3.6 Adam Rose on Magic and the Body
Some Small Magic
Adam Rose is a dancer based in Chicago, and the Founder and Artistic Director of Antibody Corporation. Topics include the mind-body problem, fragmented adolescent theories, and spirituality.
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3.5 Corey Smith
Some Small Magic
Corey Smith, an artist and friend, joins me for an informal chat about his recent show The New Prairie School, the Midwest the Neo-Futurists, objects, capital-P capital-A Performance Art, art galleries, and ambient fish.
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3.4 Erica Mott
Some Small Magic
Erica Mott tells me about overcoming deep fear through joy and surprise, making new objects out of trash, learning from every voice, and the magical elements of presence.
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3.3 Don Share on Poetry
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Don Share is the editor of Poetry Magazine, the longest-running monthly English language periodical dedicated to poetry. We talk about the idealism of poetry, poetry's durability and portability, editing with a legacy, and the joy of literary magazines.
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x.6 Christopher Knowlton on Object Performance
Some Small Magic
Cut from a recording that's being saved for a future project, here's a quick conversation between Christopher Knowlton and I about puppetry and object performance.
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x.5 Lee Mikeska Gardner
Some Small Magic
Lee Mikeska Gardner is the Artistic Director of the Nora Theatre Company in Cambridge, MA. We talk about the differences in Boston and D.C.'s arts scenes, collaborating with scientists, honesty in practice, and how to put the work first.
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3.2 Meghan Beals
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This week, Meghan Beals, the Artistic Director of Chicago Dramatists, tells me about working with a legacy, being just a part of a process, building the new American canon, and that it's okay not to know.
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3.1 Liz Anderson
Some Small Magic
Some Small Magic is back for Season 3! This time, we're focusing on the "Breadth of New Work," so we're kicking it off with Liz Anderson, a Chicago-based writer and comedian who creates one-of-a-kind theatrical events. We talk about how she makes the One Woman No Show, the showmanship of wrestling, and, of course, yelling at ghosts.
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2.7 Thom Pasculli
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Closing out the 2nd season of Some Small Magic, Walkabout Theater Company's Thom Pasculli and I talk about vitality, making a way to make theatre, learning to touch your toes, the obligation in ritual, and investing in our imaginations.
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2.6 Vanessa Valliere
Some Small Magic
Vanessa Valliere - a Chicago-based performer with Manual Cinema and Mucca Pazza who toured with Tour de Fat, and now takes her puppet shows around the country - tells me about the pain of creating, swing dancing in Japan, finding one's place in the ensemble, and trying not to eat your puppets.
info_outlineRecorded at the 2017 Puppeteers of America National Festival in St. Paul, Yngvild Aspeli (the Artistic Director of Plexus Polaire) and I discuss collaboration, perfection in fragility, starting from the theme, and changing a show with every performance.
Music by SJ Roberts: find more at sjroberts.bandcamp.com