Chorus 1 - War And Victory

In this lesson we focused on the first chorus, we split it into groups to tackle each part, and worked on the last section as a whole chorus. This way we could have a difference in choreography in small groups, and then a section together, which demonstrates to the audience all of the chorus' purpose.
Jaydee, Rosie and I looked at the First paragraph-

This part describes a vague setting on the play, it tells about the natural happenings of the city in a visual way, whilst suggesting that it is grand and to be feared-  'Drove the Argos amry's might from the seven gates of Thebes'.
We wanted to use our physicality to demonstrate each line, so we began raising our hands in the formation of a triangle to symbolise the rising sun. We chose a triangle to take the Brighton Open Air, amphitheater style of staging, ensuring all of the audience can see. We also wanted to use levels to create a variety, so we started on the floor on our knees. Another clear example of physically showing the scripted lines was our final position, we stood in the trio back to back out to the audience with our arms in crosses above our heads as if we were blocking something out, and this strong position implies that the city of Thebes is is powerful.
The last section in this chorus that we all worked on together, had more of an obvious rhythm to it due to the repetition and rhyme. Therefore we wanted to make it musical in some way. We considered the harp but we want to use this for the main scenes to add to the atmosphere as much as possible, using our bodies in some way adds to the rustic feel and had a stronger beat to it. We decided on bodily percussion as this would be more original, we split the sections of clapping and stomping into groups which was very effective as we joined in cannon and as the volume increased it created an effective musical piece.