My character Benvolio is a very peaceful character; he would usually be the first one to try to break up a fight and when fighting he would only block he wouldn’t be attacking as he wanted to show he’s only blocking to save his life, he is very respectful to his aunt and uncle the Montagues. So when I was on scene performing I would make sure that I would be very respectfull around the Lord and Lady Montague, when fighting I would never attack I would only block and never attack also when a fight was about to take place I would act concerned and when delivering my lines about avoiding conflict I would say them with a lot of emotion and meaning.

 If you had more time what would you do to improve these skills/ moment on stage

 I would run through my lines more in my spare time with someone at a distance so they can tell me if they can hear me and if they can feel the emotion in the line.

For my movement, I would find a way to calm my nerves when I’m on a scene so that I wasn’t too afraid to be over the top with my movement as it would have been more lively on the scene so that certain scenes aren’t dead.

My characterization I would have improved it by using some more masculine movements, mannerisms and nuances in my spare time to make it more believe able that I was Benvolio.

Try to find 3 examples of strengths and weaknesses of each skill

 Vocal

Strengths: I was able to put emotion into my character and when I spoke his lines, another one of my strengths was that I was able to project my voice to the audience so I was heard clearly, I also remembered all my lines for my character.

Weaknesses: I was able to project my voice and I was able to give my voice emotion however it was difficult for me to do both, however, I did do it on a few occasions however it was difficult and I tried for every line but it worked on some lines and on some it didn’t.

Physical

Strengths: My strength for the physical side of my performance was that I owned the space I had to work with and I moved about a lot to bring life to certain scenes.

Weaknesses: My weakness was that even though I owned the space that I worked in and I moved around a lot I didn’t exaggerate my movement a lot meaning I didn’t use that many hand and arm movements so even though I walked around a lot it was just walking whereas arm movements would have brought even more life into the scene.

Characterization

Strengths: I managed to give a convincing male performance even though I am a female so I believe that my actual performance was good due to that factor, I portrayed him as the character he is, I got his characteristics like the fact he doesn’t like violence so when we were fighting I only blocked never attacked.

Weaknesses: I believe that my performance was good however I believe that if I had spent more time practising the masculine movements, mannerisms and nuances I would have been able to give a better performance.

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Dance blog 4

Dance blog 4

 This session began like the others with a warm up which was the same cardio exercises and stretches. For this session we all did some circuit training, we all paired up and got a piece of paper that labelled the exercise that we had to do. Each exercise only lasted a minute however we had to do the exercise no stop after everyone finished one exercise we had to run to the next exercise as it was a loop, the exercises were as follows: sit ups, press ups, punches, squats, skipping, high knees and plank etc. After the circuit was over we had a break to rehydrate. We did some choreography on ‘Rich Man’s Frug’ we did a few run throughs of the dance, we were also told that because we would be performing Romeo and Juliet and there is no dancing in that we got a break from Dance, however, we would begin to do it again after the Easter holiday.

 Strengths and weaknesses

 Weaknesses was my cardio was letting me down as I found myself out of breath often as there was constant exercise, there is a section in the choreography where I don’t remember it so I need to learn that

 Action plan

 Improve my cardio so I can do more exercise and strenuous activities for the future, I also need to learn my choreography for the future after we come back from the Easter holiday.

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Dance blog 3

Dance blog 3

 Warm up

 We began this session with the session before by doing some cardio activities, and stretches, we ran so our heart rate would increase raising our body temperature and making us more energetic, we followed this up by stretching to prevent injured muscles.

 Teamwork

 We partnered up with people to give each other a review/peer assessment on 10 exercises my partner was Jess and she gave me constructive criticism on how to work on these exercises.

 The 10 exercises we did:

 The exercises were as follows: Jumps, Piles, Tendu, Back Strengthening, Pirouettes, Floor Kicks, Kicks to the front side and back, Triplets and Standing Kicks.

