Oldal 220 [220]
SECOND CYCLE
P1: I can’t think of what to do to make those thinking things.”
The ‘thinking things’ was a reference to gaps. The incident was discussed in
the focus group where the participant explained what happened:
There were many things. I started really feeling this situation and I became truly
sad. So I gave up. I imagined: if 1 was a dad and my daughter was leaving what would
it feel like. And I also knew how the story continues. I really wanted to convince
her, but then I knew so little about her, so it was hard to say anything. It was
interesting to watch others, it all looked quite interesting from the outside.’
When I probed further in the focus group asking about the dramaturgical
structures the same student said: “I think one reason I stopped was because
I found it really hard to create this gap. I’m not an actor, and I know you didn’t
expect us to be actors, but one needs to understand the whole thing to see
where one can bring in such a twist”.’!*
It is important to understand what proved as an obstacle for this student.
Ihe first account suggests that this participant found the emotion of
the situation overwhelming, and she also refers to the closed improvisation,
where the ending is already determined, as blocking her objective in
the situation. She also added that the pressure of having to create a gap in
the improvisation was too much, but as this was the factor she mentioned
straight away in the lesson, it clearly played an important role in her freezing.
Thisaccounthighlightsthatitisimportanttoadjusttheamountofresponsibility
placed on participants appropriately. Ihere are many factors that influence
if a situation is good enough for an improvisation, this added pressure can
take the focus away in some cases. In hindsight this improvisation could have
been structured more skilfully to offer more space for action. In this situation
the daughter was packing her rucksack when the father came in, the participant
playing the father did not have a clear enough objective or a specific action
that could offer grounding for participation in the improvisation. Though
the major obstacle here was the pressure of creating gaps, the references to
many other aspects of the situation suggests that participants can only create
DEs if all other elements of the improvisation are well structured, as in good
LTD improvisations. Another general feature for consideration is the group’s
interest in drama; there were evident differences between groups I worked
with in this respect and the motivation to deal with such challenges needs
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