DEVISING: It’s Different, How?
Devising allows you to build the muscles of inventing, playing, and editing in real time, on your feet.
Mindful of Your Collaborators
We live in a collaborative world. Very little, if anything, is truly done alone without any guidance or contribution from another person.
Empathy & The Unknown – Devising’s Life Lessons
Devising life. Losing players. Coming to terms with not knowing. All with love.
Behind the Book – Radio Interview
Fun times during my recent radio interview with Carl Etnier at WGDR-WGDH on The Goddard Hour. He asked compelling questions about the book and our current application of it in our company’s work/play. Take a listen! And thanks again to the gang at WGDR-WGDH for their hospitality! [soundcloud id=’160711828′]
The Contagious Effect of Possibilities
“We can do that?” Amazement, fear, and excitement filled their eyes. The cast was astonished they were given the free rein to… BE.
Tiny Experiences, Big Impact
Today, in one of our Creativity Labs, a short inspiration led to a tiny experiment and became a big success! How tiny can you make this moment?
Pat on the Back
Support comes in many forms and the simple act of connecting with another person can help ground you deeper in your work.
Ensemble Roll Call – Book Preview
The members of a beneficial ensemble are found sprinkled throughout time and place: where you are, where you were and, most importantly, where you want to be.
Set Backs – Now What?
How do we get the car back online with a slight correction of the wheel without the fear-filled yank off the road?
Plus Points to Failing
[fblike] Whenever you get concerned or frightened of failure, listen to Paul Simon’s Graceland. Listen and know that this Grammy Award winning album would never have happened if Paul Simon had not previously failed gloriously. In Jeremy Marre’s Classic Albums: Paul Simon – Graceland documentary, Simon talks candidly about the tailspin he was in, personally …
Master Class video – 2011 Actor Devised Theatre
[fblike] Last summer Episcopal School brought Creatively Independent in for a Master Class week of Physical Theatre. It turned into a joyous adventure of actor devised work exploring the themes inside childhood games. This Master Class series is open to all Jacksonville students and will occur again June 25-29, 2012. 9-noon. *Open enrollment, limited space, …
Teaching as an Art Form and a LAB
The classroom, rehearsal hall or lab is where one must try anything and everything for the sake of the exercise or tool to be explored… Read more…
Summer Explorations in Dance & Theatre – MFA explorations
An educational romp through Berkshires’ art in the summer… … Read more…
A Living Study – MFA essay
This is just another clear example of how the seemingly individual threads of my life – work, motherhood, marriage, art – are woven into an intricate and ever-changing pattern of me. Which makes me question are any of us truly individuals? Even inside ourselves, there are many selves. Are we all tiny communities built out of tinier communities, all trying to focus on a common goal?
Sharing MFA Grad work
[fblike] Hi everyone, This is Jess Pillmore, Co-Artistic Director of CI. I’m currently working on my MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College and would love to share some of my work with you on this blog. My goal for this degree is to explore how to active an individual inside an ensemble and conversely …
Latest News: Hamlet opening July 21 in North Adams, MA
C.I. has been slacking a bit with the blog entries (hopefully, this will change… today). Busy bees that we are, we have tons of news: Jess & Chris have conceived and directed a post-modern feminist look at HAMLET, that’s one rollercoaster ride of rock ‘n’ roll and physical theatre! We decided to do gender specific …
Ensemble – Timing – The sooner, the better
[fblike] There are a lot of sayings that pop into my head with this one: “Timing is everything.” “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” All of these tried and true quotes and yet we still downplay the importance of timing. A prime example, in our work, is when companies and schools …