 Technique exercises

 One of the techniques was floor kicks, this technique is performed by laying on your side with the bottom hand supporting the head and the other had to hold the floor, then you kick up with the leg that is not on the fool, you kick up 3 times and on the third one you hold the leg you kicked with, then you turn on your back whilst holding the leg, after that you kick up while alternating legs so, for example, you kick with the left leg first then the right then the left again holding the left leg while you turn on your side again but the opposite side you were on for the first time, you then repeat until you are back to the starting position.

 One of the other exercises was Back Strengthening, this technique is performed by laying on your stomach and positioning our arms in the shape of a letter holding each position for about 3 seconds, the letters we positioned our arms was T, Y and W

 The final technique was triplets, this technique is done by standing in the corner of the room, we would take 2 small steps and then follow them up with one big step we had to do this until we reached the end of the room, each and every step had to be on the balls of the feet.

 Strengths and weaknesses

 Strengths: My Plié, Tendu, Back Strengthening, Pirouettes, the front back and sidekicks are good and I will still work on them to improve them but now that I know that they are good I can focus more on the ones that I actually need to improve.  

Weaknesses: My Jumps, kicks on the floor and triplets need improvement as I found it difficult to keep to the beat of the song and to keep my toes pointed for some of the techniques.

 Action plan

 To improve my Jumps kicks on the floor and triplets for next session so that I can keep to the beat of the music and keep my toes pointed.

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Dance blog 2

Dance blog 2

 Warm up

 This lesson began with a warm up which consisted of cardio exercises meant to be a pulse raiser so we wake up first of all and that blood gets pumped around our bodies at a faster rate so we get warmer, after that we did some stretches to prevent cramps, pulled muscles etc. this warm up is what we usually do before every session.

Technique Exercises

We proceeded with some technique exercises after a quick water break to rehydrate, which were: Tendu, Plié, Kicks and Pirouettes

Jumps

After working on some technique exercises we worked on our jumps, we first jumped 8 times in the 1st position, after that we jumped 8 more times in the 2nd position, during the jumps we needed to keep our toes pointed whilst in air, we also needed to keep our hands on our hips, after that we did solo jumps to music and got/gave feedback after.

Kicks from the corner

After the jumps were done with we proceeded with kicks from the corner, in this you kick forward with the left leg, or right leg depending on the corner of the room you start from, with pointing toes, we would then kick with the right leg with pointing toes, every third kick is a side kick with the opposite leg that you just kicked with which would then spin into a back kick again with the opposite leg and that would spin into the front kick again and we would repeat the process until we reached the end of the room.

 Chains

 The final technique in the session was chains, this technique had 3 options 1 was the easiest 2 was in between and 3 was the hardest and we got to choose which one that would match our skill level, I did the 2nd option that is medium in difficulty, the 2nd option was you start in the corner of the room on your toes and then you bring your arms forward and step to the side bringing your arms to your side then bringing them in when you bring the other foot next the one that took the step we would then spin until we were back at the beginning position.

 Strengths and weaknesses

 Strengths: My kicks from the corner are good as I remember to keep my toes pointed and my technique is good and I keep to the beat of the music.

Weaknesses: My weaknesses are my jumps as I find it difficult to keep to the beat and to keep my toes pointed, also my chains as it was difficult to keep to the beat of the song.

Action plan

 Work on my jumps and my chains to keep my toes pointed and keep to the beat of the song.

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Romeo and Juliet blog 5: Tech Run

 What did we do?

 The whole group met up at Tapton house at 9 am, we all signed in as we entered the storage room where we keep our costumes and props. Because everyone knew no one would come to the first performance at 1:30 pm on a Thursday so we used that for our tech run. This was also the first time we went through the whole performance at Tapton this was good as it let everyone know the amount of space we will have to work with during the performance. The first act went well some people stumbled over their lines but that’s understandable as it was performance day, I was slightly affected as I missed cue line and I missed a line because of it, however, everything else was exactly how it should have been, I remembered all my lines and I went over them during break. Act 2 I didn’t show up until the very end where Romeo and Juliet are dead and all I do is go over to Romeo and cry because my cousin is dead so I remembered all my blocking, my lines and cue lines for both acts, apart from the one I but I did remember the line but not the cue line.

