“I haven’t seen art like it.”

This title is what Penny said of the group's work in our feedback session. It made everyone laugh...


So its the last day of Taxi workshops and I want to note as much of what we did as possible. For warm up tosay we id school of fish and working through all the scores from the previous days.

Then one, two, three - School of fish, one solo breaks off and moves into a doing dance then each person from the school of fish joins the solo one at a time. So many of our impros turned quite literal. There was a hilarious shark Busby Berkley moment and a drug taking scene. For me, a sudden flashback to year 8 drama, the Bega High boys miming getting stoned. Luke talking about the difference being that instead of landing in the dead end we were dancing the dead end so it wasn’t dead.

After lunch we did a Tai Chi warm up, reminding me of my Dad in the sunrise loungeroom in the morning.

Le Director, the addition of the director voice to the impro. Interesting hearing other people’s reaction to authority voice and for myself, coming to the understanding that the director is part of the ensemble

In the end we did open improv and Luke, Christy and I worked as a trio. It was great to come together in a way that we hadn’t since the first day. Me watching Luke leaping off the stage, the two of us carrying Christy, the intensity of the hard working, breath, all of us jumping into front support.

I’ve been wondering and noticing the music, how it affects and drives and is a vital part of each piece. I asked about the process of how music decisions are made and they all told stories about how important it is.

In the feedback session at the end we talked about the clarity of having a score. Not using scores today made it harder. We also talked about the difficulty of leaving a character once you’ve found one.

The main thing I remember from the previous days that I didn’t write is the power of two. The second person deciding the spacing the school of fish, whether it is loose and strict, deciding to allow the leader to solo, changing facings, deciding the timing in a cannon.

The reflection of careful bare feet treading on the shiny wooden floor.

There’s something so great about watching a trio team teach (It’s such a familiar part of my work with both Luke and Christy - the team teach) good because you get the different teacher perspectives, good because one teacher has the outside eye and the other two participate. There are specific things you learn from impro-ing with someone who has a whole lot to teach you.

Also something great about the whole business and governance of a small company of artists doing what they love. Sense that we have something to learn from that. In the feedback session I said so and some small stories came out which made me more sure that I want to hear that story. Something inspiring for me about a group who has been doing work they love professionally for such a long time together.