Improv Everywhere – ARTS. WORK. LIFE. by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals Ep.1.
Arts workers are essential, and more than ever, it’s important that the world understand what it’s like to work in the performing arts. Hear the bold, untold personal stories on workplace and work culture from arts workers themselves. The ARTS. WORK. LIFE. podcast series is produced by APAP and made possible with support from the Wallace Foundation.
āThe show must go on!ā is a phrase associated with live entertainment for a reason. Arts workers have always had to think on their feet, respond to last-minute disasters, and improvise their way through unexpected circumstances. But the past few years have presented the industry with some unique disruptions. For the first episode of Season 2, we bring you stories about improvisation from around the world including stories about how crises can help you grow, the strength in flexibility, and how too much uncertainty can grind you down.
Introduction:Ā āIn Tuneā with Aruna Kharod, an ethnomusicologist and South Asian performing artist based in Austin, Texas.
Act One:Ā āFlipping The Scriptā with Audrey Rose DĆ©gez, a playwright and producer for CP4P International Productions who splits her time between Pittsburgh and Paris.
Act Two:Ā ā On The Road Againā with Gracie Meier, a multimedia artist and artistic director for The Exodus Ensemble in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Act Three:Ā āStooping to New Heightsā with Kendra J. Ross, a dancer, choreographer, community organizer and founding director of STooPS in Brooklyn, New York.
You can find a full transcript and more on APAPās website:Ā https://apap365.org/podcast/
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The Storytellers in this episode are:
Aruna Kharod (Austin, TX), an ethnomusicologist and South Asian performing artist, who learned to let go of her perfectionist training to find joy again.
Audrey Rose DeĢgez (Pittsburgh, PA, and Paris, France), an American playwright and producer for CP4P International Productions, who had a planned residency in the Ukraine when the war broke out and instead established a creative refuge for artists like her.
Gracie Meier (Santa Fe, NM), a multimedia artist and artistic director for The Exodus Ensemble, who demonstrates how improvisation and flexibility are strengths.
Kendra J. Ross (Brooklyn, NY), a dancer, choreographer, community organizer, and founding director of STooPS, who took the pandemic as time to slow her unsustainable pace.
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ARTS. WORK. LIFE. is an award-winning podcast about what it’s really like to work in the performing arts, featuring bold, untold stories from artists and arts workers.
The podcast is produced by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals with the support of the Wallace Foundation. Listen on your favorite podcast app.
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