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“This
is, I think, some of the most important dialogue that is happening in
the arts community today.”
Michael
Goodfriend, Irondale Ensemble Project
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Images
from some of the panels in the 2005 Ensemble Theater Festival:
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Panel
A: Training Ensemble Performers
Joan Schirle, director of the Dell'Arte International
School of Physical Theatre, talks about training ensemble performers
at a panel held during the Ensemble Theater Festival. Other panelists
included (from left) Sabrina Hamilton, instructor at Towson University,
Ellen Lauren, SITI Company member, Robert Leonard, instructor at Virginia
Tech University, and Stephen Buescher, Dell'Arte Company member. |
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Panel
B: Art, Activism and Ensemble
R.G.Davis, founder of the San Francisco Mime
Troupe, addresses the question at the heart of the panel: How does
the social activism at the center of many ensmbles work to inform
the creation of the art? Other panelists included (from left) Michael
Goodfriend, of the Irondale Ensemble Project, Rhodessa Jones, founder
of Cultural Odyssey, Meena Natarajan, of Pangea World Theatre and
Steve Ginsberg (not shown) of HartBeat Ensemble. |
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Panel:
Passing the Torch: The Future of Ensemble Theater
Steven Sapp, a founding member of Universes,
speaks about the future of ensemble theater during the Passing the
Torch panel held during the Ensemble Theater Festival. Other panelists
included (from left) John O'Neal, founder of Junebug Productions,
Aaron Davidman, artistic director of Traveling Jewish Theatre, Theresa
Holden, a theater artist, teacher and co-director of Holden &
Arts Associates, and Carleton Turner, co-founder of M.U.G.A.B.E.E.
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Panel:
Books on Ensembles: 3 Recent and Those Yet to
Be
Dudley Cocke, writer and director of Roadside
Theater, Linda Burnham, writer and co-director of the Community Arts
Network, Jan Cohen-Cruz, author of "Local Acts: Community-Based
Performances in the U.S." and Ferdinand Lewis, a freelance art
journalist and teacher, discuss the role of scholarship and publishing
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“There
are lots of stories within communities. Ensemble is an opportunity for
community to hear itself.”
Paul McIsaac,
Playback N.Y.C.
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