Challenges and Rewards: Using Laban/Bartenieff Fundamentals

in Movement Coaching William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

by

Stefan Sittig

CHAPTER VI - CONCLUSION

As I worked on this production, my first as a movement coach, I was excited to face all the challenges I knew lay ahead.  I wanted to learn more about Laban terminology and how to use it in my coaching.  I wanted to work with Dr. Campbell on a major project.  I wanted to work with the fabulous group of people that made up the cast, most specifically with my fellow graduate students, Jason Linkins, Jake Berger, and Paige Larson.  I wanted to make a difference, to influence and be a part of the creative process that would create the final product.

I learned a tremendous amount about my style of movement coaching while working on Julius Caesar.  I now have more in-depth knowledge about Laban terminology and how to use it when coaching a live production.  I now have practical experience in working with a whole cast of actors generally, and three actors specifically.  I now have learned to enhance my communication with the director and specify my communication with the actor.

On October 10, 1996, as the lights went up on Julius Caesar, I realized that I had accomplished what I wanted and I was now on my way to becoming a better movement coach.