Tag: Program
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Halfway to Hilarity: Getting Back to #Acting Basics with #Improv
Around the beginning of September, I decided to get back to basics. There had been subtle hints in my life in recent months, for me to take an important step in my career: more training, specifically improvisation. Then, after researching various programs, including Upright Citizen’s Brigade (UCB), The Magnet Theater, and the People’s Improv Theater…
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At the Center of It All: Thoughts from #TheMetropolitanOperaHouse & #ABT’s Performance of “Manon” starring #DianaVishneva, #MarceloGomes, & #MistyCopeland
A Few years ago, I saw the 2006 documentary called Ballerina. The film features profiles of five different dancers of Russia’s Marinsky (Kirov) Ballet throughout the piece. One dancer in particular caught my attention: Diana Vishneva. She was rehearsing the ballet Manon with the Paris Opera Ballet. Instantly, I was moved by it, and thought that if I ever…