I am currently taking a Movement Improvisation class taught by Anna Thompson (a strategic move on my end as it has been extremely useful in the development of my thesis). The culmination of my thesis is a performance consisting of long-form improvisation that interacts with the guests of the NEXT Festival in order to see the costume and the character come to life as one. The class has spent some time focusing around “Improvisational Scores”. Think of a score as a map or a recipe for an improvisational work. The score gives you limitations or directions to follow in your improvisation, you can choose to follow the map or not, but it is there to guide you. In my own rehearsal I have been working with this idea of improvisational scores. How can I create a framework for myself to use in my performance? I have an idea of the arc or the story that my character is following, in many ways that is a score. But I’ve been trying to expand on that and give myself different limitations to work with and to see how this character responds.

A big part of the improvisation will be my interactions with other people in the space. I am considering having an open/invited rehearsal to gain experience in the specific dynamic of performing improvisationally with and around people who are simply going about their days.