18/8/15 - Truth Dance Company Monologue Practice.

This week at the Truth Dance company I have begun practice on monologues. These are to be used in a series of competitions starting in November. The monologue I am performing is Orphans, by Lyle Kessler.  
We were also told that in a week or two we will be planning and performing our own lessons to each other in class.

4/8/15 - Truth Dance Stage Makeup

Today I attended a Truth Dance lesson about stage makeup. Half of the group did normal makeup (mascara, eyeliner, etc) whilst the half I was in made bruises out of the makeup. After that both groups did a small piece based on the makeup. The group I was in improvised some stories about how we got the bruises, while the other group did a piece that took place in a makeup parlour.


Other things accomplished:

• The Cake sale poster I created was put up in the lobby. For those people who are looking at my blog who live in Preston, it is on the 11th of August, at the City of Preston Dance Academy.

Over the past few weeks I feel I have improved in the following areas: emotionally, spontaneity, vocality and spacial awareness.

Week 2: 14/7/15

On Thursday 9th of July I performed in a sharing event at the Burnley Youth Theatre.
In that sharing event I acted as the Mad Hatter in a comedy skit named Big Brother, Fairytale Edition. The audience seemed to find the writing of the performance very funny.


At Truth Dance our group talked about our favourite art forms. As of the typing of this post I have still not yet found my inspiration for why I like drama so much.

The things we planned this week at Truth Dance:

• to make logs
• to record what the group watches
• to find my inspiration
• to choose warmup activity 

At home this week I made a comedy club in the game engine Unreal Engine 4 and re- read Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban.

This week I feel I improved in the following areas:

• concentration
• making eye contact
• strategy
• memory

Week 1: 7/7/15

I attended 2 hour drama lesson at Truth Dance Company.

Plans for my Arts Award

These are my plans for my Arts Award:

1. Study drama technique
2. Attend drama session led by professional from COPD, and freelance artists.
3. Look at various drama disciplines: musical + physical theatre, improvisation, frantic assembly.
4. Look at what makes a good drama lesson - from the POV of the student and teacher.

I intend to do the work for my Arts Award at my drama sessions at Truth Dance Company, Burnley Youth Theatre and work done independantly.