At the cluster sharing yesterday morning it became apparent just how tough it is to get the right feeling established for sharing work. We had already been audience to the performers dynamic presentation of exercises and small pieces of work that showcased the genesis of their ideas around a text. Then we were able to interact with the mood boards from the scenography cluster and Julia was great at taking us all through the processes and outcomes of their work of the past 2 weeks.
I am not sure but I had the feeling that as we came to share our work (yes, it is massively different from what had gone before, being largely round table work and lots of discussion) there was a collective disengagement. This of course is a personal response to the energy of the circle which was somewhat solidified by Ayse's comment on the writers not including the rest of the group in the readings. This somewhat upset me as it suggested we were not including or sharing as well as we could have been but I do think that it is useful to have the correct gender when reading new work which is delicate and somewhat prone to criticism for being 'new' / or under developed...
Anyway, I digress...
I chaired the showing and spoke about our work with Clare and some of our discussions, (best not to dwell as this sort of information is often dull to those not at the original seminars) then moving on to showcasing the work of the cluster, each of us presenting our assessment work thus far...
Which brings me on to my text. I must say that I am finding the role of writer a tough one and something that I am having to navigate / (improvise?!) quickly...the text certainly does feel exposed when put before that many people and I have struggled with directing my own writing as I feel I have an "ideal" in mind even at read through stage. I am still waiting some more formal feedback from several people which will help me develop the writing but until then I am looking over it this evening to see what re-draft work can be done post the sharings.
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