A London triple-bill today with Billy. First up, Our Class at the National Theatre, followed by Bartok’s rarely produced opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and a contemporary dance interpretation of Stavinsky’s Rite of Spring, both at the English National Opera. One of the great pleasures of assisting great artists is the one-on-one time that we end up spending with them. Getting to watch a day of theatre with someone also means a day filled with conversations reacting to the pieces, examining the work going on in our own current rehearsal room, and also examining the particularities of each experience in context of who we are as artists and creators. It’s a form of connection that feels like a privilege – the relationship we are building feels like it is being informed and filled by mutual experiences in rehearsal, in performance and in life, and we are constantly aware of each other and responding to all the new information we are consciously and subconsciously sending. It is a more intense way to get to know someone new than the norm; we are exposing ourselves to each other for long hours on a daily basis. I think this is why relationships forged in the rehearsal room are so long-lasting. The process of making theatre is as revealing about the very relationships we look to document and examine on stage.
Above, Pa'Tina and Billy, in a quite moment in rehearsal.
(posted by Ed)
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