9|4|14 - Physical Theatre - Girl in the Red Dress

Myself and Matt and Emily and Alex both decided to create a short movement sequence that showed the meeting between the girl in the red dress. By having two sets of people do it, we were planning on picking the best parts from each others to create a stronger section. We decided to make sure there were certain features with in the movement so we didn't loose the story, this meant we must include: 

- Lennie killing the mouse

- Girl trying to comfort

- attraction to the dress being clear

- implication of sex but nothing happen 

We both created these pieces of movement and as this was the part I was going to be portraying in the final piece I made sure I was aware of the characters emotions. As she is not a highlighted character in the story it meant I had a lot to work on. If she was near a ranch it was possible that she was feeling lonely, everyone was working and to find a man upset seems to be a chance for her to create an emotional connection. Her intentions aren't sexually but the idea for companionship. This worked well as Lennie had no understanding of any of this, only the danger that women bring and with this - is weary of the Girl. Lennie doesn't mean to imply sexual confrontation, only an admiration for the clothing. 

We decided that we would use the crate in this as we thought they should be used throughout the piece. We used the crate as a barrier in this scene between Lennie and the Girl. The danger within the scene was reflected in the placement of the crate, for example, when the Girl is stood on the crate, it implies she is the danger, which is why Lennie must remove her as a danger. When the crate is first pulled round it crates a barrier between the characters, and as Lennie is the one that moves it - it is almost like he has been warned and told what to do when put into this situation, but it is the distraction of the dress that gets the better of him. 

The movements I really like for this, were the lift over the shoulder that myself and Matt created as it showed Lennie's ease with his physical strength, as I go onto the floor after this, it could be interpreted sexually as 'laying her down' when in fact he is removing the temptation from himself but is so unaware he stumbles. This is where we used Emily and Alex's movement of Lennie falling on top whilst the Girl pushes him away with a kick. This created a nice image as well as showing that nothing actually happened betweened them, but the implications of what happened that meant that George and Lennie must leave.