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... The Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Woolf Conference  yielded two open parts to their program. A play & poetry reading: Angel in the House by Eureka at Greystone Theatre presented by the University of Saskatchewan Drama Department & poet Louise Halfe/Skydancer  reading at the Mendel Art Gallery ... ... what I love about conferences, though I was not a participant, is the research aura that surrounds these events ... a celebration of research ... both events ultimately revealed treasures of knowledge ...  ... just some simple notes afterwards ... ... who was Bloomsbury? Eureka? ... the play was partly " an exploration of the gender and sexual politics of Bloomsbury, her intellectual/artistic circle ... Bloomsbury's interdisciplinary nature ... Woolf's friends, family members, and colleagues suggest how a combination of academic work, artistic production, and political analysis can articulate itself through public engagement." ... " a ...

Workshop Impulse concluded .  Awkwardly first described as Towards Action (from impulse through association to elements of inaction) the ten day sessions ultimately examined the practice and vocabulary of Joe Chaikin and the creative actor. "I felt a terrific longing for a kind of ensemble," Mr. Chaikin told author William Goldman, for the book, "The Season." "I wanted to play with actors, actors who felt a sensitivity for one another... In order to come to a vocabulary, we had to teach each other: we had no ambitions other than to meet and play around... " ( Playbill ) The days submerged into seven investigations: space, place, territory, emblem, sphere & zone, occupation & inhabit.  The individual body & voice training exercises moved subtly into acts of mapping and connection forming constellations. Words flowed from reflective actors lips: spontaneity, silence, source, partner, community, ether and beacon. Fra...

Workshop: Towards Action  (from Impulse through association to elements of inaction) Participants: Stefan, Kristen, Jared & Andrew Monday, May 21 - Friday June 1 @ The Temple 7 - 9 pm. Day 1:  Space:  Introduce Centering, The Plastiques, Cat and Voice              fundamentals of breath, chant & body connection. Vigil. (Stefan, Kristen, Jared & Andrew) Day 2:  Place: Centering multiple times with movement together. Floor work.             Establishing place & enter with exchange. (Stefan, Kristen, Jared & Andrew) Day 3: Territory: Searching connection/ contact. Weight & Balance.              The inner dance & the solo. Dancingness. Silence. (Stefan, Kristen, Jared & Andrew) Day 4: Emblem:  Entering the space one at a time.  Breath and Vibration ...