Saturday, November 6, 2010

Dv8 Physical Theatre clip analysis

To see the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAGGoh7F_bw&feature=related
In this scene, it would seem that Nigel and Wendy, the people in the clip, are stuck in a house where there is some danger. In the beginning, Nigel is running extremely fast, tension in his muscles. Wendy follows at an equally fast pace, and she throws herself on Nigel, who is standing at the end of the corridor, trapped. From the aggression of her approach and Nigel’s position, it can be presumed that Nigel does not want Wendy there. However, he hugs her, his muscles tightening, so he hugged her very hard, as if looking for some comfort. The hug is abrupt, as his hands had been laying limb, floppy looking, and then suddenly lift a little and are very tense. The action had no smoothness. This is when the idea comes that maybe he was hugging her out of relief. A howling noise is heard in the background, and suddenly, extremely fast, Wendy puts her hands on Nigel’s sides and pushes herself off him. The speed and the apparent alarm of her actions seem to indicate that they are in some kind of danger. She then extends a hand out to Nigel, but when he extends out a hand and takes a slow step towards her, she pulls it back, and this repeats several times, like she wanted to taunt him. It could be that it is Nigel’s fault that they are in danger and that she is angry with him.  He gets upset, as he slowly turns his back on her, his shoulder dragging. She rushes into a tight corner between him and a wall, a dark corner. Her pace and the tension of her body indicate her hurry. She quotes him, flowing him as he tries to distance himself from her, backing away, obviously scared or suspicious of her. Still, she extends her hand and when he tries to touch her, she pulls it back fast. She then reaches up near his face, around his throat. She moves her hands in unintelligible movements, at a fast pace, and you can her a sort of hitting or rushing sound, so it would seem that she slapped him several times. He is simply standing there, slouched, so it seems that Nigel does not know what is going on. However, Wendy is mad at him. She rushes behind him, and as she does so, Nigel’s posture changes, and he straightens up, his neck straightening. She probably grasped his neck. She then moves next to him, and pats him on the back, and sort of half hugs him tensing her arm around his side. It would seem that she believes that she punished him a little. She then runs away from him when he tries to touch her, as he moves his hand out from between the two.  She then runs of, touching all of the sides of the wall, so apparently, trying to escape. He moves his body around, slowly, following her movements, seemingly worried or curious about what she is doing. She then rushes at him from a dark corner, all tense and at a quite a speed, and he puts out his hands on her side as if to offer her support. She soon stops and turns, fast and hostile seeming, at him. She offers her hands, and this time accepts him, because she lets him touch her. Maybe she is less angry with him, or him touching her as she ran had been him saying sorry. She grasps his hands, and uses them to swing to the other side of the area. He then copies her as she throws herself with astonishing pace on the floor. She leaves him on the floor, by sort of rolling over him. He shoots up fast, seeming anxious. She the leans towards him, relaxed, and seems to fall towards him, but then as he offers her support by extending his arms, she falls onto the ground. On the ground, she does some spins in a crouched position. Then she lifts herself and leans towards him. Maybe she is trying to say that he can’t protect her. Or maybe he didn’t help her when she needed help and let her fall. She turns hostile towards him, twisting his hands, grapping at his hair, and pushing him down. As she gets up, her body loosens and she pushes his head onto his stomach, and eventually she falls back on the floor. He tries to offer her his hand, but she rolls on the floor. She then lunges at him, hugging him tightly, with her muscles tense. This seems to indicate her telling him that she needs him. She starts to slide away from him, but he has her wrist and does not let her go. She moves towards him and wrenches, her body moving up and down, muscles tense. He lets go, and bows his head, turning towards the wall. He seems upset and defeated again. She rushes in front of him again, and he moves away from her, slowly again, as if he does not care. She does some lunges, like swimming, and then some kicks. Maybe she is trying to say that something, but it’s unclear, Could she be saying something about swimming? She then twists away, and moves restlessly, as if she was expecting something bad to happen. For a moment she lies on the floor, not moving, like she was dead. She seemed to be indicating her or their fate. Then she moves around, spinning on the floor, aimlessly, as if looking for an escape tat is impossible to find. She freezes as some floorboards with rocks begin to shake, some of the boards coming up. The danger seems to have arrived. 

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