So I FINALLY got a hold of Eva (she wasn't answering her email so I hunted her down on facebook and sent her a message) and she agreed to meet with me tomorrow at THS (where she teaches dance). This will certainly be a very helpful interview because I already have so much information on Deborah (it turns out she dated Corey Feldman!!!) and I've already started my paper (!!!) and more info on Eva and her thought process will be essential to a non-depressing start.
Also I just got through the section in my The Art of Directing book that talks about how much actual instruction the director should give to their actors (the first really useful section of this book) and it looks like Eva and Deborah both basically do what the book says (although I doubt either have read the book): for more experienced actors it suggests that the director tell them roughly where to go but that the actors should have a 5 foot bubble around them in which they should decide what they want to do. However it says that less experienced actors need more direction and should be told what to do and where to go so that they will have less to concentrate and mess-up on.
Wild Things is finally fully blocked (song and dance routines included) although most of the scenes are re-blocked every rehearsal. Many of the props they are supposed to use have not been shipped or made yet although the costumes look awesome. The show goes up in two weeks so it will be interesting to see them switch to a more intense rehearsal period (right now it is VERY relaxed, as you can tell from my knowledge of Debora's romantic life-she also knew Michael Jackson!)
Well, I guess that's all folks!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
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Isn't the Corey Feldman thing cool? Also ask her about Martin Luther King, Jr.
ReplyDeleteP.S. If we pull this Obama thing off, it will be a miracle!
ReplyDeleteMLK too? She also knew George Lucas. What an awesome life!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, it looks like we made a miracle! I love you Grasagna!