tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26726555288195726382024-03-14T05:09:24.686-07:00Barbara Michaels, Interactive TheaterWhimsy, poignancy, strength... Barbara is a clown, performance artist, dancer, and costumed wedding officiant in New York City. She engages audiences with improvisation, audience interaction, and site specific work ~ solo and ensemble.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-58093483637988332112010-06-05T14:02:00.001-07:002010-06-05T14:42:16.644-07:00Cliff - Clown Super PowersCliff is my clown. S/he gets things done with confident ineptitude. S/he has Super Powers... S/he is a Rock Star... This footage is Cliff's first public appearance. A workshop show for the Pochinko clown class taught by Deborah Kaufmann, where Cliff was born.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12322069&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12322069&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12322069">Cliff - Clown Super Powers</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3980012">Barbara Ann Michaels</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-10625822969403209202008-09-29T20:00:00.000-07:002008-11-08T14:46:57.614-08:00The Doormen, Walking Tour, San Francisco Fringe Festival 2008<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;">Lovers and others open doors for us we must walk through alone... </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photos by Liam Breck</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QYH8IlYVmBGKYqfyd542Gquu6i-HN6is-WYur7oiDi2AK47ICuM2C_yZ-tCJI1QYut188SK421fpg-L-NwzwIJhyphenhyphenE5bLs3bv6A4NkQ0pzQK8JGyr1v2jxddls3mENdV99g_dJ2RJu78/s1600-h/BarbaraOnStageCom21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QYH8IlYVmBGKYqfyd542Gquu6i-HN6is-WYur7oiDi2AK47ICuM2C_yZ-tCJI1QYut188SK421fpg-L-NwzwIJhyphenhyphenE5bLs3bv6A4NkQ0pzQK8JGyr1v2jxddls3mENdV99g_dJ2RJu78/s200/BarbaraOnStageCom21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266417727291112498" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">The Doormen</span> is a humorous chronicle of how loved ones provoke life-changing transitions. It is an <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">interactive, site-specific work employing physical comedy and improvisation</span>. For the 2008 San Francisco Fringe Festival, I staged an outdoor walking tour version of The Doormen in Downtown San Francisco. I paraded small audiences along a route of actual doorways and portals found among the hotels and restaurants near the EXIT Theatre, who sponsors the fest. <br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br />Very</span> loosely based on "Doormen" from my own life, this interactive show chronicles the thorny and thriving moments of Lulu, a passionate, lunatic heroine who marks transitions gifted by her "Doormen" -- lovers, co-workers, and a black cat.<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"> </span>The playwright returns between vignettes to lead the group to the next station of the tour.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">San Francisco Fringe Festival 2008<br />September 3-14<br />Wed-Sat 7pm, Sat-Sun 4pm<br />Walking tour begins in the EXIT Theatre Cafe<br />Fog or shine<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnSN0e1AeQujBNpQeD60_EkgXPERmInh5_8ESeLhmbipCb9yh1xruWt8kKteqFdJJhwo5UsCXHwFRO9p4wu_rgz0tT_s5zNcFWAOvsgMAvTtGc_7dRYTu8iXQ8CnPrwBVuqH44quIx-s/s1600-h/BMichaels+BarbaraInCharacter1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnSN0e1AeQujBNpQeD60_EkgXPERmInh5_8ESeLhmbipCb9yh1xruWt8kKteqFdJJhwo5UsCXHwFRO9p4wu_rgz0tT_s5zNcFWAOvsgMAvTtGc_7dRYTu8iXQ8CnPrwBVuqH44quIx-s/s200/BMichaels+BarbaraInCharacter1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266417462578293042" border="0" /></a>Like the idea? The Doormen is available for Festivals, Theaters, and Non-Traditional Venues worldwide. I'll recreate The Doormen anew around the set, street, or situation available to me.<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Development Shows for the Doormen:</span><br />The Garage, 975 Howard, San Francisco<br />Wednesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 2008<br />sharing a bill with Alicia Dattner & Katie Rubin<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;">Reviews for The Doormen</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />"I especially loved the way that experiencing your show created for me a whole new relationship with streets that I had been on many times before; the way your voice projected down the streets and through the hallways of towering buildings; the way the people dining in the restaurant looked up from their plates of spaghetti as we gazed at them over shuffling feet; the way the colors and shapes and stories of the mural became your own; the way I felt like I was in a temporary alternative universe that was simultaneously laid over top of the one I walked to the show through; I love the way passersby stopped and joined our groups for little moments; and the way you jumped quickly to