I look like Jessica Fletcher.

After the workshop I conducted with Bethanie this is what i came across.

Bethanie likes:

playing with boxes

is very, very  tidy

likes pretending to be a fly (with a silicon bra strapped over her eyes)

can be extremely quiet (she did not talk or sing for 2 hrs)

she looks good wearing a nurses outfit 

prefers lines rather than circles

Today I am Bethanie biscuit Ray from Tamworth.

I found out with my workshop for Eleni that she...

is small

Likes to know what's available to her

is a bit cross with boxes

drags her body cleanly

will continue until something is finished

Collectively we are hungry, but will continue with the blog as the art comes first and we are the artists.

This morning Eleni collected shells and Bethanie found fluff in her tea...umm.

We have talked, but decided as part of a new structure to limit the time we spend together. Also to try new ways of working we have decided to pick some music to use before we devise the work, chosen to include an improvised section in the piece and opted to limit our use of costume and props in certain devising sessions.

We're thinking of ways to bring the outside in, thinking of how you internalize another person,  wondering how much of some one you take in when you get to know them, and what remains when they leave. We're also thinking to bind ourselves from the inside, to try restricting food, liquid, air, company etc to see how the affected internal feelings reflect outside.

Tomorrow is our workshop. It's been interesting thinking of workshoping when the emphasis is on benefits for our practice, rather than the other way round. We really had to focus on what we find interesting to stimulate material. The way people react to certain situations, their dialogue with 'audience'(when they know they're being watched), their willingness to experiment, their compliance, or lack of, to social rules, the little things they think people don't notice, their honest responses to situations, are all things we find intriguing.

Ok so maybe that list is a wee bit long, but we feel we've managed to incorporate enough in the workshop to get us going, as well as it hopefully being fun!?

Neil and Simon both had great workshops today which left us with sand in our toes, beans in our bellies and much to help with process, so we thank them for that.

Miss Fletcher and Miss Ray are off for their tea now before they start salivating over furniture. 

Bethanie and Eleni

Levantes x