The Zanni base stance is one knee bent outwards and the other leg straight. It is very uncomfortable which means you can 'skippy' jump to relieve the pain by just doing the same position with opposite legs. We also learnt some of the walks which was 'Big step' which is when it looks like you are going to take a massive step but you don't and that's the kind of humour to it.
Big step:
We also learnt that with big step, you can vary the speeds. The slower you move, the bigger the step. The faster you move, the smaller the step.
We learnt another one called 'three step' which is my most difficult step. It's moving your feet in a three way sequence quite quickly and not like the counts of a waltz. And we learnt another one called the proud walk which is sort of like a chicken sort of walk but it's probably the least common walk we did as Zanni's tend to be quite stupid characters.
CAPTAINS!!!!! - HOOOOO
When you call for captains, they say back to you 'HOOOO' and straight after graham would ask us to do either mountain walk or muscle walk. Muscle walk is very easy, it's in the name which is basically trying to show off your muscles as you are walking around. Captains play pranks on each other and they are actually proper scared cats! Mountain walk is a bit more strange but as you walk, you bring one leg up (bent) and push it out to the side and do it again with the other leg as you walk.
'show run, trip, fall, and recover'
this is when the captains run and fail to impress so they fall but then carry on walking as if nothing happened and so they don't lose their cool!
We also learnt that SILENCE IS UGLY!
We had to get with a partner and I got with Janay and we had to sell ourselves and boast about how many people we have killed, how many people we have seduced and how strong we are and so on! it's all lies of course, but it's what captains do!
LOVERS:
Lovers leg wise is one bent and the other one completely straight! They have to keep this leg straight, even when they sit down and get back up again! They are always in love but they are more in love with the idea of loving someone or someone loving them. They do not wear masks because they are so beautiful! Classic names for lovers are like, Isabella, Romeo, & Julietta. They are so elegant and always talk in poetry. They can be quite dangerous when they have swords and weapons especially when they are heart broken! They have quite floaty arms too!
Later on, we did a improvisation scene of breaking into someone's house. 3 zanni's were told the same instructions but don't realise they are together in the same house. Last year we did this task but we got about 5 minutes to make the scene where as this year we had to improvise on the spot. It was proven difficult to do this but everyone had to have a go and I think everyone found it difficult to do.
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