lead us on- keeping me always on the edge of my toes; I loved the way this made me alert like a cat, eager and willing to follow and see what was next to unfold</span>. - Daphne Saliba<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-33656770415956955422007-06-25T01:52:00.000-07:002008-07-13T20:19:36.753-07:00Clown Arrives in Camp Care Package<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrsjcYDuZYLt4eOywAmOPHe9TQUT37tdu2tIw0gPNNCvgTWuHzuf5s2wR0EkkwXpt_2ipSJg9u9q7bPsxE4z7gIqbtetkAUsQWaOMgA8bolDRnyfhGVodLoOdPf6G3quldteQTG1Tij2q/s1600-h/morse+summer+show+-+solo+clown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5pt; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrsjcYDuZYLt4eOywAmOPHe9TQUT37tdu2tIw0gPNNCvgTWuHzuf5s2wR0EkkwXpt_2ipSJg9u9q7bPsxE4z7gIqbtetkAUsQWaOMgA8bolDRnyfhGVodLoOdPf6G3quldteQTG1Tij2q/s400/morse+summer+show+-+solo+clown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105264205788355906" border="0" /></a>Swirl of Summer Color<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photos by Liam Breck</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 5px 0pt 0pt 5px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NIFFijEmV0vFGcA_Hl1wfOea9UnIa9xPj87CE9xWGdeBiKOW-G7PZFfjC_jOcxutkdEPF0RrxRTjhY_Bd6D8DWs5DHzjrtYRHkWrnhJImz1kvZS3NUlaYRCc3Nz4ljYJbAZ72jvJ3g-v/s1600-h/morse+summer+show+-+ride.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NIFFijEmV0vFGcA_Hl1wfOea9UnIa9xPj87CE9xWGdeBiKOW-G7PZFfjC_jOcxutkdEPF0RrxRTjhY_Bd6D8DWs5DHzjrtYRHkWrnhJImz1kvZS3NUlaYRCc3Nz4ljYJbAZ72jvJ3g-v/s200/morse+summer+show+-+ride.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105265283825147218" border="0" /></a><br />Take Me to Camp<br />with You<br /></div></div>Summer Camp: loud splashy days in the city pool, ice cream by the pound, two lost shoes, a clown smiling down. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">At Morse Community School, I'm performing an interactive welcome show for sixty or so elementary age campers.</span> I know some of the children because I taught circus and theater here at Morse during the year. As I enter the gym, one small girl's voice peeps, "It's Barbara!" Within minutes, the room is aroar with my name and I am lovingly ambushed by the youngest of my students. "Can I help? I want to be in the show! Barbara!" I say yes, of course; all the<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> members of my audience are always in my show</span> in some way. Pictured at right is my most enthusiastic student, a sweet spitfire who hugged me like a tiger and and climbed me like a mountain all year. Today, she insisted on taking the stage with me... that is, on me! I love building on lively communication with the audience, creating a show in which the crowd can see that<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> I am making moves on stage inspired right now by us</span>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBQVgOsapZrNbfCj0y2zkvdxhx-G_CMMyY8fDFbzHLyY7987qE6yTQA8EEMIDPo239xxEEIKNC2vp2G3-NkYcb5e-sha9C_WWKluzfDpICKObLFhJ0sD4nOqTQ0xu5c5vlAbJSr9O8f4b/s1600-h/morse+summer+show+-+crowd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBQVgOsapZrNbfCj0y2zkvdxhx-G_CMMyY8fDFbzHLyY7987qE6yTQA8EEMIDPo239xxEEIKNC2vp2G3-NkYcb5e-sha9C_WWKluzfDpICKObLFhJ0sD4nOqTQ0xu5c5vlAbJSr9O8f4b/s320/morse+summer+show+-+crowd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105338513017544082" border="0" /></a>Yes! You All Get the Part!<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-1208495050620106812006-04-01T01:37:00.000-08:002008-07-13T20:19:36.753-07:00Lucia Dances with Nature Behind the Mask<span style="font-weight: bold;">Praise for Barbara in-mask:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Barbara has distinguished herself by her ability to bring an offbeat charm to a variety of mask characters. Her playful physicality and keen understanding of her characters project the penetrating power necessary to harness the potential of the mask.</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Eric Bornstein, Artistic Director, Behind the Mask Theater</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb6BBjntFplc225z1oIAnmamz19AjBZwMvz1PPwl6qHRyMdZa_wBhu4iMG03u34jtReM8QAPhs-mSFWcWDGl9K0-jmoVuO8K35n_UP9WRYFgo3ws-mMRF0e5MSMGVg10JYGX_beFyqrGF/s1600-h/btmt+lucia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb6BBjntFplc225z1oIAnmamz19AjBZwMvz1PPwl6qHRyMdZa_wBhu4iMG03u34jtReM8QAPhs-mSFWcWDGl9K0-jmoVuO8K35n_UP9WRYFgo3ws-mMRF0e5MSMGVg10JYGX_beFyqrGF/s400/btmt+lucia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074871534886101058" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Lucia And Barbara Gazing<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">mask and costume by Deborah Coconis<br />photo by Barbara Michaels</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I'm dancing strong behind my serene mask, striving for wild grace as a whirling goddess of nature. