When creating a work, several obstacles can get in the way. I don’t like to make excuses but certain factors in life can hinder the creative process. For example earlier this week an old injury returned, leaving me with a bad back, shooting pains down my leg every time I moved. However not wanting to be stopped by this, I have created a story board of my intentions of the piece so far, illustrating what I want to achieve.

Now that my back has begun to mend, I was all set to go outside onto my purpose built aerial rig to attempt these visions, making them a reality. But in traditional British fashion, the weather has acted against me in the form of rain. So as a compromise, and in an effort to continue building my strength for the final performance, I have adapted a pull up bar in a door way in order to accommodate my silks. It is somewhat limiting in what movement it will allow, the doorway being only standard height. Therefore will not achieve what I had originally intended, however progression is still possible, just following a slightly different path.

The performance space, as spoken about in Performance Perspectives: A Critical Introduction changes how the performance is perceived by the audience. It is another strand of the performance nexus. As stated “Every location contains its own particularities that influence, shape, and are, in turn, shaped by multiple performances harnessed through the spatial programme and social codes of architectural inhabitation.” (Hannah, in Pitches and Popat, 2011). Although my current rehearsal space is my aerial rig in my back garden, this could present a very different interpretation to where I intend the performance to be carried out, in the LPAC theatre. For example, the audience will not be open to the elements, so this factor cannot affect the performance. There will also be different acoustics between an outdoor scenario and one indoors. In an indoor scenario sound will not dissipate as much as it may do outside, with no walls to restrict its travelling, therefore the audience will be far more subject to sound in an indoor environment and subsequently should have more of an impact.