Highs and Lows of Performance
The first performance of the mentorship work was last night (the second and final performance is tonight) and I’m just all over the map right now.
The performance went really well – I feel like there was enough I know I can do better on tonight to have room for improvement, but I’m definitely happy with how it came out. And, likewise, excited to keep working with specific chunks of it as well as broader themes and issues it raised.
And a lot of people, including both my parents, came to see me, which was really great. Including a few people from the workshop, which really meant a lot – that’s been so core to my artistic development that having people whose opinion I really value say they liked the work was really moving.
I also was connected with the trans programing director (I’m probably getting that title wrong) from Toronto Pride who was, like, “I need your email address so we can talk about having you perform at the next Toronto Pride.”(!!!)
Which obviously meant I came home and gushed to G (we met up after her rehearsal got out) and then proceded to cry for a while…I think it came from having put so much of myself out there and having that sink in a bit, and just really not knowing how to handle praise. So it all sort of welled up in tears.
But tonight’s the last performance, and so then I can catch my breath (and, like, do laundry and go grocery shopping…) before I inevitably start working on stuff again!
-R
PS – I’ll post the script one of these days, when I get my head together…
Themocracy