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">In mask, we talk with our bodies</span>, seeking through physical empathy with the audience to magically affect different 'facial expressions' in our unchanging masks. To portray fear, I repeatedly recoil and shift my torso under my yellow dress. To evoke grief, I journey slowly through the audience with sad measured steps, towering closely over the children on the floor.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Woman Who Outshone the Sun</span> is an adaptation of a Guatemalan folktale</span> about a woman who teaches a village to respect interdependence with nature and diversity among people. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">At the end of the show, members of Behind the Mask Theater remove our masks to answer questions</span>. Children often are surprised to learn that we did not buy our masks in a store! A common question is, "How do you see?" I again don my mask and head into the audience, helping children find my playful eyes inside my mask. I move down the row, engaging children in this eager game of hide and seek!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-59816788210679634742005-05-16T22:06:00.000-07:002008-07-13T20:19:36.754-07:00Tribal Rhythms: Educational Arts Celebration<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; text-align: center;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdAFdNVjd4oMq-o0C-YqV-glm4Bn0yLgVl2FH-cJaipqiwYA63y09PeX9_wKBArDMYdBliLu-pdS8t3gcCsL8zXl8SVzk8tDTf2hTbGse-4vC_iZ-np7j9tcrNooJj_KmOTXCRV1oRkCE/s320/tribal+rhythms+performers.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068352295006150690" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tribal Rhythms Company, 2004</span><br />Rebecca, Matt, Wyoma, Barbara, Eva<br />Curtis, Susan, Charley<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Self-Timer</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />"Goooooooood!" two hundred children respond together in adorable rote when Susan asks how they are this morning at Mile Tree Elementary in Wilbraham, MA. It is 8:45 am, 12 hours earlier than most grown-ups go to the theater. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Within the hour, all the children and their teachers will delight in each other by playing handmade percussion instruments and then giggle-dancing in a 300 foot conga line together. </span>I lead this line, weaving swaying kids and loosened teachers past each other so they can wave to their friends as we wiggle on by. I play several parts in the show including demonstrating world music instruments and acting out the story of how cave people may have discovered music - by accident!<br /><br />Tribal Rhythms has performed for over one million kids, teens, adults, and families since the 1970s. I spent about 4 years with this vaudeville show about how to use the arts to belong and get along. Charley Holley, one of the founders of Tribal Rhythms, embodied this philosophy as a sculptor, musician and significantly as a mentor to other artists. He passed away in 2006, leaving <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">a vibrant show that continues to teach groups of any age how to bring out the best in each other</span>.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-27922578232174744052005-02-10T22:02:00.000-08:002008-07-13T20:20:48.464-07:00Training with Lume Teatro in Brazil<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 5px 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDy1y8bJ7OukRTHgDg_cTxQkfo-dnHso2TtEvDjs-3EadfOVknhOwUXb3s5XdcjU4N6z0QMIduyrrdKTEZMPy4sF1M2sf4ohf9DMlda9VYpZa8DKyH76MwMEUovavp-BtEcLEw2K-UzRw/s1600-h/pescadores1lume05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDy1y8bJ7OukRTHgDg_cTxQkfo-dnHso2TtEvDjs-3EadfOVknhOwUXb3s5XdcjU4N6z0QMIduyrrdKTEZMPy4sF1M2sf4ohf9DMlda9VYpZa8DKyH76MwMEUovavp-BtEcLEw2K-UzRw/s200/pescadores1lume05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072030118451388802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pescadores</span>: Fisherman in Training<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photos by Helder Vasconcelos</span></div></div>In 2005, I traveled with clown colleague Wendy Kinal to Lume Teatro, a theatrical research center near Campinas, SP, Brazil. I returned to the US a different actor. Lume's teaching style is honest and kind, based in physical theater, butoh, and devotion to practice and project. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Actors training with Lume gained a strength and freedom I had not seen before</span>.<br /><br />Our hot Brazilian summer days were spent engaging principles of full-bodied motion, <div style="float: left;"><div style="margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfDKnebu3tdKzA2d9B8mfTCDxlXSiy2hK4jTSOIGWQCsl_2fCEoQPmB4XgVSzElybzYRdTJZpvRZGg1F2XT4CFML8f8DIkEvjZVTXaEBC0r6OQsv2teqGzwd_RnfPcyE4GBEP2IIbaiW8/s1600-h/Pescadoreslume205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfDKnebu3tdKzA2d9B8mfTCDxlXSiy2hK4jTSOIGWQCsl_2fCEoQPmB4XgVSzElybzYRdTJZpvRZGg1F2XT4CFML8f8DIkEvjZVTXaEBC0r6OQsv2teqGzwd_RnfPcyE4GBEP2IIbaiW8/s200/Pescadoreslume205.