Hayley Izzard

Free Writing: Can't explain the words, but I was trying to write without thinking which was really hard. The colours are how I see these words. Lesson Picked 3 objects, put them together with other objects. Rearranged these objects in groups. Put all objects together, started changing around and manipulating the objects to make them into our massive art piece. Picked an object and explored all if its possibilities, the way it moved, the way it can be manipulated. Feedback At the start I was bored with just rearranging the objects. We found we ended up putting things in similar places and my attention span quickly faded. Although it is interesting to see how objects can look in different ways, and how they have endless possibilities on how to rearrange them. Creating our massive art piece was really interesting, loved it. When we focused on one object I was wrapping it around me, letting it float, even dancing alongside it. It has a million and ...

In Improvisation with Amy, I find that I shock myself with how creative I can be with what I write without thinking. Here are a few verses that I've wrote over 2 sessions in my artist journal: "When I am part of a group, I feel the freedom to create what I want, it's a pleasure to work with others. We dance together, it works. We create together, it works. I like to share the spotlight, aswell as to have it." "A constellation of dance can be in all shapes; horizontal, vertical, sideways. Shapes - hearts, stars, squares, triangles, ovals. Patterns in the floor Patterns in the air Group patterns are so effective, working closely together." "Between people there is a natural bond, used through dance and real life. There is a deep connection expressed practically and silently, working in harmony, working as one. Broken bonds are with people who struggle to let go, struggle to breathe, struggle to see."

To me, Improvisation is another word for 'childs play' and it's one of those theatrical areas I find most challenging. In Dance I have so much more creativity and freed up movement, but for some reason with theatre, I can't 'realism act' all that well and tend to go towards over exaggerative action which is more comfortable, but still awkward for me. After a few sessions of this, I've learnt that it's so simple to practice but such a hard art to grasp but can only be obtained and carried out through practice. OBJECT ACTIVITY CHARACTER RELATIONSHIP SCENARIO These are all the key components to grasping scenework, aswell as 'ALWAYS SAY YES!' when improvising a scene, as if you don't then that leaves the other person or people your working with stumped and there's no way the scene can carry on for much longer. The process is a matter of give and take. Personally, Improv is my weakest area (theatre wise) as I'm very much a pe...

Learning about the axial skeleton - from the skull down to the coccyx was a pleasurable experience for me, although quite restricting. We had to move with as many different ways that are possible, for the head to meet the pelvis and pelvis to meet the head  At first attempt of it, i found that I moved with alot of contracting and releasing. When standing, I noticed that my head lead quite often, examples of moves were letting the head go, aiming to go down one side of my body then bringing it over and coming up to the other side. Then, we progressed on to constructing our own movement sequence with the score of aiming for the pelvis to meet with the head and the head to meet with the pelvis. Before we did this, we drew our spines as we thought about them now.    BEFORE MOVING: AFTER MOVING: As you can see, after moving with my sequence, my thoughts and feelings of the spine changed dramatically. Instead of just seein...

This page of my journal expresses how i felt during my movement journey in Improvisation. I feel that I really captured my feelings well in displaying pictures in this way. This is a written format of a different movement journey at another time. This focuses more on technical work, rather than expression. This pic displays my progress in ballet. My strengths and weaknesses This is a stimulus from Improv that really interested me in the way of how hidden meanings are contained with art, paintings and stimulus. My progression in Yoga, I really enjoy it and this shows my strengths and weaknesses.