Yesterday, for the first time, I spoke in theater class. This may sound a bit dramatic, but it was actually the first time that anyone spoke in theater class, because until now all that we have done is mime and mask work! For the end of the year show we will present a play that the class has written based on the characters from "Pantalone". I thought that this meant an actual script, but the teacher informed the class that it will in fact be improv based on script outline! I immediately became nervous thinking about doing improvisation in French... improv in English can be difficult! But we did an exercise in class in which the teacher called us up two by two and gave each group a scenario and had to play it out. I was sure that he wasn't going to call me, how could he? But near the end he called me and another girl up, gave us a scenario, and we played it out. I started incredibly nervous, but after a minute or so I realized that it wasn't much different than a conversation with my friends! For the first time I did improvisation in front of people in another language... and it feels so good!!!
So now for a couple of questions that I've gotten from classmates over the past couple of months that have made me chuckle:
-Does your neighborhood look like "Desperate Housewives"? It's so pretty there!!!
-Are you a pom-pom girl? (Cheerleader). I want to be a pom-pom girl so badly!!!
-Do the bathrooms at your school in the U.S. look like the bathrooms in the movies? You know, all nice with the big mirrors and girls doing their hair and talking?
-Is your life at all like in Gossip Girl?
-Do you have musicals at your school like in High School Musical? It's so cool!!! I want to be in a musical at school.
-Do you use those cups, like the ones from Starbucks? Do you miss them here?
I love my friends here :)
So now for a couple of questions that I've gotten from classmates over the past couple of months that have made me chuckle:
-Does your neighborhood look like "Desperate Housewives"? It's so pretty there!!!
-Are you a pom-pom girl? (Cheerleader). I want to be a pom-pom girl so badly!!!
-Do the bathrooms at your school in the U.S. look like the bathrooms in the movies? You know, all nice with the big mirrors and girls doing their hair and talking?
-Is your life at all like in Gossip Girl?
-Do you have musicals at your school like in High School Musical? It's so cool!!! I want to be in a musical at school.
-Do you use those cups, like the ones from Starbucks? Do you miss them here?
I love my friends here :)