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072035109203386770" border="0" /></a><br />Land Fishing</div></div>collaborative story-making, and sculpting compelling stage images. Our finale was a street theater performance in downtown Campinas, in which I featured in a dance duet as a frustrated fisherman pursuing a crafty fish. I returned the following year, to further release into my creative vitality. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Até mais!</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-31449337000222979102004-12-10T21:50:00.000-08:002008-07-13T20:22:32.421-07:00Foodplay: Educational Clowning for Kids<span style="font-weight: bold;">Praise for Barbara and Wendy in Foodplay:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> A parent from Ichabod Crane School in New York called this morning. She raved about your shows there, and passed on that the principal said that in his thirty years in the field, you handled the audience better than anyone else he's ever worked with. Wow! Congratulations!</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Amy Martyn, Foodplay Productions</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDz37e4wLEPydWhacOiHop7mDeRQUiAl8TiPUlFrwuB7sd_QRy10HLHRg25JTm2nIRgd9VPXIVJDSoi-FTJGRx2qU5GMhuISbBliLPSJ8WCd_KzpLokL1kE0sf56i_xEohroDb-4C149RK/s1600-h/DSC00543.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDz37e4wLEPydWhacOiHop7mDeRQUiAl8TiPUlFrwuB7sd_QRy10HLHRg25JTm2nIRgd9VPXIVJDSoi-FTJGRx2qU5GMhuISbBliLPSJ8WCd_KzpLokL1kE0sf56i_xEohroDb-4C149RK/s400/DSC00543.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062807823656069266" border="0" /></a>Igor (Wendy) Helps Master (Barbara) Create a Diabolical Beverage!<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo via Foodplay Productions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />"JANEY," I holler as Coach Tobe Fit, head of the fictitious Junior Olympic Juggling team. Janey, exhausted from over-eating sugary snacks, dashes in late to juggling practice. Any hope of a fruitful practice is lost as Janey finds more cake and candy on stage to gobble in a frenzy until she collapses. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">As Coach, I teach Janey to juggle a balanced diet, three balls, and an interactive audience of up to 450 children during the show</span>.<br /><br />The Emmy Award winning Foodplay, an elementary school assembly program, has been touring nationally since the 1980's. Wendy & I tour New England, the mid-Atlantic states, and Phoenix, AZ. I enjoy acquiring new skills for shows and I learned to juggle balls, rings, and clubs for Foodplay. My best trick is one round of juggling a juggle ball, basketball, and a whiffle ball bat all at once.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-5199128987124423302004-11-01T01:41:00.000-08:002008-07-13T20:25:36.510-07:00Art Car: Sculpture Meets Interactive Theater<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">My Art Car, MONA, was featured in the Boston Globe, on WCVB's Chronicle, in parades around New England, and was seen by thousands of people daily on city streets.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjFNc0OTN4pvCmY_JbxE-ciiKDnDtDaUMhxOrGdcil-554G668FgX8jBakTZaOqx6aKuc4Ozx59GxPTjXE3OwzVJsron59KGFNYq8dvQGr66EKMUsPWPkCW7OEcpjfdcBl4szqtXhgcrA/s1600-h/ArtCar1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjFNc0OTN4pvCmY_JbxE-ciiKDnDtDaUMhxOrGdcil-554G668FgX8jBakTZaOqx6aKuc4Ozx59GxPTjXE3OwzVJsron59KGFNYq8dvQGr66EKMUsPWPkCW7OEcpjfdcBl4szqtXhgcrA/s400/ArtCar1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065545787281284882" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">MONA: "My Offering: Neighborhood Art"<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Pixel</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I graduate with my art school MFA, I have a studio full of tidbits and curiosities I've never found a way to use, like one hundred beige coffee stirrers, mismatched scrabble letters, and a footlong wooden boat. But of course, I'm a performance artist, my art is supposed to disappear after I make it. My solution for my "stuff," short of becoming a magician, arrives in the form of Harrod Blank's book "Art Cars." Perfect: <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">an art car is both an object <span style="font-style: italic;">and a performance</span></span>! Starting in 1999, artists Suzanne Hinton, Travis Hanmer, and I sand MONA down, and with gleeful precision apply paint and everyday debris from a wire fan to recycled toothbrushes to an astroturf stage. My boyfriend says MONA looks like she has been "run over by a circus."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The Poetry Drive-By</span>: We drive with a poet to a place where people are waiting in line at night, like Boston's Landsdowne Street club district. The featured poet jumps out of the car, leaps up onto the tiny roof stage and delivers three poems or less to captive appreciative audiences. Then, quick, back in the car! Drive away!