The body language isn´t enough!!!

Yesterday was the first date of the 4th UCSUR festival of international theatre. We all went to see a play called Dominicanish - Ayombé from Dominican Republic. Seriously I didn´t understand the theme of the play and I didn´t like it. However, I did like the actress´ way of acting. Her body movements were amazing. She used a lot the three different levels and she worked also with her column. She did a variation of different column positions using her centre of energy. Her movements were very good ones. I understood how important is to have a centre of energy. All that positions that she did requires a lot of concentration and a wisely use of your centre of energy. She also, while singing, made drum rhythms with her feet. I was surprised; you need a lot of coordination to do that.

I´ve learned that a good acting, full of actions, column movements and use of levels isn´t always a good play. The acting was, as I´ve said, excellent but I couldn´t understand the play. Also, I didn´t like it because it was very confusing. While the actress was performing, a video was being played in the background and you couldn´t concentrate. You had to look either the actress or the video, confusing.

To me, this play was like a lesson of what an actor should and shouldn´t do in a play. It was a new and different experience.

To what extent will the plays help in my way of acting?