Day 8/11 - A Guest

Today we had a guest, but in general we:

• Review/Preview
• Yoga
• Guest Demo
• Debrief
• Break
• Article
• Assignment Discussion
• Work time

Yoga this time was with music, which I think helped a lot. If I ever incorporate yoga into a lesson or rehearsal, I'll probably use music to eliminate any awkwardness of the situation. Still, I find myself horrible inflexible. It's annoying because I'm fit, I can physically do everything I want to do, but I can't do yoga.

Next Jessica Lawson gave a demo lesson. She took the class with Vershawn in the past, and this was her final lesson. Her appearance was the first thing that interested me. Blue hair, tattoos, ass-kicking boots, not your typical teacher attire. She wasn't hurt by her appearance, however, her confidence and energy showed that she was comfortable leading the class, and that got us to follow her. The other thing that interested me was her genuine interest in literary analysis, a field of study I will never, ever, enter. While her enthusiasm didn't persuade me to reconsider my opinions on literary theory, it did allow me to tolerate, and even enjoy the lesson. I'll agree to take a literary course under the one condition that she teaches it. She's a great teacher, and upon reflection of the lesson it became apparent the intelligence that went into planning the lesson.

The article for today was a little hard to read, but I definately agree that truly great artistic performance doesn't sacrifice art to some educational or intellectual motive, but rather it accomplishes that objective in a purely artistic way.