The Lollapalooza Effect

4/ Where it all begins:

Vision of the Piece

maybe not interactive
real natural objects and projection
embody natural stuff through movement
no song
abstract sceno maybe
find out about absurdity and grotesque sceno
skin coloured costume ok
there will be extremity of nature
there will be dark and shadow
wild environment theatre
all of us wet, mud, big winds, heat
maybe not environmental crisis part
there will be losing things, grief
the workshops will explore nine emotions of human beings
subtly, gradually, collaboratively doing live art on the side ways
75 personal
70 political
90 philosophical
digital music making with natural sounds
no live looping and live piano
moveable, non static installation
abstract narrative
there will be bath
play around with amount of people on stage
all embodying same element
there will be a moment of ecosystem
there will be unlikely visual text
there will be unlikely spoken text
there will be repetition

Commongrounds of Rehearsal

time out for a 15mins break
every morning body contact check
no together work on weekend
workshop style: do, reflect, discussion
open and sensible communications
schedule plan let the group know as early as you know it
check in, check out, about 10 mins each
planning about next day, 15 mins before the end of the day
exploration time and experiment
collaborative pin-board
individual inspirations time
individual physical warmups
long/short rehearsals?
prefer fixed ending time
whatsapp worktime, chill, 24hour respond time, no discussions, request of zoom meetings

Shared Values

respect each others ideas
honest with your thoughts
responsible for session
empathy, take some time
constructive criticism

5/ Inspirations and Brainstorm

Early stage & Workshops:

Drawing from those inspirations, we held individual workshops where we all came together. This allowed us to familiarize ourselves with each other’s movement styles and explore group dynamics through techniques such as tableau and fast-response improvisation, like “spin the wheels.” Afterwards, we discussed our “shiny moments,” which formed our initial collection of performance materials.

For example:

week 3
- 7th May workshop
  - helenes
    - listening sounds of nature (harmonious and inharmonious), what remind us
    - responding sounds from nature through movement
    - traffic sounds
  - yuki
    - exploring the generation of mushroom through movement
    - feel think say
- 8th May workshop
  - achuta
    - moods of nature through movement with our current mood
    - 5 elements of nature: sky, earth, water, air, fire
    - moods: sad, glad, mad
    - 15 movements for 5 ele.
    - with an awareness of repetition, sounds, pace
  - yvonne
    - plant, one repetitive movement
    - bathroom with fog, one repetitive movement
    - combine a plant in a bathroom with fog
- 9th May proposal day
  - individual concept of the piece, different language same concept
  - discussion about potential scenographics element
  - add details on workshop plans, references
  - revision on proposal second draft

Shiny moments
- moving in and out of the door
- yuki as a travelling mushroom in crowded mushroom space
- exploring movement in dark
- any element of your choice reflect on your mood of that presence, ending
- yvonne combo fog bathroom plant
- improv
  - loosed hair
  - plastic fan, relaxing with hair, malena
  - play white jumper