 What were your thoughts and feelings on the session?

 I felt that the session was good as we needed a full run through at Tapton house it allowed us to know the amount of space we will have to work in, and it was good as well as it got everyone focused on the actual performance that was on the same day. It got people to really remember their lines and blocking as people would go over their lines when they weren’t on the scene.

 How did you show personal management skills?

 I showed up on time signed myself in, I knew where all my props were and where my costume was. I bought my script to go over my lines I was confident in myself in my blocking and my lines as I knew all of them.

 Strengths and weaknesses

 One of my strengths was that I knew all my lines off by heart for the tech run and for the performance and I even bought my script so I could go over them anyway.

My second strength is that I knew all my blocking for each scene so I could deliver a more meaningful performance.

My third strength is that I knew how to exaggerate my movement and how to own the space around me so I could give a more visual performance than just stand there and recite my lines.

 One of my weaknesses was that I missed the cue line and it made me feel unconfident a bit for my cue lines so I went through them so I would remember them for the performance.

 Action plan

 I need to go over my cue lines again to make sure I remember them for the next performance so that I can make the performance good for a start and so I that I don’t miss any of my spoken lines as I want to give the best performance as Benvolio that I possibly can.

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Romeo and Juliet blog 4: Dress rehearsal

Romeo and Juliet blog 4: Dress rehearsal

 What did we do?

 This lesson we started off by getting into our costumes, that were sorted out in the last session, that we would wear for the performance, we were unable to do a full run through however we did run through a lot of it just not all. This was the first run through where we didn’t use our script on the scene, we were all nervous and unsure about our lines, during moments where we weren’t on scene blocking we were reading through our lines and waiting on our cue to get on scene. When it came time for my scenes I didn’t ask for them as I remembered them and during my time off scene I read through them so they were always fresh in my memory. All the scenes I performed I did it with confidence in my lines and I got into my character, Benvolio, and I understood him on a better level.

 What were your thoughts and feelings on the session?

 I feel that the session was ok however it could have been better of other people learnt their lines it would have run a lot smoother, I also think that we went very productive with our time and could have managed it better.

 How did you show personal management skills?

 I showed up with all the necessary equipment like a pen, a notebook and my script, I knew my lines but I bought it so I could re-read through them during my time, I bought my pen and notebook to take notes on how to improve my performance.

 How did you explore the text today?

 We did a dress run today so we didn’t get all the way through it however with the scenes that we did run through we got a better understanding of our characters and a better understanding of the scenes.

 Strengths and weaknesses

 One of my strengths was that I remembered all my blocking for all my scenes.

My second strength is that I quickly remembered where I needed to be to enter my scenes.

My third strength is that I knew what props I needed and I also knew where and what my costume was.

 One of my weaknesses is that I didn’t know all of my lines like 100% so I need to learn them.

I also need to learn my cue lines for each of my scenes.

I need to exaggerate my movement more as we are performing this outside, this will help the audience see what I am trying to portray.

 Action plan

 I need to learn all of my lines perfectly and my cue lines as well, I need to exaggerate my movement in my scenes and when I’m speaking, as a team we all need to learn our lines so that we know what we’re saying, we also need to do a full run through as we have yet to do Act 2.

