As a whole the aim of my performance is to translate some of the feelings that I went through after being ‘r.a.p.e.d’.
But for me, the hardest thing about it all is too actually say it, hence why I have spelled it out as though I was spelling it. For me, by saying it I become vulnerable and that becomes the thing that people judge me on. I think this has been biggest challenge for me when composing my piece, as I have been struggling to decide how to say it to an audience.
Recently however I have come to a decision that this struggle should be part of the performance itself. So how do I integrate this into the performance? Well seeming that the other characteristic of performance is childlike qualities I thought it would be a good idea to find a famous children’s fairy tale that could be warped into telling the story of what happened to me. I think it would be a good idea to have the original version of the fairy tale and then create an new adaptation of the story. This could possibly done through a video format.The story that I think would be good for this is Little Red Riding Hood as this is a story about trust, disguise and naivety.
In his article discussing the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Richard Cavendish wrote “Expressing their hopes and joys, fear and sorrows, the tales were profoundly significant for children and adults alike” (2012, pg.8). Fairy Tales are things that everyone can relate to, they are known and told throughout different cultures and they cover so many emotions. I think referring to fairy tales could be a strong feature in my performance.By using a fairy tale it also fits in well to the concluding part of the pieces which are the nursery rhymes that I have adapted from the originals to my own version. I think this will give a well structured flow to the piece.

Works Cited

Cavendish, Richard (2012) ‘The Publication of Grimm’s Fairy Tales’, History Today, Volume 62, Number 12, p.8.