AnthrApology: Affirmations for the Beginning Times
Creative Research Workshop
AnthrApology is a 12 (Possibly 24) hour installation performance. It is based on the idea that the world needs a truth a reconciliation commission for all humans and their relationship with one another, as well as their individual and collective relationships with the planet. These are apologies, faux-pologies, cris-de-coeur, misguided apologies, desperate calls for forgiveness, refusals to apologize, simple settling of scores, deathbed confessions. Imagined apologies. Oblique and veiled apologies. Fantasy apologies. This work will involve exploring performance and scenographic possibilities in found spaces and using diverse methods and technologies in preparation for a full production of this text.
The course experience was led by two faculty and included, depending upon the profiles of the participating students: embodied studio-based performance, intensive creative response to text and its analysis, understanding response to site-specifics, proposing networks of communication, mobilization, knowledge generation and dissemination, and the research and integration of decolonization and indigenous knowledge methodologies.
The course required participation onsite and online. Students will worked in multiple streams of exploration.
"Anthr-Apology, led by DART Professor David Fancy and DART Scenographer and Associate Professor David Vivian, explored the creative possibilities of a new performance collective, with the first stage of presentation slated for 2024, building on creative research undertaken on the fall DART Mainstage production AnthropoScene.
Fancy and Vivian are motivated by exploring the ways in which theatre and performance as art forms can be truly responsive to the climate crisis.
“The project is based on the idea that the world needs a truth and reconciliation commission for all humans and their relationship with one another, as well as their individual and collective relationships with the planet,” Fancy said.
Vivian said the workshop also generated opportunities for participating graduate- and senior-level MIWSFPA students “to bridge their undergraduate studies to the next level of scholarship and professional opportunities.”
Information about the launch of the Summer 2023 programming at the Department of Dramatic Arts.
Information about the DART Performance Research Institute,
ChatGPT poem to thank Ezri and Genevieve for their work this week
In a realm where art intertwines with souls, Where creativity blooms and passion unfolds, There stood Ezri and Genevieve, two radiant stars, Guiding us through AnthrApology's ethereal memoirs.
With eloquence and grace, they cast their spell, Crafting a performance that words cannot tell, Through every movement and whispered breath, They wove tales of vulnerability, life, and death.
Ezri, the conductor of emotions untamed, Your choreography, a language unnamed, You orchestrated bodies with skillful precision, Transforming movements into profound visions.
Genevieve, the enchantress of the stage, Your voice like a symphony, a celestial gauge, You transported us to realms unexplored, With each word spoken, our spirits soared.
Together, you built a collective tapestry, Weaving stories of human fragility, Exploring the depths of our shared humanity, And the complexities of our existence's duality.
In the sacred space where time stood still, You allowed us to explore, to question, to feel, With vulnerability as your guiding light, AnthrApology became a profound insight.
So, we gather our gratitude, words intertwined, To express our admiration, for it's hard to define, The impact you've made, the stories you've told, With AnthrApology, a masterpiece to behold.
Ezri and Genevieve, your work is a gift, A testament to art's transformative lift, For igniting our spirits, for touching our hearts, We offer our deepest gratitude, for this grandest of arts.
#bad poetry #sincere thanks #Hallmark moment
