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Month: February 2011

Music and peach cake

February 18, 2011April 10, 2011 David Slater1 Comment

I drive back over the Bay Bridge from Oakland to San Francisco from my first visit to Stagebridge nourished by the alchemy of theatre, full of new stories, song and succulent peach cake. A tiny glimpse of a complex body of practice:  I sit in on the Word for Word class:" Once upon a sunny morning… Continue reading Music and peach cake →

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Choirs, Stagebridge

A Grandson named Entelechy

February 16, 2011April 10, 2011 David SlaterLeave a comment

I visited a dance class for seniors in Berkeley this morning. Before class I was chatting to Judy Job and I mentioned that I was the director of an arts company in south London called Entelechy. "Ah", she said, " The actualisation of an idea". She has a grandson named Entelechy. She has danced for… Continue reading A Grandson named Entelechy →

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Dance

The Boyfriend

February 12, 2011June 16, 2011 David Slater3 Comments

Dear Sue, Suzanne, Walter, James, Felicia, Sally, Dolly, Here it is! I think we should all congratulate ourselves! Twelve minutes of drama from nothing in 34 minutes. You are all so brilliant at improv. I'm now going to take this back to London and share it with our company there. They may already be catching… Continue reading The Boyfriend →

Posted in UncategorizedTagged EngAGE, The Boyfriend

“I feel alive!”

February 10, 2011April 10, 2011 David SlaterLeave a comment

A drumming class at Heritage Park apartments in Anaheim. I join as the session is in full swing. Five women and a man sitting in a circle crashing out rhythm with Robin their teacher. The beat speeds to a crescendo and the group pause. "I feel alive", exclaims the woman sitting next to me. "I'm… Continue reading “I feel alive!” →

Posted in UncategorizedTagged EngAGE

“But Mum you could be!”

February 9, 2011April 10, 2011 David Slater2 Comments

Los Angeles. This crazy sprawl of a city where the art of mindfulness is totally essential for negotiating the freeways. I'm visiting the Burbank Seniors Colony. It's an apartment rental as they say here where the possibility of making art is built into the fabric of the building. There are living spaces and creating spaces:… Continue reading “But Mum you could be!” →

Posted in UncategorizedTagged EngAGE

Rain

February 7, 2011February 9, 2011 David SlaterLeave a comment

Flying at thirty-six thousand feet over the snow fields of Manitoba Jo Shapcott's words trickle off the page, a fragment from 'Somewhat Unravelled' a poem about her auntie. 'Then she says don't you  ever want to go to market and get lost                          … Continue reading Rain →

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