Nice class today.  My faculty member did a nice check in, asked the students about there weekends.  That, I find, is a good check in.  In the warm up today we worked on some meditation breathing mixed in with our normal physical routine.  During movements we breathed in for a count of six and breathed out for a count of six instead of just performing the movement.  We then moved into some across the room worked focused around Rudolph Laban’s work on the body.  The class explored how move across the room using different verbs.  To push, to glide, to dab, across the room.  I noticed today that some of the students have a hard time taking the physical work seriously.  Not to say the students are being rude or dismissive, it just looks like they may be a bit uncomfortable moving.  They might be embarrassed.  Also I noticed one student has what looks like a headphone in their ear.  I think next time I see them use it I’ll ask.

The class then moved onto the scene work.  We worked through the rest of the scenes on the set list.  I had to stop my faculty member from going over time.  I felt somewhat rude, but she then thanked me later for it.  I have made a few appointments with students to work on their scenes.  I have noticed that my faculty member can nicely balance engaging with the performing group and the rest of the class.  She gives the note directly to the performing group, then brings out the note or question into the audience.