Monthly Archives: September 2012

We were very lucky to have a great audience for the sharing who were very honest with their feedback, and also asked some very intriguing questions about the project. Everyone agreed that having a male performer playing a female character … Continue reading →

The last two days of the intensive were dedicated to putting the material created into some kind of logical structure/order to present at the sharing, as well as editing bits of text and movement. This involved the creation of transitions … Continue reading →

Today’s focus was to continue with character interaction and the building of relationships. I dedicated a lot of time to improvisations based on the scenario of a training session, with an emphasis on spoken dialogue. Although this led to quite … Continue reading →

After recapping previous material we focused on character scenes and interactions. One set-up that worked particularly well was the characters waiting to go on for the semi-final round. After several improvs based around this scenario we began setting the text. … Continue reading →

Today’s main focus was to continue developing the performers’ characters. After playing warm-up games in character, the performers began to create their own freestyle disco routines. It became apparent just how physical and exhausting this dance form is! The performers … Continue reading →

In previous Silversmith work characters have been developed from the movement material. For this project I wanted to take a different approach. The first day of the R&D intensive was dedicated to group bonding and developing individual characters. Each performer … Continue reading →

I am currently working on a new project called Disco Babies. Disco Babies is inspired by Channel 4’s documentary Strictly Baby Disco, which explores the world of kids competitive free-style disco. The final outcome of the project will be to create … Continue reading →