2009年10月22日

第四堂Biomechanics课

又到了每逢星期六的Biomechanics课了！要不是这些课程，我的日常生活将会是多么的暗淡无趣。

首先，我们各个都学‘蜘蛛人’似的，围绕着墙壁走一圈。予其用脚来带步，我们把大部分的体重都放在手上，以掌心处墙，慢慢地“走”。接着，以同样的原理，我们围成一个圆圈，把对方都当成了墙壁，再继续我们‘蜘蛛人’的行动。但是，这次面对的是人，因此，随着牛顿的第三规则，直立着的艺树人各个都渐渐地倒下，而着提高了’蜘蛛人‘的难度。

以Meyerhold的otkaz, posyl, 和stoica，我们学了怎么旋转式地跌倒，也玩了一个类似‘dog-and-bone’的游戏。艺树人分成两组，每组一人一个号码。当自己的号码被叫时，俩人就得冲向对方、一个想办法跑到房间的另一端，另一个尽量阻止对方到重点。这游戏需要我们把otkaz和stoica做得很清楚，好让自己和对方都能预备下一步。

接着，我们学了tomos。从房间的一端开始，我们必须奔向另一道墙，在离墙的几毫米之内快速地停步。

我最喜欢的活动是当我们结伴一起穿越空间。A把身体放轻松，任B推着他走。原来，让对方推着走是那么舒服的一种感觉！既不用想下一步该做什么，也不用施力移动自己。哈哈，我真是个懒人！

最后，我们学了Meyerhold其中一个 étude，‘The Slap’。幸亏有李邪帮我们把那高难度的 étude改得简单一点，否则我们隔天肯定会腰酸背疼。Meyerhold的 étude看似简单，但亲身体验之后，我才知道它是多么的讲究准确度与体力。Meyerhold不愧是个有趣的人！

眼看部落的一期比一期长，艺树人应该也是一期比一期学得更多吧！

It was our weekly Biomechanics lesson again! Seriously, I think these weekly lessons really make my life more interesting and it makes me do things I normally wouldn’t do during my day-to-day activities.

We started the day with the “Spider-Man” activity in which we gave most of our weight to our hands and arms and. Pushing our palms (and ourselves) away from the wall, we had to quickly contact the wall with our palms again somewhere further off such that we can move along the circumference of the room. The same principle was then applied to moving in a circle with the ARTivators standing in a circle and acting as the wall. However, this time, Newton’s third law became evident and each ARTivator would bend in the direction he/she is pushed, making it increasingly harder for the next person to move around especially when everyone started sitting or squatting on the floor.

We also learnt how to fall by “spiraling” down, using the principles of otkaz, posyl, and stoica. Then, applying these principles again, we played a game similar to dog-and-bone. ARTivators were split into two groups (one doing ‘defence’ while the other ‘attacks’) and each ARTivator from each group given a number. When a number is called, the two will run to the middle and the ‘defender’ will try to use his/her body to block the ‘attacker’ from crossing. This requires a clear otkaz and stoica so that one can anticipate and plan the next move. We also tried this without any eye contact, which makes the game even more challenging. Attempts to incorporate Bianco, Li Xie’s lovely white dog, gave us no joy though ):

Then, we worked with tomos, where the ARTivators sprinted from one end of the room to the other and braked just in front of the wall.

My favourite activity of the day was when we paired up and one partner would be under another’s control. Partner A would relax the muscles in his/her body and, subject to partner B’s pushing of varying strength and direction, move around the room or across the floor. It feels really good to have someone in control, to have someone think for you, and for once, you feel really free of all obligations.

Finally, we concluded the session learning one of Meyerhold’s étude, ‘The Slap’, but simplified by Li Xie. It was one of the most tiring thing of the day! The angled elbows and the twist of the torso - they never seemed that demanding. Meyerhold is definitely one fascinating man.

Wow. Looks like we’re learning more and more each week. Just look at the increasing length of each post!

Hwee  

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关于艺树人

艺树人是本地剧场戏剧盒旗下的青年部，由12位充满热忱的年轻人组成的团体。我们希望能通过戏剧对各阶层的民众有更深入的了解和联系。

艺树人的创立是为了提供青年一个多方面训练的平台。通过三年的培训，艺树人希望能培育处一群拥有文化和社会意识的本地戏剧实践者。

我们使用一个名为O-A-O-R （ Orientation – Artistic – Organisation – Regeneration/ 定向 – 艺术性 – 组织 – 再生 ）的模式，让青年们得到的不仅是艺术方面的训练，也学习组织群体和制作管理的技能。除此之外，他们会接触到各种类的戏剧，例如论坛剧场、新闻剧场等等。他们同时还会接受其他艺术形体的培训，如音乐和多媒体。

除了提高社会问题的认识和讨论，艺树人希望能质问及挑战人们的思维，并改变大众对低下层或边缘族群的一些刻板观念，让单方向的独白转化成双方都能参与的对话。

2012 年将会是第一届艺树人青年的最后一年。我们将会在毕业前呈现一部作品，而灵感来至于高行健的《车站》。这作品会是艺树人培训三年来的精髓，也是我们对于原作和现今社会的反思。

About ARTivate

ARTivate - the youth wing of local theatre company Drama Box - is made up of a group of 12 passionate youths who aims to reach out to the community through the arts.

ARTivate was first established with the aim to provide a platform for youths who want to explore and gain all-rounded insight into theatre. Through a three-year program, ARTivate hopes to nurture a group of youths into cultured and socially aware theatre-practitioners in Singapore.

Using an O-A-O-R (Orientation-Artistic-Organization-Regeneration) model, these youths are trained not only artistically but also in organizational skills and production management. They will be exposed to different forms of theatre such as Forum Theatre and Newspaper Theatre. They will also be trained in other art forms such as music and multimedia.

Besides bringing awareness to the themes explored, ARTivators hopes to question, probe or even challenge minds. They want to engage audiences in discussion – to turn monologues into dialogues.

As 2012 will the last year of the pioneer batch of ARTivate youths, they will be putting up a piece of performance, Bus Stop, inspired by “Bus Stop” written by renowned playwright, Gao Xing Jian. This performance will be a collation of the trainings the youths had undergone for the past 3 years, as well as a critical perspective and evaluation of the script, in reference to the current society the youths are in.