<br /><br />Driving my art car every day for 5 years is a totally interactive art experience. We field surprised smiles from shoppers, knowing childish looks from the elderly, open-mouthed finger pointing from kids, even horrified disapproving stares from fancy car owners. We are serenaded by honks and hellos. I like to believe that we even directly offset rush hour road rage!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Special thanks to Stephen Baird of Community Arts Advocates.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-82029789468187458852003-12-18T21:45:00.000-08:002008-07-13T21:56:24.400-07:00Only Fooling: Boston's All-Women Clown Troupe<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuYABKrfLAlpW3rS14odk8b4hlS8TcFessTXEmM8ymgmk-Dk_RQDNJuvd5d7P8Uk8uC2eOSLnbXvlSJNhCtdP8qd2JBDGDGfyEdlmxdWWFZxUzJhHvH41HbqfyLmp84fDJVA1NGJbZjU/s1600-h/only+fooling+-+portrait.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuYABKrfLAlpW3rS14odk8b4hlS8TcFessTXEmM8ymgmk-Dk_RQDNJuvd5d7P8Uk8uC2eOSLnbXvlSJNhCtdP8qd2JBDGDGfyEdlmxdWWFZxUzJhHvH41HbqfyLmp84fDJVA1NGJbZjU/s400/only+fooling+-+portrait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222706746168275394" border="0" /></a>Only Fooling: Alice, Barbara, Mal, Kim; Michele, Wendy<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photos by Alli Ross</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />In America, clowns are men... <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">Only Fooling!</span> This collective of ridiculously talented women joined farcical forces to create clown shows</span> for parks and stages, including being a part of the historic reopening of Boston's Opera House. The group was an ongoing physical comedy and theater laboratory, <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">with all of us teaching each other</span> from our <div style="float: left;"><div style="margin: 6px 10pt 0px 0px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeoylZteKOZbBul4F0GhAt11YLtwLAohdXnE0xel5IHfK11SfAhfRRAVhERBy34R2ljkkMAkb0mTj1TqBDfK56ORsC42UsHRjACqNb7gVBHRg6rYdKoUwWnXlBLUF7qlh3jEGcFyoj-M/s1600-h/only+fooling+-+line.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeoylZteKOZbBul4F0GhAt11YLtwLAohdXnE0xel5IHfK11SfAhfRRAVhERBy34R2ljkkMAkb0mTj1TqBDfK56ORsC42UsHRjACqNb7gVBHRg6rYdKoUwWnXlBLUF7qlh3jEGcFyoj-M/s200/only+fooling+-+line.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222707085872669442" border="0" /></a><br />Consternation in <span style="font-style: italic;">Out of Line</span></div></div>theater backgrounds in movement, voice, character, and dance. We performed for both children and adults, including shows at The Arlington Center for the Arts, Cambridge Community Schools, and our showcase <span style="font-style: italic;">Out of Line</span> at the Brookline Community Center for the Arts. It has been said that you don't choose clown, that clown chooses you. All of us still clown by our own definition!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-2802421504878784742003-07-13T18:30:00.000-07:002008-07-13T21:25:15.445-07:00Artist Mission & Creative Influences<div style="text-align: left;">My underlying mission, when I am in character, is <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">to befriend audience members in a vital way, whether through comedy, tragedy, love, or anarchy</span>. I love theater for its use of a medium intimately familiar and available to us all equally: <div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 6px 0pt 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzDBpZyLhQHj9EFQlGkTdUNft2jhyphenhyphenfgFqfGxYvkC9QNyQUNIKAVFryrplR-ckQt3f5kqKNGESR0FlAZB69B4kwUeC5vij6KFkTqLzJ9TS0zEmAF1Wxxh0gBr6ykfp3EJTO4D_fpLdnB-B/s1600-h/chelsea+-+hands+together.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzDBpZyLhQHj9EFQlGkTdUNft2jhyphenhyphenfgFqfGxYvkC9QNyQUNIKAVFryrplR-ckQt3f5kqKNGESR0FlAZB69B4kwUeC5vij6KFkTqLzJ9TS0zEmAF1Wxxh0gBr6ykfp3EJTO4D_fpLdnB-B/s200/chelsea+-+hands+together.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077893564069880530" border="0" /></a><br />So Lovely to Meet You<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Liam Breck</span></div></div>the human body, with its universal emotions, structures, body expressions, and sense experiences. We each flavor our own version of love, wonder, change, etc. When I feel recognition and welcome between us, I feel in love and I feel alive. I've been taught that an audience that breathes with you is truly with you. I intend for my artwork to be inspiring!<br /><br /><br />As I travel the world learning about how other societies live the arts, I act to bring the arts closer to the surface of our culture.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Creative Influences</span><br /><br /><div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 5px 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVppqyHkKay4BISVU-h5qYm3lKSx1OGuJsuC62wGyjbNXDDCXRq-9PEJMd6MXW_ZYRGEC_Az4ewTab778bgdU01mwbLqJeI-o8arHVm9AtkMIM83hBHMA8qxcrQ3Y3GuPni-NqYmIRdKPV/s1600-h/chelsea+-+walk+back.