Mcgregors speech and choice of words were not dissimilar to that of Mark Hill, even if they don't say the exact same thing, for example Mark Hill talked of kinesthetic response, the motive response to an outside stimulus and Mcgregor had kinesthetic intelligence, the trust and awareness of your body when given the stimulus, so Mcgregor has an element of self awareness with the body's response. these two also seem to enjoy quick thinking and exquisite pressure especially an improvisational use of stimulus- no rehearsal, just do.using the body as an object or making shape with the body has similar versions to each other, Mark Hill wants the body to express emotion or an entity to progress a story while mcgregor uses the body to be the story and show a shape, not be the shape, what these two have in common is the communication through the body.
A word McGregor used was Mental architecture, literally the action of making a the stage have elements with our minds, like the game "the floor is lava" kids sometimes played when they were younger, the floor clearly isn't lava but people who watch the kids avoid the floor can sense that for the kids it is dangerous to touch the floor. this ties into Mark Hills stage architecture and using the physical stage to tell the story. This is also seen in lava game as the children use the furniture or other pieces of "set" to avoid it. these two ideas can work well in a way the we can use a piece or actual set to emphasize to the audience a piece of imaginary architecture that cannot actually be on stage or even exist, something i believe could be be better exploited in ice skating theatre. one instance i can ting for our lyso center stage, is using the rotating stage to symbolise a sortm or tornado or whirl pool.
Hi Peter, Very interesting comparison/contrast of these two artists. What is strong about this post is that you are giving clear examples of the distinction between the two approaches. Love the idea of using the turntable in the Lyso Center in that way. Next year...right? or this spring? Remember these ideas for your own directing.
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