So 41 days approx. until y2k12 which means it's coming up real fast on our tentative opening date of June 21st, 2012!!
Gotta get the script finished and start some fundraising campaigns stat!!!
Showing posts with label theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label theater. Show all posts
November 21, 2011
2012
So 41 days approx. until y2k12 which means it's coming up real fast on our tentative opening date of June 21st, 2012!!
Gotta get the script finished and start some fundraising campaigns stat!!!
October 11, 2011
Aeterno Elementum finally on stage in Seattle!
September 08, 2011
Aeterno Elementum III ~ a Success!
Some of my favorite photos of the shows...
photographers ~
Erik Christensen, Lissy Nichols, Alex Kiwerski, & Douglas Herring
all images copyright of AraKus Productions
May 02, 2011
Cerebral
I offered a link to this blog on one of the grant applications I submitted suggesting the judges panel could monitor my progress working on this project and then have posted nothing on it since. Sigh.. so much of the work is simply cerebral. I rely heavily on the process of creative envisioning! That's not a cop out but a fact. I'd say close to 90% of every artistic endeavor I take on I do in silence and in solitude, the other 10% in active collaboration. This project is going to require a lot more action but with a date set of Summer 2012 I'm still in the process of visualizing how the whole thing will go down. It's going to demand the assimilation of every single idea and experience I've ever accomplished and encountered my whole life long! For 2 years now I've been deeply contemplating this story and how to ambitiously bring it to life. The set design alone is FAR from a simple matter to take on.
Recently my partner and I went to see a production of Camelot put on by a local operatic community theater. The performance was adequate, I'm not a fan of this particular rendition of the story that focuses mainly on the love affair of G & L.. but the costumes and set was donated by a professional production company which awarded me several aha moments in how to stage the raising of the underground Temple to the surface at the end of GSBL. That was something I was so far sweating quite a bit. I also talked to my friend Michael Folger who plays the Green General in Aeterno Elementum and he agreed to play the role of the Gold King for GSBL. So the scene of the Temple has begun to crystallize and take form in both my mind and manifestation!
Also Jeremy Veleber from Arakus and I were talking about L-wire possibilities the week before last at band practice. He's a software engineer and he believes he can reprogram the controllers to offer more options than the standard solid on, marquee, & strobe and agreed to assist with the Will-O-the-Wisps costumes which I'm super excited about! The next major challenge is determining whether the Green Snake will be performed by some sort of aerialist/acrobat or a giant puppet? As well as should the Giant be a laser projection like I saw in the Broadway touring production of Spamalot (the cow trebuchet) which is how I originally imagined it.. or have my friend Just Sage play it on stilts? That one entirely depends on what kind of budget we have to work with...
The script will be shared as soon as I've completed it! Trucking along bit by bit.. Stay tuned! So say we all.
Recently my partner and I went to see a production of Camelot put on by a local operatic community theater. The performance was adequate, I'm not a fan of this particular rendition of the story that focuses mainly on the love affair of G & L.. but the costumes and set was donated by a professional production company which awarded me several aha moments in how to stage the raising of the underground Temple to the surface at the end of GSBL. That was something I was so far sweating quite a bit. I also talked to my friend Michael Folger who plays the Green General in Aeterno Elementum and he agreed to play the role of the Gold King for GSBL. So the scene of the Temple has begun to crystallize and take form in both my mind and manifestation!
me w/Michael in AE
Also Jeremy Veleber from Arakus and I were talking about L-wire possibilities the week before last at band practice. He's a software engineer and he believes he can reprogram the controllers to offer more options than the standard solid on, marquee, & strobe and agreed to assist with the Will-O-the-Wisps costumes which I'm super excited about! The next major challenge is determining whether the Green Snake will be performed by some sort of aerialist/acrobat or a giant puppet? As well as should the Giant be a laser projection like I saw in the Broadway touring production of Spamalot (the cow trebuchet) which is how I originally imagined it.. or have my friend Just Sage play it on stilts? That one entirely depends on what kind of budget we have to work with...
The script will be shared as soon as I've completed it! Trucking along bit by bit.. Stay tuned! So say we all.
