"We began with little more than a fierce work ethic and a desire to do something different and to do it differently. The name Frantic Assembly gives it all away."
LoveSong by the well known playwright Abi Morgan, is one of Frantic Assembly's most successful productions. It tells a story of an older couple who are glimpsing the memories of their former selves. Scott Graham the co-director and Co-Choreographer of the play, said that they were inspired by film and music videos when choreographing the play. The talk constantly about focus he said that they want 'The Brush of skin on skin explode on stage, just as much as we would want any large scale physical scene to do the same', for this to happen he says that you need to 'construct your work in a way that the audeince can see that tiny thing as something massive'. Watching their work and listening to Graham speak about the performance, I can tell that the quality of the performance relies solely on the relationship and trust between the actors and being in a safe comfortable environment. This is something I really took into consideration when working with my atcor. The demands of the physical scenes in their work,is that it must move the narrative of the play forward. They dont dance just for effect each movement has a meaning behind it. I love this clip from from the play, Maggie is watching a love scene of her younger self and reminiscing, the way the two actors portray the love in their relationship through dance is moving and at the end when maggie falls between the two lovers it is heartbreaking to watch. Because her breaking the two apart is foreshadowing what will happen to her relationship in the future.
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