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In Defense of Bad Art
I’ve been hearing the words “All art is good art” a lot lately and while I agree with the sentiment, I’d like to propose something sli..
Physical Theatre vs Body Image
When I auditioned at URTAs back in January 2020, the first day involved an monologue and a possible “movement” callback. Unsurpri..
Learning to Love the Impossible
Eddie Izzard has set herself an “impossible” task of completing 32 marathons in 31 days for charity.
Why do video games have “nightmar..
It’s European, It’s Devised, It’s Performance
I had the opportunity to chat with the current cohort of graduate students in the European Devised Performance Practice program (shortened to EDPP for obvious reasons) about their experiences. For context, the EDPP MFA program is two years in length. The first year takes place in Berlin, Germany studying at arthaus.berlin. Students then return to Chicago for their final year of study on Columbia’s campus. I asked some of the cohort a few questions about the program to give you all the inside scoop! Check it out below:
The Main Event
After hundreds of collective hours of rehearsing, writing, memorizing, moving, trashing drafts of our shows, rewriting, memorizing again, designing, and performing…we did it
Edinburgh! & Birth of The Whisper
One of the most common questions I get from applicants of the EDPP MFA is:
“What are alumni of your program doing today?”
To which I res..
The Third Mask || SXSW
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhTK8FHDE0/
The funny thing about the final semester for this program is that your cohort, which used to h..
Looooooooove, Looooove, Love
Back at the beginning…
Maintaining a love life is one of the most complicated things you can do in graduate school, especially when ..
Devising a Festival
For our EDPP thesis projects, each of us is responsible for submitting an inquiry that we will investigate through performance. We can c..
Farcing About
It’s our first week back at school for our FINAL SEMESTER (whaaaaaaaat!?), and I’ve just returned from Berlin!