Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

Banff/Citadel: A little faith

January 9, 2011
This entry is part 1 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

I am sitting in the Calgary Airport, fighting off the schadenfreudic urge to take in the Sunday morning chapel service offered here on the third floor mezzanine.  Sitting in front of me is a cart loaded with every possession I need to live with until the end of Spring: today is travel and orientation day [...]

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Banff/Citadel: Where am I?

January 9, 2011
This entry is part 2 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

I know that I’m somewhere near Banff, and that there are three buildings that I need to be aware of: our residence; the building with the fitness centre and the dining hall; and the theatre arts building.  As yet, I do not quite know how all these elements are connected.  We got a tour, but [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 1: I have fabulous armpits

January 10, 2011
This entry is part 3 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

After gym time this morning, I meandered up to the Vistas dining room to fuel up for the day.  Before I got here, I scoffed at the word “Vistas” being used to describe a dining room. It reminded me of those hyperbolic names given to cookie-cutter real estate developments: “Bayview” has no view of any [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 2: Spin

January 12, 2011
This entry is part 4 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

I am known for my grace.  This is probably news to you, but it’s true.  I can gracefully fall up a set of stairs, or smack myself in the calf with my own broadsword, or get very powerful magnets stuck up my nose.  This is why my husband makes me wear a helmet if I [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 3: I am the baddest gay dancer

January 13, 2011
This entry is part 5 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

The never-ending morning boot camp let up a little bit this morning, friends: we spent the first half of movement class doing very gentle stretching and movement, and the collective sigh of “thank you” was heard reverberating across the mountaintops.  But then Phil decided to teach us a bit of a dance combination, and because [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 4: Synergy sallies forth

January 14, 2011
This entry is part 6 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

As we cross the hump of the first week and material begins to pile up before us, it seems that our course work has finally begun to resonate across disciplines.  Movement class this morning featured an anatomy crash course, which fed directly into our voice class’ exploration of resonance; in our text preparation class we [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 5: Accumulation

January 15, 2011
This entry is part 7 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

It has been snowing non-stop in Banff for the past 24 hours or so.  The slow, steady pile-up of powder crunched sharply underfoot as we all made our way to class this morning. Since Phil had taken time for a quiet anatomy lesson yesterday — and because his volleyball team lost last night — he [...]

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Banff/Citadel, Day 6: Small victories, and where I am

January 17, 2011
This entry is part 8 of 24 in the series Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program

Practice, practice, practice. So much of making progress on skills — be they acting-related or anything else — is having the presence of mind to recognize that learning takes time, and that you have to be content with what you can accomplish “in the now”.  We’ve had a million things thrown at us this week [...]

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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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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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