Getting up-to-date

1. Re: dramatic exercises from last week.

I really like the first group's composition. It may have been the cohesive plot. Or the vampires. Vampires are pretty awesome. Also, the level-use with the "grave" being higher that ground level (I really liked the reversal of expectations there--reminds of the scene in RENT where Roger's on street level is yelling up to Mark in the apartment, who is spatially below him). Getting back to the class, though, I can see where that group put a lot of time into their symbolism--every word, gesture, characters, and even the cyclic nature of the piece was meaningful.

Group the second also had a very symbolic piece, particularily in regards to their language and movement (the regional dialects provoking different responses, the coming together and moving apart).

Group the third very much enjoyed using the staircases for levels... and we seem to have startled the rest of the class. I should not derive satisfaction from that. My group is very fin to work with, despite our tendency towards indecision.

Group the fourth gets kudos for making their own levels. The flat surface (Denny Field), was a bit of a departure (since the rest of us seem to favor using existing raised surfaces to form our disparate levels). Also the symbolism in the initial failure of the pyramid versus its reworked improved was intriguing. And one cannot fault the enthusiasm.