Questions of the cabinet

Today we worked as a large ensemble, as their is large number of us i feel that we all learnt how key it is to be focused and tuned into the energy of the room, doing this allowed everyone to be responsive to one another. For example when we first started working as a group answering questions things began to get heck tick, people were not looking out for each other and people's focus began to run off, this made it near impossible for everyone to work together and create a piece which was responsive but also visually looked good, so when we picked one person to respond to the questions and everyone else responded to that it became a lot clearer and more instinctual as that person was put on the spot.

However although at first it was sometimes chaotic and uncomfortable i actually really enjoyed the danger, the fact that you didn't know what was going to happen next, how far people were going to take it or how aggressive someone may be with you. The fear made me work harder to find the question and for me made it more exiting. I personally feel like we need to keep a dose of this in the real piece, the idea that you are slightly on edge because someones respond may be unexpected all we need to do is make sure we are ready as an ensemble to react to the energy in a calmer way.

It was important to make yourself open to exploring and discovering partially when answering the questions, being able to view everyone as a blank canvas instead of the people you know helped me to reveal a truthful answer to the questions. What i found most interesting and amazing to see was that everyone had their own interpretation of the question so you weren't copying the answers movements but responding to the energy they were giving out, this helped me answer my own questions and made me think about what the question meant to me. Breathing was also key as it aloud us to work with our instincts and continue working at manageable pace.

What really makes the whole piece work is when everyone is entirely focused on the person who is answering the question. As an ensemble you cant be selfish you have to accept that instead of one person taking the light you are all equal and working together to create something beautiful. I think when everyone realised this, stopped being selfish and allowed everyone to work communally thats when the piece worked. I can say this for myself because at the beginning i was answering the question in the way i thought would look good or make me look interesting but then i learnt that it wasn't about that, it was about sharing the moment with everyone and just being truthful, not answering with your head or caring about what anyone else thought.