Great rehearsal today

Fran & I had a great rehearsal today. She had designed a composition for me to put together. It was a tough one. I didn't think I would be able to pull it off. I was nervous before the rehearsal. Also, we hadn't met in a few weeks so we had been a little out of touch. [part of the game i suppose when there is no money and you have to take care of things that are important]

So, we started witch catching up a little. Talking about Michael Jackson. The composition. Our expectations from it etc. Then she gave me an hour almost to rehearse the composition on my own. I was sweating. I realized how many things were not working for me in the composition. Transitions I hadn't thought about. Elements she wanted incorporated that I had not a clue how to incorporate. But I knew I had to do it and put it all together somehow.

So at 1pm the performance started. Michael Jaskson's Dirty Diana playing for house music. I wanted "Man in the Mirror", but we didn't have it. And then the composition. The details are tough to describe. There was bollywood music, text I have written, Hindi, dancing, I even did a walk like an Egyptian step. Don't know why, but I did. The composition ended in silence.

I can't reveal more than this about the actual work. I don't feel ready yet to share more. However, what I can share some photos of the material that is helping us build this solo show.

Introducing .....Stella...that's what we call her right now...long story....another blog entry...


















Below is my binder in which all my work so far is. The Hello Kitty Statue of Liberty is from my niece Lily who colored this especially for her aunty Deepti and had her daddy mail it.














Below is a look inside my binder from today's work.














Here is a close up of Stella.

Here is something for you to ponder over. I can't tell you what this is just yet.....

I am very excited about this One-woman show. If you know are reading this and would like to help me, please leave a comment or email me. I would like to build relationships with High School teachers who might want to engage their students in a dialogue about body image through theatre. Teenagers are my ultimate audience for this show.