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From:  Mezzoid@a...
Mezzoid@a...
Date:  Mon Oct 29, 2001  3:06 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Withdrawal from opera workshop?


In a message dated 10/29/2001 9:02:39 AM Central Standard Time,
roses41usa@n... writes:
roses41usa@n... writes:

<< After the director arranges the blocking, he tells us to to mark it in
our scores and I simply can't remember a thing, I don't know where to move
or what to do. My mind
is a total blank. >>

Frankly, I have trouble myself with remembering it when I have to write it
down. While I'm doing it, I know what I'm doing, and where to go -- and I'm
a good actress - but I would much prefer holding the score during the initial
blocking, writing while moving and then running the scene w/o the score. I
think it's just the way my brain works - I like to see the blocking in print
in my own handwriting before I execute it. Unfortunately, most directors
don't work that way.

Perhaps you should find a particularly supportive colleague and write down
your markings with him/her. Seeing what they write might trigger your memory.

Christine Thomas
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