Patsy Rodenburg:
The Second Circle
Great teachers and great performers exist in The Second Circle.
Rather than:
First Circle
- Energy focused towards yourself
- Of the past
Third Circle
- Generalised energy
- Takes up space
- Controlling
- Of the future
Second Circle
- Energy exchange – coming in and going out
- Focused on one thing
- We’re all born here
- Prisoners are always here
- Circle of survival
- Absolute intimacy
- Of the present
Feel this to be true and it makes sense of why student-facing teaching is so tiring. Also, the feeling of needing to prepare in terms of energy and emotion for teaching.