Full-Time Physical Theatre Training Programs in the USA
Here is a brief directory of full-time physical theatre training programs in the United States.
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Flowchart for Aristotelian Plot Analysis (Tragedy)
Here’s a handy flowchart I created back in 2018, when my MFA cohort at Dell’Arte International was devising our original tragedy, Citizens of Nowhere. It can help you determine whether the plot of a play you’re reading, writing, or devising is “simple” or “complex”, contains recognitions or reversals of various kinds, and/or otherwise conforms or diverges from some of the classic dramaturgical structures which Aristotle articulated in his Poetics.
Book Review: 'Practice As Research in the Arts…' by Robin Nelson
Recently I finished reading an amazing book entitled Practice As Research in the Arts: Principles, Protocols, Pedagogies, Resistances (2013), edited by Robin Nelson. Full of global perspective; academic, yet accessible in its tone, this book is an essential read for artists interested in research or academics interested in creative practice.
US Butoh Training Opportunities 2019
Here’s a list of Butoh Dance training opportunities – festivals, workshops and ongoing classes in the United States throughout the year 2019.
US Butoh Training Opportunities 2018
Here’s a list of butoh training opportunities – festivals, workshops and ongoing classes – in the United States from January 1 – December 31, 2018.
US Butoh Training Opportunities – Winter 2018
Here’s a list of butoh training opportunities – festivals, workshops and ongoing classes – in the United States this summer, December 22, 2017 – March 20, 2018.
Beyond Representation
Throughout history, it has been the fashion of the performing arts to represent things. Through a minimum or maximum of necessary brush strokes, an artist seeks to convey the nature of a thing through signifiers which their audience will recognize. This recognition is powerful and not to be overlooked.
Why America Needs Streb, But Got Diavolo
Why America Needs Streb, But Got Diavolo With the recent rise of the dance theatre company Diavolo to popular attention …
US Butoh Training Opportunities – Fall 2017
Here’s a list of butoh training opportunities – festivals, workshops and ongoing classes – in the United States this fall, September 22, 2017 – December 21, 2017.
US Butoh Training Opportunities – Summer 2017
Here’s a list of butoh training opportunities – festivals, workshops and ongoing classes – in the United States this Summer, June 21, 2017 – September 21, 2017.