March 02, 2011
transformational theater
"Transformational theater has as its goal the metamorphosis of the human soul, the reintegration of that part of us which is separated from the divine. In his great play Faust, Goethe alludes to the mystery of metamorphosis as having to do with Divine Love and the Eternal Feminine - the latter considered as an active Power of Celestial Redemption. Moreover, the ancient mystery schools chose mystery drama as a path of initiation for those who earnestly strove for higher knowledge and divine redemption.
The theater was and may again become a place of moral inspiration, a sacred temple, a source for personal transformation where the Power of Celestial Redemption transforms souls. Through transformational theater one may experience a flash of clairvoyance, an awakening of conscience, an arising of an innate sense of truth and justice. Engaged in a drama of spiritual awakening, the actor/actress may become a priest/priestess, a vessel for sacred magic through the power of the Word, and may penetrate through the veil of illusion to perceive the archetype of the human being in metamorphosis, thus experiencing the cosmic drama of humanity in evolution."
Summer @ Everett ~ 3x's a charm
We discovered that HISTORIC EVERETT THEATRE, the 3rd oldest theater in the US that remains in full operation (read about history here) also where we staged Aeterno Elementum act I, III, & will be doing IV in August of this year.. IS AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING THE WEEKEND OF SUMMER SOLSTICE 2012 on June 22nd & 23rd as well as the following!! Jeremiah is stopping by today to fill out the form for me to reserve it. So that's progress ~
We have a date :)
Now continuing onward with the pursuit of funding ~ I am contacting local and national anthroposophy organizations to see if some might be interested or can refer me to a proper non-profit that might stand behind me to apply for one of the many art grants, like the NEA, that only supply funding to other organizations opposed to individuals or groups...
February 28, 2011
Artist Statement for Fell Grant
Oh, my ~ life is such a journey! I have no doubt that I have not yet gone astray.. as the powers that be have led me here to state for you a mystery of what is art to me. To the alchemist there is a substance known as V.I.T.R.I.O.L. It stands for "Visita Interiora Terra Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem" or ‘Visit the interior of the Earth, by rectifying what you find there you will discover the philosophers stone.’ The quintessence of alchemy is knowing the right order of things. In order to be able to put things into their right order, we need to know all their constituent parts. In order to know what these parts are, we have to be able to break the whole down into its basic elements. Spiritually and psychologically, it is facing one's emotions and letting feelings flow, so that innocence and purity can be restored. In essence it is to look through the glass at oneself to find what is hidden and by doing so invent or restore your true self by finding your purpose here in this world.
I was a rather precocious child who lived in her own little world along with fairies and the sound of locust late in the summer that lures me even now into a feeling of predestination. I was always obsessed with finding secret talent. I began dance classes very young age finding some success in that I learned quickly. I was skilled at replicating any movement done before me. Dancing is my bliss, most certainly. However the body I was born with did not come completely equipped for the life of a ballerina. Somehow my knees calcified in a way that forbids me to straighten my legs all the way with feet in the first and fifth positions.(?) Although I was good at faking it.. I still knew I would never make it a formidable career of the art. Thus the ascent of dissolution had begun.
Onward to the horrors of adolescence.. to even mention it is sulfuric! Sulfuric acid is a powerful corrosive that eats away everything that is flesh. It reacts with every single elemental metal except for gold. We are tempered in the furnace of experience, of trial and error. I tried cheerleading for a stint, did not like the social requirements of it.. so I quit and auditioned for my first play in theater and was granted a part in it but the name of it we'll not mention as it was Shakespeare's most notorious. When it comes to theater I am a purist ~ I insist that I am an actor and not an actress as I have no limits. Like the salt of the Earth, I am an artist! My drama teacher in high school sang to me many praises of encouragement. I decided these were ingredients for me to pursue further on into college.
After studying theater in college I became bored with the restrictive structure of it and longed for something that would allow me more input into the creative process. In 1997 I ran away and joined 'The Ever-Changing Festival of Now' choosing to explore the alternative spectacle and interactive entertainment world of a genre known as none other than the circus. Developing skills in clowning, mime, stilt-walking, and fire dancing, I went on to join many other companies and troupes the past 14 years experiencing the hurt, harm, heartbreak, and sense of loss inherent with separation when still none held rainbow's pot of gold. With each new project I put my whole heart into it, committing to the success of it with every part of my being. However some conflicting idea or another about creative direction or perhaps the vision, or code of conduct consideration, or maybe someone's expectation couldn't be met, it simply would fail to ferment.. and yet spirit is the active presence in all of us that strives toward perfection.
