Fly Exercise

On Tuesday September 11, 2012 we participated in the fly exercise, which was an active representation of theatre in the world and theatre in the making. The fly exercise is one of focused improv, in which we followed an imaginatry fly by ourselves, and then in groups of increasing size. We had to be aware of each other's movements, so as to convey the feeling that we were following the same fly. Someone also had to take the lead because we couldn't all be following the fly in different directions. I had to be conscious of my surroundings to make sure all of our movements looked connected. We were like the chorus in Greek theatre, for we all fed off of each other's energy to work in unison