Hello,
I’ve been giving a lot of thought of late as to what I’d like to do for my Solo Performance. As you do. I’ve had a great many thoughts on how best to relate to the audience to make the piece work.
My initial plan for this module was to create and perform a piece on the struggles and strifes of being a mature student trying to fit in with the status quo. Lately, however, I’m finding all sorts of other ideas in my mind.
We’ve done some work in our workshops looking into autobiographical styles of performance. I’ve toyed with this a little and will be presenting it in our next workshop, because I like the idea that it would be interesting to my peers to know a little about me and how I came to be at university. I also like the idea that what I do would not be what is expected of me. Reading this back it all seems a bit mysterious, doesn’t it? Good. That’s the idea; keeping you guessing so you’ll come back with comments and ideas!
But in all honesty, I think that unless I do something genuinely autobiographical in a sincere and engaging style, I don’t think it will work. Especially when we’re only doing a piece of eight to twelve minutes.
I’m now thinking of blending my original idea with another and raising some awareness of issues. More on that later!
Martyn