Pathways - Composition Viewpoints

Although I am slightly late in talking about composition viewpoints (8 weeks to be exact) it is still something that has helped our devising, for something so simple. The aim was to get into groups, half of us would watch and the other half would participate, we were given a number 1-3 and told which order to enter the stage, dramatic music was picked and played and we had to walk around in without communicating, reacting of each other using only 4 simple movements, walk, jump, stop and sit, however the overall composition created was an intense, dramatic, silent yet hectic piece of theatre that told a story completely out of nothing, with no organisation or previous planning. It was interesting to see and feel how different movements and music could create a stunning 3 minute piece of drama that didn't take any configuration, this will be incredibly helpful for when the inevitable happens and we reach dead ends in our devising pieces, by simply playing music that fits our theme of conflict we could easily create either a new scene or at very least the stimulus for a new scene.