This is the video of my performance:
Well that's it, performed on Wednesday night and even though I have incurred a few bruised and scrapped knees I got through it. I was really panicking that I would mess up or forget my words. The whole things is like a blur although I am sure I didn't forget anything.
This is what my knee looked like the morning after the performance.
This is my knee after the performance on Wednesday night.
Both knees, the other is not as bad just a few scraps.
There was a point in my piece were I began getting very emotional and you could tell it in my voice but I took a few deep breathes and composed myself because the whole point, that I feel' solo performance is about is not only about sharing your stories but also being able to take yourself out of that space and be an outsider looking in. So being part of the audience and looking at yourself from the outside.
I have to say that the technical was messed up a lot because in my piece the sound cue wasn't followed as I had wanted it to be as it was mean't to be straight away to get the effect that I wanted. I kept the frame and waited a bit then the sound came on although I think it took away the meaning of that part of the piece because of the delay.
I had done myself up in fake tattoos and piercings and done my make-up really dark, goth-like. I got really good comments after my piece and was told that the way I had prepared myself for the performance made it even stronger and even if I didn't have all the tattoos and piercings it would still have been a good piece.
During the part where I spoke about catching my wrists, I was told that it came off strong and the expression on my face when I said the words was amazing because you could see the vulnerability and the emotion in what I said. When I spoke about being a tomboy, one of the feedback was that I showed how a girl is perceived to behave like and the contrast of what we really grow up to be like.
Overall, I am happy of how the performance went, if there was one thing I could change it would be that I would have liked to be more relaxed in some of the movements but in a way I think it was meant to be like that because it showed the strength of my alter-ego and the person that I am meant to be.
These are images of the tattoo's I had for my performance:
On my left wrist:
Upper right arm:
My Chest:
My Left Shoulder:
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