Thoughts and Ideas 2/27
CONVERSATION Starter
Your Audience. Have you ever been to a performance and been unable to see the action on stage or felt ignored by performers projecting to only the front row? Some theaters have ridiculous site-lines and seating perpendicular to the stage, some stages are floor level, even with the front row, or even level with same the back row. Some have multi tiered balconies. How can you be inclusive to your audience (when the work looks outward), how can you help your audience in a difficult seating situation see your work? Can you always? Discuss.
Creative Experiment
Perspective. Draw a birds eye view of a stage and auditorium like Popejoy. Draw site-lines, make observations. Line up three or four chairs one behind the other. Sit on the floor before the front chair. Imagine being in the seat four rows back. Can they see you? Can you see them? What if you were standing? How much of your moving body is visible? Adjust your body position and distance from the front chair. Make observations related to site-lines. Discuss.
Escape and Inspiration
Dance: UNM Faculty Dance show 'Monstrous' continues this weekend https://finearts.unm.edu/events/
Dance: ABQ Dance Connect Winter Showcase this Saturday, 7:30 at Maple Street Dance Space.
Dance: At Popejoy: Rhythm of the Dance March 5th and ABT Studio Company March 12th, at Popejoy https://www.popejoypresents.com/
Dance: Lorie House's 'The Report' March 10th and 11th at North Fourth Arts Center, https://www.northfourthnm.org/n4th-theater
Upcoming Dance: Ballet Repertory Theatre 'Wizard of Oz' April 1st and 2nd, Festival Ballet Albuquerque 'Sacred Journey's IV' April 21-21, New Mexico Ballet Company 'Resilience' May 6th and 7th.
TV and Music: In honor of Black History Month NMPBS 5.1 shows "Black Broadway: A Proud History, A limitless Future" at 7pm Tuesday Feb. 28th.
Streaming: Jacobs Pillow Dance Interactive is streaming "Black Artists in the Duke focusing on black artists who have performed in their Doris Duke Theater. https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/playlists/black-artists-in-the-duke/#1
