Trust Nobody, For Fear You Be Betray'd.
First night of drama. What an experience. Not at all what I expected, not completly out of my exeperience, but not in my comfort zone at all. We did trust exercises. I am NOT good with trust exercises. I am a generally very paranoid person and I have trouble trusting people, especially people I don't even know. This presents lots of problems for me because a) I don't trust people, b) falling scares me and c) I really don't like to be touched.
We started with just one other partner. This was hard for me, having no prior contact with this person and I simply didn't think that she could stop me from falling.
The next one we did was with two people; one in the front and one in the back. I was with two guys and they were both 3 year+. so it was a little creepy for me, but whatever. I could go into details about how creepy they were, but I figured you would rather not read about it.
The next step was to join with another group of three for a group of six and pass one person around in the center. I HATED this. The girls we were paired with where TINY and could barely catch each other. I pretty much feared for my life.
As previously stated many times, I hate trust exercises. If I had to pick one, I was more comfortable with the group of three because it was more controlled. It was predictable, I would go back and forth and back and forth. With the group of six, it was more random and I didn't know where I was headed, which I don't like either. I like to know what's going to happen and what is going on during every minute of my life. I'm all about order and organization and when things are caotic, I go crazy.
Having done these exercises several times before, I understand why they are important. You need to develop a trust with your fellow actors in case something happens on stage. You need to know that they will cover for you and they need to know you will do the same if something happens. But just because it's important doesn't mean I have to like it!!
First night of drama. What an experience. Not at all what I expected, not completly out of my exeperience, but not in my comfort zone at all. We did trust exercises. I am NOT good with trust exercises. I am a generally very paranoid person and I have trouble trusting people, especially people I don't even know. This presents lots of problems for me because a) I don't trust people, b) falling scares me and c) I really don't like to be touched.
We started with just one other partner. This was hard for me, having no prior contact with this person and I simply didn't think that she could stop me from falling.
The next one we did was with two people; one in the front and one in the back. I was with two guys and they were both 3 year+. so it was a little creepy for me, but whatever. I could go into details about how creepy they were, but I figured you would rather not read about it.
The next step was to join with another group of three for a group of six and pass one person around in the center. I HATED this. The girls we were paired with where TINY and could barely catch each other. I pretty much feared for my life.
As previously stated many times, I hate trust exercises. If I had to pick one, I was more comfortable with the group of three because it was more controlled. It was predictable, I would go back and forth and back and forth. With the group of six, it was more random and I didn't know where I was headed, which I don't like either. I like to know what's going to happen and what is going on during every minute of my life. I'm all about order and organization and when things are caotic, I go crazy.
Having done these exercises several times before, I understand why they are important. You need to develop a trust with your fellow actors in case something happens on stage. You need to know that they will cover for you and they need to know you will do the same if something happens. But just because it's important doesn't mean I have to like it!!
posted by Jennifer at 9:23 PM
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