Thursday, 5 May 2011

Working to personal strengths and recognising personal weaknesses

I felt that before I looked for my duologue and monologues I wanted to look at my existing repertoire and see what my strengths are and what weaknesses I need to avoid when selecting my pieces.

Strengths;

Facial expressions
(shown in previous performances - Marat/Sade, Road, Rivals)
Exaggerated gestures
(shown in previous performances - Road, Rivals)
Emotive characters
(shown in previous performances - Saved, Rivals, Marat/Sade, Richard III)
Bringing historical to a contemporary audience
(shown in previous performances - Rivals, Richard III)
Accents
(shown in previous performances - Saved, Road)
Working with props
(shown in previous performances - Road)


Weaknesses;

Physical theatre
(shown in previous performances - Marat/Sade)
Set changes
(shown in previous performances - Romeo and Juliet)


After realising these strengths and weaknesses I have a better understanding of what performances I should choose.

I would like to look into performances styles such as;
Naturalistic
Greek
In-yer-face theatre
Brecht
Commedia-del-arte
Berkoff
Shakespeare
Melodrama

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