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Commedia Dell'Arte self assessment 2

Scene: where I am in The Inn explaining why I am there What do you find most interesting about your physical performance? I liked how I used lots of hand gestures, for example when I ask for a glass of wine my stutter makes it sound like I'm saying 'wee' instead of 'wine' and when I say that I point at Burattino's groin. This makes my character more funny by making it easier for the audience to understand the joke. What was good about your physicality? I liked how you could tell I was slowly becoming more and more drunk and my speed in speaking and movement became more quick. This added more comedy to my character and also helped the scene move faster which is what I wanted. Have you remembered your blocking and movement? I remembered most of my blocking, like my basic blocking but I struggled remembering little bits of my blocking like drinking the wine. Do you use appropriate gestures and facial expressions? If so when where and how effective are they? I think I use the right gestures and facial expressions as they are over the top which suits the whole theme of Commedia Dell'arte and also it suits my character. Also it is common for when anyone is drunk their gestures are over the top and they use more of their body language and facial expressions, so I did this as my character is getting drunk on wine. I believe they are effective as it adds to the comedy of my character and of the whole scene, because I am stumbling my words more and pulling all kinds of shapes with my face, like I'm reaching more to what is being said. What could be improved ‘even better if……’ To make this scene better I could use the stage more, like I could move about more and even fall off my chair, this would show more on how drunk my character is. I just need to be brave and go for whatever feels right in the scene.

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Romeo and Juliet blog 3: Stage combat training

Romeo and Juliet blog 3: Stage combat training

 What did we do?

First we went through a warm-up of star jumps, running around a space and stretches after that we learnt how to fake pull someone’s hair, this is done by one person placing a closed hand on someone’s head and the person whose hair is being pulled places their hand on the other persons closed hand so the person can control their movement, fake punch, this is done by the person performing the punch action hitting their shoulder to make the sound and the other person just reacts, and fake slap, this is done by the person who is going to get slapped claps their hands to make the sound. After that, we blocked some fighting scenes, however, all the scenes that I was in that we blocked I didn’t do any fighting.

 What were your thoughts and feelings on the session?

 I thought that the session was very interesting and educational, as our teacher explained to us how directors like to use it and to see it on an actor’s CV. I enjoyed the session as we did a lot of work with the blocking and with learning how to fight on stage we all got better at teamwork, as to make it look believable we all need to work together.

 How did you show personal management skills?

 I bought the correct equipment and clothing to the session: I wore trainers, black comfortable clothing, I brought a pen, a notebook and I brought my script.

 Strengths and Weaknesses

 One of my strengths was the hair pulling as it was easy to get the hang of and it wasn’t something that complicated.

Another one of my strengths was my willingness to improve my technique and my understanding of different techniques.

 One of my weaknesses was that my timing on the punch when I performed it was when I should make the sound of the hit.

Another one of my weaknesses was my timing of the slap since it’s so quick I found it difficult to time my reaction to the slap and the sound of the slap.

 Action plan

 My action plan is to work on my timing of the punch and the slap also on my technique on all the fighting moves in time for the performance and so I know how to do them correctly.

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Romeo and Juliet blog 2

Romeo and Juliet blog 2

 What did we do?

 Today’s lesson began by doing some warm up exercises, as stated on my previous blog, in which we do some vocal exercises so our pronunciation is clear and un mumbled, we then follow that up by doing some body exercises like stretches this is done so we don’t strain our muscles while we are blocking scenes, it also wakes us up. After the warm up began by discussing the act and scene for the day, which was act 1 scene 2, when I enter the scene I’m with Romeo sill from the first scene trying to find out the person he’s in love with, at which point Sampson enters the scene and asks Romeo to translate a letter which was a list of people who are invited to the ball, Romeo whilst reading the list says the name Rosaline out loud his mind drifts off, this is when I look at him and snap my fingers to get his attention back, he continues to read the list after Sampson leaves the scene I talk Romeo into going to the ball so he can see Rosaline and also so he can meet other people and so he can forget about Rosaline after that I leave the scene with Romeo.

 What were your thoughts and feelings on the session?

 I thought that this session was very productive as we did a lot with it and it showed the character’s emotions as Romeo drifted off into his own world when he read the name, Rosaline, telling the audience that he’s deeply in love with Rosaline and thinks about her a lot. It was also a good session as I didn’t mind redoing the scene in it meant we do it right during the actual performance.

 How did you show personal management skills?

