In our physical theatre and workshop lessons we have explored an exercise where we almost kiss people. To the point where you are centimeters from peoples faces. Then you duck away last minute. We played several different versions with different objectives. The first was where we were in pairs and one person was saying no and the other trying to kiss them. So they would give in for a moment maybe then lean away again. The other person was trying to persuade them but not be too rough.
We then did it where we all moved around the space and when we made eye contact with another person in the room we would lean in towards them, allow the space to linger then move away. At some points it felt like people felt awkward through the experience, allowing yourself to get that close can make people feel uncomfortable. I felt comfortable with most people but I had that security of knowing we were never actually going to kiss. When people didn't let the closeness between their faces linger slightly it felt like the feeling behind it was lost. As though they weren't telling any story with it. If it were to be a performance it wouldn't haven been believable.
The idea behind this exercise could be to explore this idea of 'the chase'. How sometimes the moment before that first kiss can be better than the kiss itself. This works well with our performance as we are looking at this idea of men chasing women. What are they trying to achieve? What happens after they get the girl? After your with someone and the chase is over, do you stay with them or do you decide to move on?
From this exercise we created a small section of work which may be in our final performance of where we are all moving around space almost kissing who we pass. Then two people find each other and really kiss. Everyone stares at them, then they get jealous and try to tear them apart.
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