Last night’s preview was great. It was excellent to finally see the show in front of an audience. It’s definitely a show that thrives on its relationship to the audience. There was some great response- a real buzz in the room. Many people hung around afterwards to talk to the ensemble and hang out in the space. Elizabeth noted in the performance report that two girls dressed up in the crinolines and took each others pictures.
The run time: 1:41:21
Today’s viewpoints, or “Viewpoint throwdown”: When you speak, speak your subtext.
As the group did Suzuki Slow 10 into viewpoints, two lines walking slowly and intensely towards each other, ensemble members began saying things like “I’m just barely gonna miss Tom’s elbow”, or “out of all the notes, Philip Glass picks 4 and uses only those…”
Now having done the show with an audience:
Stephen Webber: “Is there something in our ‘complicity’ that is actually complicity with the audience?”
The group did notes, worked specials, then looked at a few *sigh* “transitions.”
Can’t wait for the second preview. More to come.
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