Comments on: 10 questions: Erika Batdorf http://theatreisterritory.com/2008/02/10-questions-erika-batdorf/ Performance. Production. Theory. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:10:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Erika Batdorf http://theatreisterritory.com/2008/02/10-questions-erika-batdorf/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Erika Batdorf Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:59:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=268#comment-920 regarding the first comment-<br/>I am always encouraging theatre groups and even my grad students at York to share the cost of space rental and teach each other... we did that in Montreal... and had a blast- and the more mixed up the group the better. Too often we feel we need to be making a piece of theatre to get together and share/play... regarding the first comment-
I am always encouraging theatre groups and even my grad students at York to share the cost of space rental and teach each other… we did that in Montreal… and had a blast- and the more mixed up the group the better. Too often we feel we need to be making a piece of theatre to get together and share/play…

]]> By: Ian Mackenzie http://theatreisterritory.com/2008/02/10-questions-erika-batdorf/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Ian Mackenzie Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:28:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=268#comment-477 I can't imagine what it must have been like to witness the gutting of North American arts communities at the hands of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Entire theatre companies were blinked out of existence – as were countless painters, arts administrators, musicians, designers, patrons – destroyed by a terrible wasting disease.<br/><br/>Thank you Erika for reminding me to never forget the art makers I'll never know. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to witness the gutting of North American arts communities at the hands of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Entire theatre companies were blinked out of existence – as were countless painters, arts administrators, musicians, designers, patrons – destroyed by a terrible wasting disease.

Thank you Erika for reminding me to never forget the art makers I’ll never know.

]]> By: mike http://theatreisterritory.com/2008/02/10-questions-erika-batdorf/comment-page-1/#comment-476 mike Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:34:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=268#comment-476 "there is not one way to train. BUT ONE MUST TRAIN. The dumbing down of the ART FORM of theatre is tragic. Think how long a musician practices daily . . . do actors? THEY MUST. But the allure of TV and film and the fact that hard work and talent are not necessarily related to success in that arena and the financial struggle of surviving in theatre all combine in a negative way to promote – why train?"<br/><br/>i love this, it's a good synthesis of the major issues making training for the contemporary actor a problem. - if theatre is a craft, then it involves training those skills that make it an art form instead of a personality contest.- we have been struggling with this at praxis. our concerted response begins today as associate artist danny waugh leads many of our company in an audition workshop. other workshops by other artists will follow. <br/><br/>the theory behind this is that each of us is particularly good at something. we could all benefit from a concerted effort to pass our strengths on to one another. maybe we should change it to, those who can, can, because they practice. no, that sucks, but you get what i'm saying. “there is not one way to train. BUT ONE MUST TRAIN. The dumbing down of the ART FORM of theatre is tragic. Think how long a musician practices daily . . . do actors? THEY MUST. But the allure of TV and film and the fact that hard work and talent are not necessarily related to success in that arena and the financial struggle of surviving in theatre all combine in a negative way to promote – why train?”

i love this, it’s a good synthesis of the major issues making training for the contemporary actor a problem. - if theatre is a craft, then it involves training those skills that make it an art form instead of a personality contest.- we have been struggling with this at praxis. our concerted response begins today as associate artist danny waugh leads many of our company in an audition workshop. other workshops by other artists will follow.

the theory behind this is that each of us is particularly good at something. we could all benefit from a concerted effort to pass our strengths on to one another. maybe we should change it to, those who can, can, because they practice. no, that sucks, but you get what i’m saying.

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