Workshop 4

Structure of show

This week, we started to block and structure our piece.We had to work out what we wanted to included in our pefromance and how to teach this to CDO. We wanted to include various things in our performance, such as: Circle of life, Wave your flag, Animals, Tom Jones and Chinese dragons. We had to find a way to link all of these into our piece. We decided that the overall structure of the show would be:

VJ, Maybelle, Hannah in the Lounge talking about grandad the explorer.
Create the still image of the jungle with everyone like an animal
Vienne Counts how many animals there are
Errel talks about what animals are in the jungle
Cue Circle of life
Walk around in a circle as our animal and exit off
Return to the lounge
Talk about Wales
Tom Jones Dance with Dorian as Tom Jones
Maybelle then has her solo
Return to dance
Then make a link to the Chinese dragon
Everyone Does the Chinese dragon
Goes under the tunnel
Create different still images with Africa, Wales and China
Talk about Croydon’s Cultures
Wave Your Flag, singing and choreography
THE END

Conclusion

'Follow the leader' was a very succesful start to the workshop, furthermore, they has a sense of pride and acheivment from this as it will be used in the final performance. they were happy that they did it successfully and therefore it’s good enough to have in the show. This means the game was very productive. Overall, the rehearsal for the performance went very well. We managed to get through the whole piece which meant that we worked quickly and efficiently. We partnered up with a member of the CDO group to make sure that everyone could have equal treatment and we could go at the pace that they wanted to. In addition, this meant that nobody felt left out and that every member could continue to build strong bonds with us so that they will like and trust us.I was with Errol who didn't need much help as he is one of the most able members of the group and is very confident and eager to work. However, this was his last week with us as he will be on holiday during the performance. This is difficult for me as I will have to be partnered with someone who doesn't know me as well and I haven't had much chance to create a strong bond with. The piece is lookingg really good and everyone is really enjoying it. Vienne’s counting surpised us and we were shocked and delighted about how far he had come in just a few sessions with us. Next week we will run through everything and polish bits that need work on.