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVppqyHkKay4BISVU-h5qYm3lKSx1OGuJsuC62wGyjbNXDDCXRq-9PEJMd6MXW_ZYRGEC_Az4ewTab778bgdU01mwbLqJeI-o8arHVm9AtkMIM83hBHMA8qxcrQ3Y3GuPni-NqYmIRdKPV/s200/chelsea+-+walk+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077990892323775250" border="0" /></a><br />Secret Jazz Hands<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Liam Breck</span></div></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Street performers...</span> can instantly change my mood 180 degrees. From a mime to a political puppeteer to an old-fashioned one-man-band to a young jazz combo - I immediately let them in and light right up. What the performers are doing is less important to me than the fact of their being there by surprise, bringing out artful expression in our day to day.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Street fairs...</span> can make me sentimental. I once teared up on the side of Munjoy Hill in Portland, Maine, watching a non-profit agency selling neighborhood pride T-shirts. I bought a shirt, of course, and wore it out. I like to see us outdoors and friendly, feasting, dancing, supporting kids on stage, and being a visible community together.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Performance Art...</span> can open my eyes to magical, edgy expression. Derived from visual art, it claims human experience and the body as artistic mediums. While on the surface I have witnessed unusual events, such as a woman eating dry noodles out of a monkey costume, I also feel through to the meaningful monologues delivered in sometimes outlandish forms.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Modern Art...</span> can make me elemental. As a teen, I visited the Guggenheim with my Uncle Abraham, an abstract painter. I recall saying, "That looks like windshield wipers!" I didn't understand that modern art need not look like objects. I have learned a bit of art history and now appreciate lines, shapes, colors, and qualities of motion in their own right.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dance...</span> can motivate me. I've read that 80% of the communication in any interaction is non-verbal. I love watching dancers' agile bodies fulfill the outer aesthetic and inner expression of the dance 100%. You can't dance half way. I particularly enjoy acrobatic dance such as Pilobolus and Boston's Snappy Dance Theater.<br /><br /><div style="float: left;"><div style="margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0pt; width: 167px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsd1kjGm4eqzYRqWPs93UGQdlp-WtJw3aJ2yoUHHuytZKL_wTtD5cq6KrGbCAfMGLntAjJWKfS5GzICC7f1KT8qQYG4WaC-009aJvtoolRyP3lVCM6c8X2xtFOuhP7I2EuVv5YVKZuEAi/s200/pone+feeding+goose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064112046310074578" border="0" /><br />Grandfather Pone at 85<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Barbara</span></div></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Nature...</span> can give me a reality check. My favorite earthly quality is symbiosis. No thing exists alone; every thing takes many "hands" - winds, sunrays, a family - to thrive. My grandfather has lived with nature traditionally by hunting for food, fishing, and growing a vast garden. I'm watching as the expression of symbiosis in our world changes with modern life.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-9732033240887364392003-07-13T16:30:00.000-07:002009-01-09T11:28:57.938-08:00Press Kit & Artist Biography<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Press Photos</span><br />We'll match your theme from our collection. Email Press@BarbaraOnStage.com.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Short Bio</span><div style="clear: both;"></div><div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbsPDSX_Ds4-H_67Gl2IS8r1MPa7MNETYJwnAqAbpG5c30rcqK6hgHMRRrQcmtrBVtRTuky80A9KC_Ewc1fTEAgSjCQq9gs-7iOAyRG0xhHRVFBuSrX5Cz0PO64rae-TGAaqXOg2LKYol/s1600-h/river+revel+-+fish+face.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbsPDSX_Ds4-H_67Gl2IS8r1MPa7MNETYJwnAqAbpG5c30rcqK6hgHMRRrQcmtrBVtRTuky80A9KC_Ewc1fTEAgSjCQq9gs-7iOAyRG0xhHRVFBuSrX5Cz0PO64rae-TGAaqXOg2LKYol/s200/river+revel+-+fish+face.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077852109045539506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">River Spirit</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />photo by Liam Breck</span></div></div>Barbara Michaels is a physical actor and playwright specializing in interactive theater and improvisation. She writes and performs original humorous productions drawn from her life, playing in traditional and non-traditional venues worldwide. Via AppliedTheatrics.com, she performs and produces interactive custom-designed characters-in-costume at corporate and community events, engaging audiences solo and in ensemble in service of event missions. She has appeared at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the New York Clown Theater Festival, First Night Boston, on the Discovery Channel, and as a clown in Brazil and Germany. She is based in California's San Francisco Bay Area.