This week was another performance week! The workweek started with a performance by our duo Jac&Joe in Altnau (CH)... What an adventure when you're in a phase and a bit sleep-deprived? Yes, that was a question! Or more like a statement?! Who knows... Anyway, I was really looking forward to reuniting with my very good friend Jacqueline, even though the circumstances aren't the best for her either at this very moment... But despite everything, we (even if only briefly, for about three hours) had a good time and truly deserved this refreshing "distraction"! The performance itself was quite okay, considering we hadn’t seen each other in almost half a year and didn’t rehearse at all, yet we still manage to captivate our audience with high energy (which not every teacher likes :D).
Wednesday traveled to Switzerland to Jac, Thursday morning performed with Jac&Joe, then traveled 5 hours back home in the afternoon and friday day off, which wasnt really a day off.
Saturday finally came the third performance of my piece The Heyoka within Me... A little side note: the Heyoka within me is now becoming Clown'skinski! I decided this after I believe I realized that the audience has no idea what Heyoka means! I don't mean this in a condescending way, but one needs to know about the concept of the sacred clown to understand it, and that’s quite a specific topic! ;) Maybe I’ll use this title in a different context someday, as I know there is a connection to this all-powerful Heyoka within me! Clown'skinski is, I think obvious what its all about :D but enough of that now...
Due to the lack of rehearsals and practice, the performance was, from my perspective, one of the worst ever! My voice wasn’t present, my presence wasn’t as sharp as usual, and physically, I’m not at my best right now... This time is an absolute challenge for my work as a clown and an intense lesson. In spirit, I am a clown, but physically, I'm stiffer than a camera tripod! The audience doesn’t notice all of this as much because I still try to perform at a high level, and they can feel that I love my play and that I feel love for them, sitting in the audience... However, for the trained eye of John Häppie, all of this doesn’t go unnoticed. His subsequent feedback was very productive, and I’m grateful for his honesty, as he not only told me where I didn’t meet his expectations but also how and when I did meet or even exceed them... Thanks for that Marc!!
So now it’s time to prepare for a walkact! I’d say easy money, but that always depends on the circumstances on-site... Will I fail to meet my own expectations at work again, or will it bring a fresh wind to my sails?! We’ll see, maybe I’ll report back about it ;)
I hope you like my blog and will check it out again in the future?! I assure you, I will learn how to run a blog properly and better understand what I should write in here! So stay tuned, it will definitely get more exciting ;)
Léiwe Grouss vum Joe's!
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