The Viewpoints Project: Recap and thoughts on our first two rehearsals.

First of all, let me start out by saying that I love this show. I am grateful to be of something that I can already tell is so much bigger than the actors who are performing it. Things are starting to gel, and it is so much fun. Let's recap.

First Night Rehearsal:

We worked the opening number of our show. I can't say a lot. Wouldn't want to ruin it for the audience or anything, but I will say this. By the end of it there is a lot of heavy breathing. It's quite a work out. We start out "explaining" the viewpoints, which is really cool. I actually have a line in the explanation. A line that I goofed on tonight, but that is okay because I am going to make sure that I get it right next time. :D)

The thing with doing a highly physical show, is that it helps if you are highly physically fit, or at the very least, standardly physically fit. I am working on the standardly physically fit thing. I think that by the end of the show, I should have it down. :D) By the grace of God, I have been able to keep up with everyone for the most part. There I am very grateful.

Second Night Rehearsal:

This happened tonight. Well, technically it happened last night. I regress. Rehearsal tonight was wonderful. We worked with a new piece of music that we are incorporating into the show. We did the imaging exercise where we close our eyes and listen to the music and see where it sits in our hearts. Mine was very interesting. This is what I saw.


1. A forest with lots of trees. It was deep and thick, lush and green.
2. A less dense area of trees, a path, a clearing with a lake to the side.
3. Rolling green plains, with a few trees splashed here and there.
4. Tall rounded hills and wide lime green valleys.
5. A procession of people entering a dark castle. (Not sure how I got to this image. It was just suddenly there with the music change.)

So those are the things that I saw while listening to this particular piece of music. The first feeling I got from the music was the desire to hide. I never acted on that desire though, because when I started to move that desire was not the first thing.

We explored the music with open viewpoints first, but then Chris gave us some guidelines. We were all supposed to bring a chair on stage. And where ever we sat our chair, there would be a spot light. We were only allowed to move within that pool of light surrounding the chair. This was our lot in the piece unless he came and touched our shoulder. For some reason I really wanted the restriction so I was praying that he would not touch me. But he did. He did say that while we could move if we were touched we did not have to move.

I took all the images that I saw, and I endowed the chair with all those images, making it a symbol of my journey. So I stayed with the chair, moving with the music, exploring shape, duration, and architecture. And I was so focused on the chair that I did not notice that one of my classmates had taken to exploring repetition of what I was doing. It actually intrigued me enough to get me to leave my exploration of the chair to take a closer look at what she was doing. We had a moment with her and another of my cast mates that Chris really liked. I thought it was interesting too.

Throughout the night we explored different things with and without the chair. I am looking forward to seeing what this section will look like when it is solidified. :D) Can't wait to start new sessions as well. :D)

That's all for now.