<br /><br /><table><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><td colspan="3">Barbara has performed in/on/at a...</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="130">Public park<br />Public library<br />Restaurant<br />Schools K-12<br />University<br />Night Club<br />Baseball game<br />Day care center<br />Senior center<br />Street corner<br />Opera house</td><td valign="top" width="130">International festival<br />Street fair<br />Town parade<br />Corporate party<br />Tradeshow<br />Fundraiser<br />Kids party<br />TV special<br />Short film<br />Rock Concert<br />Circus tent<br /></td><td valign="top">Park bench<br />Hay bale<br />Roof of a car<br />Abandoned bridge<br />Drawbridge<br />Greenhouse<br />Under an overpass<br />Moving trolley<br />Graveyard<br />Store Window<br />Squash court<br />Living room<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Artist Biography</span><br />Barbara Michaels is an actor, dancer, and physical comedienne <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">specializing in character improvisation, </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">audience interaction, and </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">original shows</span>. She is also a writer and arts educator. She performs internationally, both solo and in ensemble, including performances in Brazil, Germany, Scotland, and US cities New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and many New England towns.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 5px 0pt 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SZ92VJhzLbM5lYEauBhLTerze-BCVX_VcDrw1FMe92jM0WBsJQ_FTX0stEW5_IybF7rp5qnKfziYXFZH0ngZcxJqfWQXIUSApFQJsNg8e8fEDSz29YA9gr3nlSZ30jocVopsGXiybGDK/s1600-h/chelseastiltcops.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SZ92VJhzLbM5lYEauBhLTerze-BCVX_VcDrw1FMe92jM0WBsJQ_FTX0stEW5_IybF7rp5qnKfziYXFZH0ngZcxJqfWQXIUSApFQJsNg8e8fEDSz29YA9gr3nlSZ30jocVopsGXiybGDK/s200/chelseastiltcops.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073071947884044130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Instant Friends</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Liam Breck</span></div></div>Via <a href="http://barbaraincharacter.com/">BarbaraInCharacter.com</a>, Barbara produces & performs original <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">interactive roving characters</span> at events. Her custom-designed solo & ensembles characters range from sweet to elegant to zany. She often creates new characters & costumes for corporate and community events nationwide. Appearances include Museum of Fine Arts Boston, First Nights Boston and Portland, the AIIM tech tradeshow, North Shore Spirit Baseball, and in numerous town festivals and parades.<br /><br /><br />Barbara creates <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">original one-woman shows and ensemble productions</span>, often drawn from her life, usually serious topics dealt in a funny way. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Her current project, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Doormen</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">,</span> is a look at how lovers change our lives, opening doors for us that we may ultimately walk through alone. This new work is a site-specific, touring production. Her show <span style="font-style: italic;">Prayer to the Cookie God</span>, about the personal lessons that teachers learn from children, ran at ImprovBoston in a series of new work and in live-broadcast on SC-TV.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> And Now</span>, presented in the round at Massachusetts College of Art, examined holding simultaneous changing connections to others and ourselves. Collaborations include <span style="font-style: italic;">Gender Conniptions</span>, a musical about gender freedom with Eve Chosak and many episodes of <span style="font-style: italic;">A Human Among Humans</span> on CCTV with Michael Koran.<br /><br /><div style="float: left;"><div style="margin: 4px 10px 0pt 0pt; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQaOiubMwl_55cBC9ZWjrpFIiad8d1D9FgT2-nl_ZYQnZrSFtZTk2QU8vUYIiGesiBmyJoyllD1ZfiIyRgccGpBmXbmLq4r01VqHhf1mGp63XZqHD0fbiFwqN41XBdRPU6FsDPXvUKCx5/s1600-h/chelseafollowleader.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQaOiubMwl_55cBC9ZWjrpFIiad8d1D9FgT2-nl_ZYQnZrSFtZTk2QU8vUYIiGesiBmyJoyllD1ZfiIyRgccGpBmXbmLq4r01VqHhf1mGp63XZqHD0fbiFwqN41XBdRPU6FsDPXvUKCx5/s200/chelseafollowleader.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073066630714531666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sun Hat for Two</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Liam Breck</span><br /></div></div>Barbara's work is informed by the historical art of clowning. Her <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">clown shows for adults</span> have played at the New York Clown Theater Festival, in residency at Nantucket Island School of Design & the Arts, and at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. She also performs for children and has visited youth in hospitals with Clowns Doktoren in Germany and New York's Big Apple Circus. Barbara and Wendy Kinal toured as a clown duo to Brazil, New York and Scotland. Barbara was in Only Fooling, Boston's all-women clown company, and performed with Circus Mirage. More on the <a href="http://barbaraonstage.blogspot.com/2003/07/new-clown-art-for-contemporary-stage.html">New Clown artform</a>.