Today started out rather poorly, but by the end of of the day it wasn't so bad. First of all, it was a loooooong day. Since we were performing tonight, and we had Commedia all day, we had to use our break time (read: siesta) to put together out piece for tonight. I still haven't recovered since the weekend and my throat is all congested, so right away I knew it wasn't going to be fun. But during Commedia today I had to get up and do some improv (while masked) and I completely blanked and had no idea what to do. I don't even remember what I did, but I just got really frustrated and kind of emotional, which wasn't good. I'm not very confident in myself, especially when it comes to performing, so being put on the spot liek that kind of freaked me out. Plus, I don't like putting things on my face (which makes mask work rather difficult). I was actually okay today, but I kind of got lost in the mask and forgot what I needed to be doing. Everyone has been really supportive though- we all know we need to be able to work together so we're all pulling for each other, becausee if one person gets left behind then that ruins the whole group dynamic. So if any of ya'll are reading this...thanks. :)
The performance tonight went REALLY well. I mentioned before that I was doing a duet movement piece (there were actually two duets going on at the same time, so essentially it was a quintet), which I was a little worried about, especially because the stage was raked and we changed a lot of it around, but it felt really good while we were performing, which means it probably looked too. I know some people recorded it, hopefully I can get a video to post here for you all.
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If you hear a voice within you say, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
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I hope you are recovered from your lapse of "memory". Take care of your throat!! Love Mom
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