Response to Stimulus - 31st January

 The stimulus this week revolved around the 7 Deadly Sins. I proposed the idea of using elements of the 13th century classic called Dante's Inferno by Dante Aligheri. In particular we began by exploring the premise of the 9 circles of hell and how certain sins were deemed worse than others by the catholic church of the period. We then decided to assign ourselves one of the seven deadly sins, with two of us doubling up due to there being five of us in a group. We then used the order of the 9 circles of hell to decide on how we structure the piece and also found that the idea of presenting the sins as a church congregation coming to confess was interesting and a way that could be engaging for the audience. Each person would come to the front of the group and confess to their sin while the other members would use their physicality to enact it behind them. We would then drag the member back to symbolise their damnation to hell for their sin.