BEGINNING / MIDDLE / END / TRANSITIONS

BEGINNING / MIDDLE / END / TRANSITIONS

Beginning, middle and end exist at multiple scales.

They can be located within:

• performance;
• scene;
• action;
• phrase;
• gesture;
• word;
• breath.

BEGINNING

Requires arrival, preparation and a perceptible initiation.

MIDDLE

Contains development, continuation, repetition or change.

END

May arise through:

• completion;
• performer decision;
• audience perception;
• exhaustion of interest;
• rupture;
• transition into another action.

TRANSITIONS

Transitions organise:

• entrances;
• exits;
• spatial change;
• object movement;
• changes of focus;
• movement between building blocks.

The workshop positions transitions as part of the work itself.