Mark Hill = LOVE

I am in love, Benji.

Mark Hill. A Tribute in List Form.

Reasons why he rocks:

-          He is Australian, and has an accent that just makes your insides tingle with excitement.
-          He has trained under INCREDIBLE theatre practitioners, like Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki.
-          He is not afraid to be crazy and out there, and he makes us all feel more confident about letting loose.
-          He is intelligent and articulate, and makes us laugh.
-          He has really pretty eyes :)

When I initially walked into the room this morning, I was feeling awful because:

-          It was a Monday.
-          It was early.
-          I forgot a jacket, and was freezing.
-          I had to run to the cafeteria to buy a bottle of water for this class
-          I was afraid that Mark Hill was some scary and pretentious theatre guy

Fortunately, Mark Hill was neither scary nor pretentious. He was a million other positive things instead (see list above). Next up is a list of the activities I remember doing (in both the morning IBTA session and the Greek Theatre workshop during lunch):

-          Aerobic Dance workout (Woo! Got me all warm and toasty in the first five minutes)
-          Mirroring exercise (Got to be the example with Mark :) he has a fabulous stare)
-          7 levels of energy (Dynamic stillness—who knew it could be so difficult?!)
-          Walking exaggeration (you feel so self conscious when you know there are 4 people behind you purposefully mocking you!)
-          Up/Down Group Example (Wow. Katie O’Grady didn’t fidget at all. The power of Mark Hill, man.)
-          Flock of Birds (I would like to try this one again—not sure I quite got the hang of it...)
-          Pride, Betrayal, Revenge (I liked the transitioning bit best—really something)

These workshops were AMAZING, but I am looking forward to the other sessions this week! These are my goals:

-          Talk to Mark Hill One on one
-          Talk to Mark Hill with my Practitioner Project group about Anne Bogart.
-          More dance aerobics!
-          Learn more about Butoh Theatre
-          Introduce new people to Mark Hill through more lunch sessions (if there are any) and FRINGE

I just can’t wait for more of Mark!

<3 Melissa