June 26 2010
I came in so freakin' tired from my night shift, due to a lack of sleep the day before. I didn't even get surprised of Ian (Mr. Michael Ian Lomongo), who was seated on one corner of the room, silently texting or reading something. I just said, "Hello po", then tried to doze off (since we were just the two 'early birds' in there) while waiting for the others.
It didn't take long before Ms. Anna Gamboa entered the room and greeted me as I walked in from the restroom looking bangag (hehe). I did try to take a nap again - but couldn't. My mind's set for the class already, wishing it starts right away to "wake up my senses".
So there, after a couple of minutes, Ian started the exercises - even if we're not complete yet. Which is a good thing, because on my previous workshops, if the director sets the time at 2pm, he WILL start at 2pm regardless if everyone's in or not. I miss that type of discipline on stage. :)
He introduced The Cat Exercise (this is the one I loved most 'coz it really made me sweat - which you can barely have if you're working in a so freakin' cold environment). I love how that exercise made me realize how strong my arms are - making sure I don't give up on carrying my weight on it, and in every move I make.
After the exercises and a short break, Sir Sol came in and started giving us a brief background of Theater as a form of Cinema (sounds a bit late to discuss on a third day, for this should have already been covered on Day 1, but it's just fine with me). He also briefed us on what will be the concept of our Showcase at the end of this workshop. Though I understood what he's trying to say, I can't help but notice (or imagine) a lot of question marks plastered on our faces as to how we will be able to put up that kind of 'show' in a span of 5 days. Given the fact that our class is composed of students and working people, I find it hard to imagine how we can all get our schedules jive into one for the sake of the rehearsals. We didn't even have a piece to study yet.
When we went down to once again check the venue of our performance on the final day, we were told of what we're supposed to do. Surprisingly enough, we were told that all we're going to use will be that empty parking lot, the little spaces in between those Greek-like Arches, and that bare floor (cement) without a support if we accidentally fall down during the performance.
I have no problem with the venue, to be honest. The first thing that concerns me, though, was the bare floor. We were told that as part of our performance, we'll be doing the 'stunts-like exercises', which we thought were just for warm-ups at the start of the day. We'll be doing those ear/head/handstands without even a single mattress to support our heads in case we stumble and fall. We're no professionals, and we don't do those stunts in every day of our lives! Sheesh...
Also, I was concerned about my classmates. This, I believe, will be a very, very great challenge for all of us. I was just left there wishing that we could be given ample time to rehearse if we'll push through with that plan.
At the end of the day, we were assigned to bring our own knee-pads and blankets(as our draft costume) and prepare our poems by the next meeting, so we can start the rehearsal.
Woah! What a day.
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