Remove the mask!

Our second lesson was already much easier. Having expected the grade 13's to be with us, I had promised myself to open up and provide the rest of my group with a little input, but as soon as I realised that we would only be us 12's, I breathed a sigh of relief. It takes time to adjust to new people and to their presence! I hadn't noticed how important that was to me before, but working with a group of people you feel close to is one of the most important things for you to be able to develop and grow- because you're not scared of going out there and making mistakes. Today's stimulus was a picture of an African mask. The gold and emerald green are what struck me the most about it, but in the end, it was the aspect of covering our true faces that we used. We drew inspiration from an experience that our TOK teacher had talked about in class that day; about how in one school he taught in, all of the new students entered the school as individuals, but they came our of their years of learning all the same as one another. To portray this, we used rhythm. We stood in a row and each one of us had a specific movement that separated us from one another and allowed the audience to get an insight into our personality. For example, I was an exuberant dancer. As time went by, however, our movements became increasingly stiff and uncoordinated, and all our movements became similar: we had adopted the same mask and become identical. This lesson, we also had to do our first pitch. Having no idea what they were, we introduced our piece by using a series of repetitive words, such as "identical, identical, identical," rather than actually explaining what the piece was going to be about.
The other group used repetition as well, with their phrase "remove the mask!" that they said over and over at diffrent tones of voices and either in canon or unison. I found this very effective as it really emphasized the point of their play: to be yourself, no matter what.
Advice we should all take :)!

Love & Sunshine

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