 I showed up to the lesson prepared with all the necessary equipment e.g. a pen, a pencil, a notebook and my script, I was prepared to take notes in case I needed to and I was prepared to go through my lines.

How did you explore the text today?

 The first thing we did was we went through the scene and read through the text, we asked questions about the text if necessary, we made sure that we understood our characters in the scene. We blocked the scene and did it a few more times to nail it.

 What effect did this text work have on your acting skill, character, understanding of the text or overall performance?

 With having watched the movie a lot I already understood the character a bit however through this it allowed me to get to know my character, Benvolio, better and understand how he felt during scenes.

 Strengths and Weaknesses

My main strength was understanding my lines, however, one of my weaknesses is that I didn’t understand when to come on set.

 Action plan

 My action plan for this session is to learn my cue so I know when to get on scene, my cue line is when Jess lays back down with a pile of clothes.

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Romeo and Juliet Blog 1

Romeo and Juliet blog 1

In today’s lesson, I began with a warm up in which I warmed up my body by walking around a space, stretching, shaking my appendages and focusing on my balance. I also warmed up my vocals by humming, doing lip drills and projecting my voice.

After my warm up my director decided to start blocking Act 1 Scene 1 this is the scene where Gregory and Sampson, who are Capulets, start a fight with Balthasar and Abram, who are Montagues. My character, Benvolio who is a Montague, tries to stop the fight until Tybalt arrives and insults Benvolio for trying to stop the fight at which things escalate to where Tybalt draws his sword at him, and a fight ensues. During the fight Lord and Lady Capulet and Montague arrive at the scene, the lords try to engage however are stopped by their ladies. The Prince arrives and to put a stop to the fight and also to issue a warning to both houses ‘If you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.’ After the prince leaves the scene everyone else does as well apart for Lord and Lady Montague, also Benvolio stays to describe the incident that took place. Benvolio discusses Romeo with the Lord and Lady of the Montague family, where they talk about how Romeo shuts himself off from very one, not allowing his parents to understand him and communicate with him. Benvolio tells the Lord and Lady of the Montague family to leave it to him as he will try to understand and comfort Romeo, Benvolio begins to talk to Romeo after a long conversation Benvolio finds out that Romeo is in love, at which point Benvolio tells Romeo to forget about her to which Romeo doesn’t listen to his advice. End of Act 1 Scene 1.

Before the scene was acted out the cast read through their lines out loud to themselves, at which point we had time to ask questions about the language used in the script and if we don’t understand it, after which we began blocking. In this scene there are 4 servants total, 2 Capulet 2 Montague, when I enter the scene the servants are already fighting I run up to the two Montague servants and try to pull them off to stop the fight, during this Tybalt enters the scene where he mocks me for trying to stop the fight, when he suddenly draws his sword and to attack me and I have to draw my sword to defend myself. When the Prince enters the scene I step back from Tybalt and lift my hands to signal a temporary truce between the houses, at which point the prince issues his warning, as stated before, then everyone leaves the scene, apart from Lord and Lady Montague and me. I comfort Lord and Lady Montague until Romeo arrives on the scene, after that the blocking is quite simple as I follow Romeo around and comfort him about his feelings.

 What were your thoughts and feelings on the lesson?

 My feelings during this lesson were excitement as I know the scene very well since I watched the 1996 modern re-enactment with the Shakespearian dialogue. My love for the Romeo and Juliet grew more as I get to participate in it and get to know my character on a better level and relate to the story.

 How do you show personal management skills?

 I showed up to the lesson prepared and ready to start blocking, I showed up with a pen, a notebook and my script, I asked questions about certain scenes so I can understand the scene better and my character I also gave my director some ideas about scenes.

  How did you explore the text today?

 We explored the text by analysing the wording used by Shakespeare, we did this to learn and understand the scene, emotions and the old language in the scene so we could implicate the language into our vocabulary in a more natural way.

