Today was extraordinary. I have been debating a long time about the opening scene and I finally committed to doing what we call 'the taking down scene' as the opening. It is intense, rich... and dark, but sets the show up the right way... it is a tough way to start a show... but today my gut was lined up right and as hard as it is I know it is right... our prayers to start the day were gorgeous and I was scared at first... I was not sure about offering a long Baha'i prayer that felt very personal in this multi faith group, especially as the director - my fears of imposing, of 'colonialism' did not stop me though and I shared it anyway and we confirmed in our discussion that we all now feel safe enough to share in our OWN way- without feeling like we are imposing something on others... it has taken us some time to get to this point.
this clearly set the day up well and we were very productive conceptually and technically...
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- Erika Batdorf
- Erika Batdorf has written, created, performed, directed and choreographed original movement theater since 1983. Her solo works have appeared in such places as the Smithsonian Institute, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Landegg Academy for International Development in Switzerland, Nine Dragon Heads International Art Symposium in South Korea, Harvard University, amongst many others. Batdorf performed for the UN conference in Switzerland entitled, ‘The Role of Women in a United Europe’, the UN Global Summit in Copenhagen and at the Jakarta Arts Center for the 7th International Women Playwrights Conference in Indonesia. She ran The Batdorf School for Movement Theatre in Boston for several years, currently teaches at York University in Toronto and is an Associate Playwright at CanStage. She has received 4 Dora nominations since 2005 (two for new plays, one for performance and one for directing). This summer, she will be working on a new play, "One Pure Longing: Tahari's Search", commissioned by Luminato. It will be shown June 11th-14th, 2010.
Dir. Erika Batdrf (Center) and cast members Kate Digby, Matthew Romantini, Meegwun Fairbrother, Marya lowry and Akosua Amo-Adem (left to right) gather to discuss their improvisational work.
Marya Lowry, in the middle of an improv.
Maria Popoff, our Director of Production, observes a group improvisation.
Stage Manager Sarah Mersereau takes notes during rehersal.
Associate Producer Paul Shaw dropped in to rehearsal for a production meeting.
Meegwun Fairbrother listens to Erika's rehearsal feedback.
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