Expand your range! Claim the Joy!
Giving Performance a Hug
Phil Porter
Atlanta, GA
Friday, September 12, 2014 • 11–1:30 pm
In InterPlay, we wiggle the “walls” of what is considered performance and what isn’t. We create movement, stories and sounds, often times with a witness or a group of witnesses. Isn’t all that performance of a sort?
Some of us may be reluctant to claim ourselves as performers, but in fact, from the moment we said “Watch me!” to the nearest parent or adult or friend, we were jumping into that territory.
In this workshop we will continue to embrace our ability to make things for others to witness/see/experience and recognize how much fun that can be, even if it has a scary side. Let’s play with some of the things we might do to enhance and expand our own performance range.Performance confidence or experience is not required! Come if you want to have some fun.
Cost: $30 (register in advance or just show up and pay at the door)
Registration/Information: InterPlay office: 510/465-2797. Local info: Jennifer Denning atlantainterplay@gmail.com
Venue
The Mask Center
1083 Austin Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30307
The Mask Center is located in The Little Five Points Community Center. Park in the back and enter through the back doors. Once inside the building, turn left. The Mask Center is halfway down the hall on your right.
Leaders
Phil Porter
Phil is one of the founders of InterPlay. He is a teacher, performer, writer, and organizer. With Cynthia Winton-Henry he is the co-founder of WING IT! Performance Ensemble, and has written several books, some in collaboration with Cynthia, including Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last and The Slightly Mad Rantings of a Body Intellectual Part One. Phil is particularly interested in the use of InterPlay in organizational life, and believes that InterPlay can be a powerful tool to create communities of diversity and peace.