Rehearsal Process: Solos and Ensembles

 

 

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Main Lesson

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Rehearsal Journal

Rehearsal Log Suggested Guidelines

Log each rehearsal by writing down the total length of the rehearsal and the tasks that were accomplished in chronological order.

Reflect on each rehearsal in a journal entry.  The journal should provide a space in which you can reflect on the rehearsal you just had and consider how that might shape the rehearsal you are about to have.  My suggestion is to pick a particular question/challenge/discovery and spend significant time with it (as opposed to simply reporting in on many aspects of the rehearsal).  The journal truly should be a helpful step of your artistic process as opposed to  Here are some questions that you might consider while writing a journal entry:

1 ) What important discoveries were made during the rehearsal?
2 ) What led to those discoveries?
3 ) Towards where do those discoveries lead?
4 ) Consider questions #1-3 except focus on important roadblocks/dead ends.
5 ) Reflect on dramatic action and conflict.  How’s it going?  What actions does this suggest?
6 ) Reflect on transformational leadership.  How’s it going?  What actions does this suggest?
7 ) Reflect on the journey of one or both of the actors with whom you are working.  How’s it going?  What needs to happen next?
8 ) What is the most important thing that happened (or didn’t happen) in your recent rehearsal?  Unpack its importance.
9 ) What is the most important thing that could happen in your next rehearsal?  How will you shape the rehearsal in order to increase the odds of that “thing” happening?
10 ) Consider where you’re at in the grand scheme of all rehearsals.  How’s it going?  What actions does this suggest?

Your journal entries should be authentic and rigorous.  They should engage both theory and practice.  They should use your own examples from rehearsal and our shared vocabulary.  

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 Question 1

Show a sample of your journal entry on Discussion Board


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After watching this video on a musician's journal, explain how you would apply her ideas to a dancer's journal. Explain at least 3 ideas.

 

Question 2


Write in your journal your reflection about today's rehearsal

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 Case Studies


 

 

Question 3

Compare and contrast the two solos shown above.

 


 Question 4


Write your reflection about the ensemble dance shown in the video. 

 

Question 5

 

What aspects of their choreography can you relate to your own ensemble work?

 

Activity

Complete the Program Rough-Draft

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