Falling and Falling

So, day one of classes yesterday and we started with a bang - literally - the bang of our bodies falling to the floor in stage combat!  Our teacher, Nick Pullin, of DePaul University and Fight Director and choreographer for countless regional theatres, colleges and opera companies, was teaching us the basics of falling - and I think a lot of us were feeling it last night!  Improv class with Rachel Slavick, also with DePaul Theatre School, brought some more falling - and some great new games to help us turn off our heads and turn on our instinct (not so easy for some of us who like to think things through and have a plan before we leap)  After our final class, Feldenkrais with Patrice Egleston, Associate Professor at DePaul, we were ready for some good Italian food and a performance of Chekhov's Three Sisters at Steppenwolf Theatre.  What a day - and we get to throw ourselves at it again tomorrow!