Presentation 3 days

Description:
This week we finally had the Andean theater presentation with the help of our director Roberto and a group of musicians that also went in that amazing trip to the Peruvian highlands.We presented even though we were almost about to let that opportunity go and give up. The presentation was very colorful with a lot of participation of the audience and specially the third day, El Bosque, was the best one because of the interaction and the reaction of the people who really made it feel as if we were very nearly in Paucartambo.

Analysis:
This presentation made me think of a lot but mostly the difficulty of actually performing with this type of clothes and masks. The heat was tremendous in the third day and with the more than 5 items of clothing, we werent able even to breath deeply and so we couldnt shout as we were supposed to. In the first 2 days i think our performance was in decadent success, in the first day we were able to create a bit of the atmosphere we wanted but still we could achieve every thing we wanted to while in the 2nd day we did a much shorter performance than we were expecting to and i personsally felt a bit disappointed with that day. Finallly the 3rd one was the best, we created the atmosphere and kept it until the end which was a great final with the students satisfied with what we gave them.
It is very important to note how the people from the school still cant see this relation between what we do and the culture that is around them, meaning that even though it is something purely peruvian, they still cant feel it as their own and they alienate themselves from the reality of their history and people.

Connections:
I felt a very powerful link to paucartambo in case of the audience response to the party and i felt free to move around the space following the conventions we are used to.
I was able to see that people are more used to the festivity and still don't get a full attachment towards the music and dance thus, they actually do it in the part of the gifts because they are less used to be given food for free, creating a sort of anomaly situation and therefore making them go nuts for them, just as the Christmas celebration were even though it has a religious meaning, the part you enjoy the most is the presents you are given because it is something unusual and once every year.

Reflection
I felt a strong attraction from the people of the school towards the presentation, following from the idea of chaos that made the people feel reliefed and from the atmosphere of party that is what rounds up the whole performance.

Report PPP Andean

Description:

This week we worked towards the ppp for andean theater presentation, we had to create a piece of report to sum up all of our ideas for the PPP and visions for the performance. After doing the part of the PPP corresponding to each, we had to send a report. Mine was for the change in routine that the people from the school, our audience, experience through the presentation. I said that we are used to have a calm and respectful, much like a prison for our minds in our daily life, but with the presentation, the audience was able to experience chaos i n a place were chaos is scarce, exploding moments in a calm place and picaresque characters in a place were people have to dress up as integer citizens in all time.

Analysis:

I was able to understand how the people from paucartambo not only enjoy the performance and celebration for the obvious reasons we know, such as the importance to the town or the religious/cultural meaning as well as clearly the show that it makes. I was able to see that people enjoy celebrations along this lines because of the "wild" feeling it creates, it sets you free, all the alcohol, the music, the spectacle and the joy from the performers gets you into a different environment and a different mood (change in the routine) that can be understand as another state of mind in which the audience gets involved so much that it is actively participating and enrolling in action. We could say that the people from Paucartambo and us, the school audience, are not that different because we both can engage in that same activity of the mind set.

Connections:

It is like when you go to party, you have another mind set, such as a sports car when it goes to a track, you can engage to be ready to enjoy even if you are not in the mood just because you feel released from that prison that society creates through educational system and then when you are released, you can activate your most deep analitical sense and just simply enjoy without knowing why. This exact thing happens with the celebration, the music, the chaos, the environment, the people make it feel as if it is a real pary, which in a sense it is, and you can just relax and flow with the current.

Reflection:

It is clear for me now that first of all you have to think deeply in the audience you are presenting the performance to but more important to know you performance well enough to realize that you can actually present it to almost anyone because this is a mind setter performance that actually suits any like and any idea of theater due to its different interpretation and effect in people.