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Banff/Citadel, Day 18: Let’s get visual

January 28, 2011
This entry is part 18 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

went to bed early last night; had great cardio session in the gym this morning; and as a result, today was a much better day than yesterday. I also credit the fact that our usual breakneck schedule was interrupted by the three-hour break this afternoon, which I spent preparing for The Three Musketeers. I know; [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 17: The dam

January 27, 2011
This entry is part 17 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

I think that people are a bit like artificial reservoirs — the type with dams on one end that can regulate water flow.  Everything we experience is like the water that collects in the reservoir — whether it trickles in from upstream, babbles its way into the lake after a rainfall, or sloshes in after [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 16: Surfeit

January 26, 2011
This entry is part 16 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

Evidence abounds that the sheer novelty of being here in Banff is wearing off: the once-excellent buffet in the dining hall is beginning to look routine.  The giddiness of the first week has given way to an earnest seriousness as all of us try to keep on top of our workload and our sanity. It [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 15: Getting heady

January 25, 2011
This entry is part 15 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

In stage combat class today, Paul decided to spend some time showing us how to use “found objects” to create stage fights.  We spent ninety minutes figuring out how to safely beat each other with pipes, corkscrews, cloaks, chalkboards, tripods, electrical cords, belts, desks, and small people. It’s amazing how excited adults get at the [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 13: Resonance and legacy

January 23, 2011
This entry is part 14 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

We’ve now finished our second week of training here in Banff, and are all trying in our own way to take a little time off. In dance class today, as we learned more of the Dream Ballet from West Side Story, Phil paused at one point to reflect on how much pleasure he gets from [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 12: Armor

January 22, 2011
This entry is part 13 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

This morning, Phil gave his movement class over to one of our colleagues, who used it to lead a yoga practice.  Because I’ve worked with Lana before at the St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, I’d been taught by her before, and was thrilled about the prospect.  Partway through the practice, she pointed out that on one [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 11: Exhaustion, fear, and beef

January 21, 2011
This entry is part 12 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

A general sense of exhaustion has settled over most of our gang today.  Our bodies and voices are tired, and while we’re all marching gamely from class to class, there is a bit of a haze over everyone.  Some say it’s the workload; some say it’s a lack of sleep; I say it’s the beef. [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 10: Forward

January 20, 2011
This entry is part 11 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

Warning: this post is wanky. Maybe I’ll be funny tomorrow In voice class today, we began looking at articulations and resonators.  Betty has been underlining all of her voice work with the notion that the most interesting voices on stage are ones that are free, resonant, focused on putting ideas out into the world: the [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 9: Glazed hum

January 19, 2011
This entry is part 10 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

Welcome, friends, to day nine of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program. Here at the picturesque Banff Centre, we partake in a wide range of activities guaranteed to spook the most seasoned of businessmen. Today, the campus’ usual mix of artists, musicians and actors was tilted by the arrival of some 600 people from all [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 8: Let’s get physical

January 18, 2011
This entry is part 9 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

After a much-needed day of almost-rest — that was Day 7, if you’re keeping count, and I spent it frolicking with deer in the woods, snowball fighting, and catching up on homework — we jumped right back into the thick of things. I looked at the schedule this morning and quickly realized I’d have to [...]

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