I have begun to understand where my true will lies. It's distilled in what I call passionately mytho-poetic, as well as sensually neo-ritualistic, and revels in the depths of vulnerability while empowering the inner essence of all who witness. My sole motivation in life is to inspire the human race to see a little beyond the standard perception by fully embracing freedom, exhibiting a conscience understanding of the universal consistency of the human condition, all as expressions of peace, love, and the will to follow a dream. And so at this stage of my life I have come to recognize that I've been tempered to finally take creative lead on a project. I'm in the process of adapting a fairy tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe called ‘The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily’ into a stage script that I will be producing and directing sometime over the next year or so. I believe there's a truth hidden in this story that I must see to it that it's imparted to the consciousness of mankind for the greater good of all who lives. I also began teaching just this past year and look forward to rolling away the stone or to solve et coagulate, like I said before I can only state a mystery. My life is a journey and it's not over, few more twists and turns will lead to golden.
I was a rather precocious child who lived in her own little world along with fairies and the sound of locust late in the summer that lures me even now into a feeling of predestination. I was always obsessed with finding secret talent. I began dance classes very young age finding some success in that I learned quickly. I was skilled at replicating any movement done before me. Dancing is my bliss, most certainly. However the body I was born with did not come completely equipped for the life of a ballerina. Somehow my knees calcified in a way that forbids me to straighten my legs all the way with feet in the first and fifth positions.(?) Although I was good at faking it.. I still knew I would never make it a formidable career of the art. Thus the ascent of dissolution had begun.
Onward to the horrors of adolescence.. to even mention it is sulfuric! Sulfuric acid is a powerful corrosive that eats away everything that is flesh. It reacts with every single elemental metal except for gold. We are tempered in the furnace of experience, of trial and error. I tried cheerleading for a stint, did not like the social requirements of it.. so I quit and auditioned for my first play in theater and was granted a part in it but the name of it we'll not mention as it was Shakespeare's most notorious. When it comes to theater I am a purist ~ I insist that I am an actor and not an actress as I have no limits. Like the salt of the Earth, I am an artist! My drama teacher in high school sang to me many praises of encouragement. I decided these were ingredients for me to pursue further on into college.
After studying theater in college I became bored with the restrictive structure of it and longed for something that would allow me more input into the creative process. In 1997 I ran away and joined 'The Ever-Changing Festival of Now' choosing to explore the alternative spectacle and interactive entertainment world of a genre known as none other than the circus. Developing skills in clowning, mime, stilt-walking, and fire dancing, I went on to join many other companies and troupes the past 14 years experiencing the hurt, harm, heartbreak, and sense of loss inherent with separation when still none held rainbow's pot of gold. With each new project I put my whole heart into it, committing to the success of it with every part of my being. However some conflicting idea or another about creative direction or perhaps the vision, or code of conduct consideration, or maybe someone's expectation couldn't be met, it simply would fail to ferment.. and yet spirit is the active presence in all of us that strives toward perfection.
I have begun to understand where my true will lies. It's distilled in what I call passionately mytho-poetic, as well as sensually neo-ritualistic, and revels in the depths of vulnerability while empowering the inner essence of all who witness. My sole motivation in life is to inspire the human race to see a little beyond the standard perception by fully embracing freedom, exhibiting a conscience understanding of the universal consistency of the human condition, all as expressions of peace, love, and the will to follow a dream. And so at this stage of my life I have come to recognize that I've been tempered to finally take creative lead on a project. I'm in the process of adapting a fairy tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe called ‘The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily’ into a stage script that I will be producing and directing sometime over the next year or so. I believe there's a truth hidden in this story that I must see to it that it's imparted to the consciousness of mankind for the greater good of all who lives. I also began teaching just this past year and look forward to rolling away the stone or to solve et coagulate, like I said before I can only state a mystery. My life is a journey and it's not over, few more twists and turns will lead to golden.
February 22, 2011
work sample of Aeterno Elementum
Edited these down to 2-3 min for the Artist Trust Fellowship grant I'm applying for right now (to produce GSBL hopefully)
"unholy torment of the damned lay claim to this solitary soul for whom the devils sing verse"
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