While we didn't set many containers at the beginning of our project, several arose during the creative process. Obviously, we are constrained by time as the presentation is this week, and we started about a month ago. However, sometimes having time in between our "rehearsals" in class was beneficial, as it allowed us to reflect on what we'd tried. As we discussed the themes we wanted to convey, we first decided that any dialogue would be mostly improvised, then revised that to remove dialogue entirely. By communicating with physicality and limited unintelligible "language" we can communicate those themes more simply, and it gives us more time to work through issues as they arise as opposed to writing any kind of script. We also tried to include each group member in each scene to some capacity. Like the dialogue container, this actually led to us creating new ways to interpret our ideas. We use a type of "chorus" that amplifies the thoughts and emotions of the lead character. Each time we either introduce or come across another container, it leads to some of our best parts of our piece, instead of the roadblocks they might seem to be.
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