Ensemble
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There’s more to directing than familiarity with the latest
technology. There’s more to scriptwriting than having
Final Draft on your computer. There’s more to acting than knowing your
lines and hitting your mark. And there’s definitely more than the endless
analyzing of ideas. It’s in the Ensemble work that the ineffable, the magic & mystery
take place.
Before we
can be part of an Ensemble, we have to be part of who we are*. The gift of ensemble work is first, to teach us who we
are and then how to join that reality with others.
What defines Ensemble work is that within the "one way" are an infinite variety of ways that allow the individual
to shine & blend. It explores and illuminates experience, offering fresh & original insight.
It is not dependency. It is honest, give & take with unique & exhilarating inter-connectedness. It's core is
generosity.
See "Ensemble, The Method & All That Jazz" article/interview
* See "Fresh Takes", Naming
riff "You
can say anything, so long as you say it the right way."
