Performance day! The day started out very cold and rainy, not to mention we were very tired from all the rehearsal. The day began with a run through of each piece in the garden to make sure we were all on the same page. Also, this was the first time that we learning the true playing order of the all the pieces. This was very exciting for everyone because all of us were just trusting Pavel with the cohesiveness of all the work. It was difficult to rehearse with all the people in the garden and in the cold and rainy weather but we managed. Mean while, when pieces were being rehearsed in the garden we were back in the studio building and fixing puppets, scenery and costumes. The performance as a whole was really coming together.
Later in the morning Pavel's company Continuo Theatre showed up with their van and they emptied out lighting and sound equipment. This is when I realized how big this performance had become. We had lights and sound all over the garden. It was truly amazing. It was interesting to me that for all the technology for lights and sound, we were extremely low tech on the scenery and costume end. We, the performers, brought these objects to life.
It took all day to get the through the entire performance. The roles that I was a part of were the opening speech outside the garden, book monks and the column father. I know it sounds funny and I don't really have any pictures because it was so hectic those days. I do have these pictures from rehearsal.
These images are what became the book monks.
These are the only two images I have from the garden. My dad took pictures and the scenofest took video of the performance so hopefully I can get some more imagery on the blog. Check out www.scenofestexchange.com for all the info!
So as the time grew closer to 9 pm all of us prepared for the opening. We were so excited to make it to this point and it was just an incredible task that we had to make a performance of this magnitude in 5 days. I took my opening position in front of the garden with all of the audience in front of me with my follow collaborator Ingrid. Just before we began the sun came out! What a beautiful sight! We delivered the speech and the performance had started. People just kept pouring in. We expected about 75 people and there was well over 200. This turned out to make things very interesting because we used a lot of the walking path for our performance. People absolutely loved it and it was a huge success. The mixture of the garden space, the sound that we created out of paper and our voices that we recorded a day earlier, the lighting and the paper blended into a cohesive piece that was lovely, fun and exciting. We told a story of the garden, our story, that was told through our work with paper and directed by a fanastic process oriented director.
The end of the performance was exhilarating. The audience filed out and we understood what we has accomplished. They were moved and we were exhausted, relived and proud. Pavel gave a speech after we had finished the strike and he posed a question to us. How did we feel about the process? I felt like it was the most unselfish piece of art that I have ever worked on in my life. Everyone helped each other whether it was their idea or not. We were perfect strangers 5 days ago and we grew together and learned a deeper meaning of collaboration. It was a huge success on many fronts and the communication of work paided huge dividends in the rehearsal process. I loved it!
During the day, Pavel had gotten cold and I offered him my sweat shirt to stay warm.
Brooklyn college got a little free publicity all day long! I am so glad that I was a part of this project!
More to come...
Later in the morning Pavel's company Continuo Theatre showed up with their van and they emptied out lighting and sound equipment. This is when I realized how big this performance had become. We had lights and sound all over the garden. It was truly amazing. It was interesting to me that for all the technology for lights and sound, we were extremely low tech on the scenery and costume end. We, the performers, brought these objects to life.
It took all day to get the through the entire performance. The roles that I was a part of were the opening speech outside the garden, book monks and the column father. I know it sounds funny and I don't really have any pictures because it was so hectic those days. I do have these pictures from rehearsal.
These images are what became the book monks.
These are the only two images I have from the garden. My dad took pictures and the scenofest took video of the performance so hopefully I can get some more imagery on the blog. Check out www.scenofestexchange.com for all the info!
So as the time grew closer to 9 pm all of us prepared for the opening. We were so excited to make it to this point and it was just an incredible task that we had to make a performance of this magnitude in 5 days. I took my opening position in front of the garden with all of the audience in front of me with my follow collaborator Ingrid. Just before we began the sun came out! What a beautiful sight! We delivered the speech and the performance had started. People just kept pouring in. We expected about 75 people and there was well over 200. This turned out to make things very interesting because we used a lot of the walking path for our performance. People absolutely loved it and it was a huge success. The mixture of the garden space, the sound that we created out of paper and our voices that we recorded a day earlier, the lighting and the paper blended into a cohesive piece that was lovely, fun and exciting. We told a story of the garden, our story, that was told through our work with paper and directed by a fanastic process oriented director.
The end of the performance was exhilarating. The audience filed out and we understood what we has accomplished. They were moved and we were exhausted, relived and proud. Pavel gave a speech after we had finished the strike and he posed a question to us. How did we feel about the process? I felt like it was the most unselfish piece of art that I have ever worked on in my life. Everyone helped each other whether it was their idea or not. We were perfect strangers 5 days ago and we grew together and learned a deeper meaning of collaboration. It was a huge success on many fronts and the communication of work paided huge dividends in the rehearsal process. I loved it!
During the day, Pavel had gotten cold and I offered him my sweat shirt to stay warm.
Brooklyn college got a little free publicity all day long! I am so glad that I was a part of this project!
More to come...
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