Quote for Today: George Stevens
I was fascinated by all of it. The sounds of the theater and the audience, their rapture when a play took over and moved them and held them quietly… When …
Quote for Today: Tina Fey
The first rule of improvisation is AGREE. Always agree and SAY YES. When you’re improvising, this means you are required to agree with whatever your partner has created. So if …
Familiar and Strange: Experiencing Kabuki with Heisei Nakamura-za
Art from other cultures can be difficult to understand, but sometimes reveals similarities to our own that we don’t expect. While in New York City to perform in Houston Grand Opera’s …
Bringing Nature to the City: Urban Fog Art by Fujiko Nakaya
Have you enjoyed the magic of a bank of fog, letting it slip around you as surroundings vanish and reappear? Many who experience fog simply find it inconvenient and dangerous. …
Make-up and Cleaning Products: Gluten Sensitivity On and Off the Stage
Makeup and hygiene products often contain gluten. If you are sensitive enough to react to them, what should you avoid? You probably don’t think twice about using a glob of …
Play of Shadows: Two Forms of Asian Shadow Theater and Their Descendants
In much of Asia there is a tradition of shadow theater, also called shadow puppetry or shadow play, an ancient art in which characters are fashioned from leather or paper …
Theater of the Ant: The Photography of Andrey Pavlov
Welcome to ant week at Synkroniciti! These miniature scenes have been assembled by photographer Andrey Pavlov and peopled with live ants from a hill not far from his home. Andrey …
Quote for Today: Anton Chekhov
Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days and whole unsuccessful seasons: there will …