Jay Duggan Process & Performance Blog 3

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The research/resource stage of Porto seems far behind us now as we start to enter the score stage of development. But as we look back it is apparent how truly crucial that research stage was, we see constant reminders in our show of how we employ that critical research within Porto during the research resource process at the beginning of our journey we used tactics such as creating a performance circle and letting anyone come in or step out as they see fit. The interactions and relationships created entirely on impulse that were built all that time ago can still be found in parts of Porto in the current score phase of development. And even the way we approach devising for the show stems right back the research resource process. It wouldn’t be unfair to suggest that we haven’t really come out of the research resource element and we are all undergoing research until the day of validation.

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At first I couldn’t see how the ensemble was going to collaboratively exist on a performance stage with motives and objectives that would be in anyway similar, or make sense, but the stimulus of Porto really helped give each and every characters seemed very individual, but currently the ensemble seems to of creative somewhat of a community that have one thing in common, there trapped in Porto, I have heard many people describe Porto as limbo or purgatory, but every character seems to have a reason for been on stage. There are many hidden messages throughout Porto giving it ample meaning and narrative, usually based around social issues and boundaries. Such as mundane repetitiveness of the community representing society’s ways of how people should behave, and the characters not conforming to those rules. The tear between western and eastern culture, this performance is littered with metaphors for common problems within people lives.

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Since the start of the creating process my character has drastically transformed every element of his physicality and motives, to adapt to the ever changing course of Porto. In the research resource stage of devising I explored what my physical capabilities were and I am now using that knowledge to apply them to the score process. My character has really grown over the past few months, and I have my own personnel challenge of connecting emotionally with my character, and to exploit a more venerable side, this really has been my goal for Porto. In the “R” phase of practice I really found myself in terms of boundaries and limits, as well as discovering other people boundaries and limits, this is what allowed me to set a target for what I wanted my character to achieve throughout the process. Upon reflecting on my personnel transition into the character I am currently exist as, I find myself pleasantly surprised at my achievements, almost without realising it I have learned so much. Now I can feel a real sense of my character starting to break down and I am keen to see how far I can push this.