rehearsals

wow...this week had been full of rehearsals and also working towards performance. CE came as the guest artist for our grad class. he's a wonderful and great guy. very engaging. very creative. he made me realized of the many possibilities of creating sound, stretch the harp sound - it sounds weirdly great, transforming a speech into a wave of beautiful sound - vibration of the particles and materials' atoms, wonderful! learned about miming as well - everything has to be precise, energized, light, confident and beautifully shaped ;-) otsukaresamadetsuta!

rehearsals with N has been a pleasure. at the beginning, had muscle sore...from all the butoh and physical exercises. mask work with M (today) was good. i found it hard to do because working with M (she's the mask expert, mfa student), she asked/requested/said different things...compared to working with N. haiii... susah lah :P today's my first rehearsal doing the plaster seller role. i am also the monk who plays a gigantic drum (supposed to be, but naoko wants me to use my djembe instead). imagine playing fast pace on the drum while walking very slow (like in the noh). wow...harder than marching band! at least in marching band, it's precise timing on hands and feet! ;) but, i'll take it as a challenge.

got a call from B 2 days ago. she asked if i'd be willing to be in her directing scene. wow! B is great to work with. being trained and performed in siti company, i hope i'll learn alot from her :-)

can't wait for the weekend! aarrrghhh...