Project Reflection

Our collaborative has been a very difficult process. The group that I am working with has a very unusual split of contradicting approaches to this project which has made it a bit of a challenge. Half of our group is thinking with much more abstract and interpretive outlook while others have zero'd in on one aspect that they like and want to focus only on that. This has made our group dynamic somewhat difficult and has ultimately slowed us down in our process. However, we have also don't a lot of incredible work. As a group, through a lot of trial and error, we came up with a fantastic outline for a very powerful piece that uses both behavioral and abstract gestures to tell an incredible story. I have personally spent lots of time working on the physical story and moments we would like to include. I have lots of visions for how I see this piece working out but I have noticed that are group also struggles with motivation and actually getting stuff onto the stage. I have a lot of ideas but I think at this point we really need to start kicking it into high gear and making much more visual progress. I also want to make sure we haven't strayed too much from out original Rhythm 0 concept. I think that we have lost some of the connections to that inspiration and I think that there are definitely ways we could revisit this and make them intertwine more. I hope overall that our group dynamic strengthens overtime because we have lots of little things in the way of us succeeding. I have noticed though, that we have been working better together the past couple days in a way we haven't before. Pieces have been clicking and I have noticed less disagreements and more compromise so this is really great. My hope is that I will be able to learn a lot from all the different thinkers in my group and further my theater experience so that I can have a better understanding of some of the techniques that don't come as easily to me. All in all I think our group has come a long way but still has a far journey ahead of us.