Concern...

I woke up in the middle of the night with the concern that our performance will be too eclectic. I believe that if we have too many ingredients in the metaphorical soup which we are making: all the nuances of the separate flavours will be lost. We have a large group collaborating on this performance and, naturally, everyone wants their ideas heard and explored. However, considering the time restraints (only 6 weeks left!) and taking into account the varying working methods and styles of performers; we have to stick to the agreed structure and try our hardest to keep this performance CONSISTENT!
Baring this in mind, I believe that our performance should be a continuous sound scape as opposed to a 'song- audience claps- another song -audience claps- another song- audience claps' structure (where I predict that this piece is heading).

I worked on a large collaborative piece last year for the 3DFEST competition whose results, in my opinion, were absolutely disastrous. The reason for my grim assessment of that piece is predominantly because the final performance lacked cohesion and an over-riding structure. This is partly because our 'director' was devoted to the philosophy that every one is talented and that every idea has potential. Uh-uh.

This segues into my next concern; I predict that people involved in this piece might be reluctant to criticise the ideas that others put forward. This is a performance by second year University students that is open to the public so it is not acceptable to entertain a weak idea out of sensitivity to someone's feelings. I would be horrified if people didn't voice their criticisms or suggestions for an idea of mine but instead let me walk out on stage not knowing that something could have been improved. This is not personal- it's professional. Don't bite your tongue!!!

Thus ends my winge-fest!