2009年11月13日

第七堂Biomechanics课

上新期，艺树人以一系列的活动来练习Meyerhold的otkaz, posil和stoica：

1. 边走，边把网球随意丢给对方
2. 大家集合成组，各组随意走动，但换方向时不是随着一个人的带领，而是整组人的舆论 (与“fish exercise”相反)
3. 俩人之间的“老鹰捉小鸡”游戏

艺树人各个的动作必须干净利落，才能让对方有办法预料自己的下一个动作。

接着，我们以腹部的肌肉，以上的三个原则和 tochka的变化来锻炼自己的平衡。李邪把同样大小的木立方体摆成一线，让艺树人像踩石头过河一样地踩过它们，到房间地另一端。立方体之间的距离慢慢地增加、大小和方向也变了，加上李邪的其他要求，例如转动身子或在原地转圈才能踩在立方体上。这些小小的更改使每向活动比之前的更难，但大家都玩得很开心。

休息过后，我们继续学习李邪为艺树人设计的Meyerhold的etude, “The Slap”。艺树人学会了Meyerhold的握手方式，还有准备给人一巴掌的姿势。从头练习整个etude是一件蛮辛苦的事，因为Meyerhold要求的准确性和我们平常不习惯的姿势使用的肌肉很少会被动用到。要不是这些etude，我想，这些肌肉差不多能说是永远都不会派上用场。

艺树人也以竹竿训练自己的平衡。我们得一边以手掌心平衡竹竿，一边在房间里走动、结伴在房间的中央点相遇，也让竹竿在两手之间交换。平衡着这么长的一支竹竿到处乱走一点也不简单，但看着对方怕竹竿掉的那焦急的样子实在另人发笑。

课结束时，艺树人的肌肉大多数都有点酸痛。但是，参插了喜悦和欢笑，一切都是值得的。这星期，我们应该会学习怎么给对方一巴掌了吧。真期待星期六的课！

In our last lesson, ARTivate continued working on our otkaz, posil and stoica through games activities such as:

1. Throwing an increasing number of tennis balls across the room while moving in a random manner
2. Moving around the room in groups, with every change in direction effected by general consensus and not following a leader (as opposed to the “fish exercise”)
3. The game of laoyingzhuoxiaoji (“eagle and the chicken/chick”?) between each pair

Each ARTivator had to ensure that his/her actions are executed precisely so as to facilitate anticipation in the other parties.

We then practised our balancing skills, which consists of grouping our core muscles, the three principles listed above and switching of our tochka every step we take. Wooden cubes of the same size were placed in the middle of the room and every ARTivator had to cross the room by stepping on them, similar to crossing a river while stepping on stones. The distance between each cube was slowly increased and soon, even the size of the cubes was varied, and also the orientation of the cubes. Other requirements were added, such as rotating your upper body three times before crossing the “river” and spinning 360° before getting up a cube. All these little changes increased the difficulty at each stage but they were really simple activities that could keep us entertained.

We then continued learning Meyerhold’s etude, “The Slap”, as modified by Li Xie for the amateur ARTivators. From last week’s “greeting position”, we proceeded on to “greet” and “preparation to slap”. Revising these actions right from the start was really tiring. All the weird angles and the need for clean lines definitely put my lazy muscles to a good test.

We concluded the day by honing our balance with the help of bamboo poles. By balancing these poles on our palms, each ARTivators had to move around the room, meet up with a partner halfway through and even shift the poles from one palm to another. It certainly was no easy task moving around with a long extension from the middle of your palms but nonetheless, we enjoyed that activity very much.

Once again, the lesson ended on quite a good note, with it’s fair share of laughter and muscle aches (from staying in the same position while practising the etude). I’m definitely looking forward to learning the actual slap. *evil laughter*

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.