Being a Crab

11th November 2014

Becoming objects and animals helped me realise how much I DON'T use my body physically as well as I could. Becoming a crab and a toilet ect. wasn't as easy as it sounds, moving your body to the shape that it needs to be is not that easy, it takes control and stamina, something that as a performer I need to improve. 

I discovered the objects I could make with my body just by moving in different ways. Physical theatre is very interesting, and you can create an object, which is good if you do not have a prop you can simply just make it. It can also be a way to make an object slightly different, or to give it a personality. Whilst thinking about giving a object a personality it seems crazy but in actual fact it could be a vital way of creating a mood within your piece, and an easy way also! From thinking about moods and emotions within an object it then got me thinking about different ways to create moods and emotions. Which can be lighting, acting, set, music, and physical movement, it is important to create emotions and moods in different ways in order for the audience to understand and feel the same.