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units 1-4 - week 2 and 3

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UAL - Level 3 PaPA - Acting Pathway - Unit 1 - 4  ~ Ilonka Flora 19.09.2017 - Week 2 Who did I work with ~ Abdul & Abe In this lesson, I Worked in groups to create a continuous fight. The class was split in half so we were lined up opposite each other in 2 lines. The person opposite me was my 'enemy/opponent'. I'd describe what we did slightly like a Mexican wave except it was replaced with violent actions. We acted this out in slow motion. My act in this sequence was pulling out my 'gun' and aiming it at my opponent and shooting them and they would attack back with another violent action. When everyone had reached their opponent we must stay in character and drift towards our groups of two/three that we were assigned for our second sequence. My group was with Abdul and Abe. Abe starts the sequence attacking me and Abdul with two swords, we dodge him, he then drops his swords and knocks mine and Abdul's heads together. Abdul transitions into...

Unit 4 - shakespeare's timeline context

UAL PaPA- Level 3 - Acting Pathway Unit 4 ~ Ilonka Flora Shakespeare's Timeline April 23rd, 1564 - William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-Upon-Avon. 1590 - Shakespeare writes his very first play (Henry VI Part one), he also leaves Stratford-Upon-Avon to begin his career in London. 1593 -  Shakespeare publishes Venus & Adonis, his first long published poem. 1594 -  The theatres in London re-open. Over the next few years, Shakespeare's group called the 'Chamberlain's men' become the most popular acting group in London. Shakespeare also publishes ' The rape of Lucrece'. 1598 -  Shakespeare is praised for a dozen plays of his work such as 'Romeo&Juliet', and 'A midsummer night's dream'. 1599 -  Shakespeare's most famous plays are performed in the newly built Globe theatre. 1601 -  After his father's death, Shakespeare writes 'Hamlet'. It is said at this point in his career, his wor...