 What effect did this text work have on your acting skills, character, understanding of the text or overall performance?

 The text work allowed to make it seem like the old vocabulary used in the script was natural to me like it has been a part of my vocabulary for a long time, it also allowed me to understand my character, Benvolio, better as I get to play him I get to experience the feelings he experienced at points during the play, it also made my emotional connection to the play grow as I get to participate in it. Overall it made my performance more natural for me to perform making it seem natural.

 Strengths and weaknesses

 Strengths:

-Woking well with people by helping them out if they needed it and supporting the other performers that were in a scene.

- I was good at projecting my voice and saying my lines clearly.

-I believed I was also confident in my movement and how I put emotion in my lines.

Weaknesses:

-I had problems pronouncing some of the Shakespearian languages.

 Action Plan

 I’m going to go over my lines at home and get used to the old Shakespearian language, also going to watch the movie so I can see how the actor embodied Benvolio and what I can learn about him.

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Romeo and Juliet - Map of Tapton house/where we will be performing the scenes.

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R&J meeting 21st of March independent rehearsals

Marketing Head shots are almost done Write a little bit about myself for the program Selling cakes and raffle tickets

Costume Try on trousers Athena find trousers

Scenes Fighting scene-the first scene Romeo and Juliet scenes

What I did We started doing the first fight scene and did a warm up where we walked around and getting angry at each other. We did this to build aggression so the fight scene looked more realistic. Next we helped with some Romeo and Juliet scenes, like the one where Romeo enters the tomb in which Juliet's 'dead' body lies. We give feedback and I said I liked how Romeo couldn't quite get his words out but he needs to make sure all of his movements are slow. Te next scene we helped out with is the Paris and Romeo scene where Paris is killed by Romeo, we did a warm up where some of us where Paris says goodbye to Juliet, and Romeo is told Juliet is dead. This helped the scene show each of the characters emotions and really made the scene shocking and the tension was built. The scene after, was the one when Juliet wakes up to find Romeos dead body. We watched the scene and then I stood in for Juliet to see how I would do it. In the 20 seconds I had to wake up, I had heavy breathing, my feet begin to move, and my eyes opened and shut. When I first see Romeo I thought he was sleeping so I cuddled up to him, when I noticed he wasn't breathing, I began to shake him, I then held his face trying to see if he was breathing, I then checked his heart beat and that was the end of the scene.

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Commedia Dell'arte Dress Rehearsal Blog

What did we do? Today we did a full dress rehearsal of the whole performance. We also used props in this run through and had all of the set, set up. The first we we did was set up tables outside the dome and then places all the props on the tables ready for the run through. We then got into costume , in which I had to pin my costume up as it is way to big for me. Then we did the last finishing touches to the set and began our run through. We did a change a few tiny things in scenes but it wasn't too much. The run through didn't go too smoothly and this did worry me. Personally I don't think I did too bad in this rehearsal, as I know I tried my best as I could but I knew there were things for me to improve on. For example I knew to calm down and have confidence in my acting, otherwise I would forget to do my stutter and forget lines, which I didn't want to do in the final performance. Techniques and skills I used Organisation-as I knew where most of my props where and I got all my stuff ready. Memorising-because I remembered all my blocking Timing-I knew my cue lines on when to come onstage/off stage and do movements Strengths and weaknesses My strengths where; .Knowing when to come on stage .remembering all of my blocking .Knowing where my props were My weaknesses where; .Not having confidence in my own acting .over thinking on saying my lines making me forget to do my stutter .not learning all my lines in time for the dress rehearsal Action plan My action plan is to remember for my next performance is to believe in myself more and give it my all, even if is just a rehearsal.

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Future job ideas

Box office sale coordinator- runs the box office team and sells tickets too. Salary is around £25,000. Community Artist- makes a performance to help the community. May include writing a script, acting and directing. Salary is around £15,000. Trainee Associate Director- helps main director, it could be a small production or a large production. Salary is around £10,000.

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Dance skills audit 2