Tag: 2010
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Let’s Get This Show On The Road!
So maybe I’ve been a little remiss in my blogging, or maybe I’ve just been so busy I haven’t even noticed that a month has gone by since my last entry. It might lead the innocent reader to believe nothing has been going on workshop-wise over the last month, but don’t be deceived, we’ve been…
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Full Speed Ahead! No Turning back. Leave No One Behind.
I can never believe how fast all of this happens, or how intense the work is. I have had several sixteen-hour days in the past two weeks, but every minute of it as fulfilling as ever. So Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp is an interesting little story. Aladdin itself is pretty tame, except maybe for…
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Session Two: Cocteau / Artaud Day! Has a Better Day Ever Existed?
First we read The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower by Jean Cocteau. In this spectacle Coceau was trying to reveal mundane life as absurd. Basically, a wedding party has lunch on the Eiffel Tower, but they are interrupted by hunters hunting ostriches, pompous guests giving speeches and telling tales of their times in Africa, mirages…