<br /><br />Barbara's <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">contemporary stage credits</span> include interactive productions such as the national tour of <span style="font-style: italic;">Foodplay</span> as juggling Coach Tobe, as Jumpin’ Jack Flash the jester in <span style="font-style: italic;">Gravity Rules</span> at Boston Museum of Science Planetarium, as Primrose the 17th century tour guide with <span style="font-style: italic;">Ghosts and Gravestones</span>, in the regional tour of <span style="font-style: italic;">Tribal Rhythms</span> children's theater, and in repertory with both Behind the Mask Theater and Mystery Café dinner theater. Barbara appeared on Discovery Channel Australia as a living statue. Barbara also danced in the dystopian space musical <span style="font-style: italic;">Curve 9 </span>and has been in a number of comedic short films.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Selected Theater Credits</span><br /><table><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="200">Behind the Mask Theater<br />Cambridge Art in the Park<br />CCTV<br />Chronicle (WCVB TV/ABC)<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Clowns Doktoren, Germany</span><br />Comedy Studio Boston<br />Curve 9: A Space Musical<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Discovery Channel Australia</span><br />Downtown Clown Revue NYC<br />Feverestival, SP, Brazil<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">First Night Portland</span><br />Foodplay Productions<br /></td><td valign="top">Ghosts & Gravestones Tour<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">ImprovBoston</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Museum of Science Boston</span><br />Mystery Cafe<br />Nantucket Island School of Design<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">New York Clown Theater Festival</span><br />Only Fooling Clown Troupe<br />People's Improv Theater NYC<br />SCTV<br />Tribal Rhythms<br />Vagina Monologues<br />Vorpmi Improv</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Artist/Educator</span><br />Barbara has taught ages 2 through senior adults in physical theater since 1998. She presents <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">classes, workshops, and performing residencies</span> for colleges, schools K to 12, performing companies, and community organizations. More on <a href="http://barbaraonstage.blogspot.com/2003/07/theater-workshops-residencies.html">workshops with Barbara</a>.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Media Attention</span><br /><div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 5px 0pt 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GEbBmPzxwjI4inU-nuv7ZZb3aW7EMc26hXsNDmTFgZUFFZeAqBBXdHYOcYi2-ahgz0dBpODEp54mUm79V4Bof_UDKhy8e-N9X2AqbOqirU-vVpz_067fLE6iH8JrXN3VD0O9xXHrTDcP/s1600-h/ArtCar1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GEbBmPzxwjI4inU-nuv7ZZb3aW7EMc26hXsNDmTFgZUFFZeAqBBXdHYOcYi2-ahgz0dBpODEp54mUm79V4Bof_UDKhy8e-N9X2AqbOqirU-vVpz_067fLE6iH8JrXN3VD0O9xXHrTDcP/s200/ArtCar1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064166480725584146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">M.O.N.A:<br />My Offering, Neighborhood Art</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Pixel</span></div></div>Barbara was featured as an Art Car artist on Chronicle news magazine (WCVB-TV; ABC affiliate) and in the Boston Globe's City Weekly. She was Artist of the Month on SC-TV. Her beloved art car <span style="font-style: italic;">Mona</span> featured <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">a rooftop stage from which she and area poets performed "Poetry Drive-By's"</span> for people waiting in outdoor lines around Boston!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Education & Training</span><br />Barbara has an <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">MFA in performance art</span> from the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art. She holds a BA in Modern Culture and Media with a focus in documentary video from Brown University. She completed the documentary writing program at the Salt Center for Documentary Field Studies in Portland, ME.<br /><br />Her <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">education in physical theater</span> includes training with Avner the Eccentric and Julie Goell at Celebration Barn; Daniel Stein at the D'ell Arte School of Physical Theater; Ricardo Puccetti and Lume Teatro in SP, Brazil; Philippe Gaulier; the New York Goofs; Tony Montanaro (mime), Ruth Zaporah (improv), Debra Bluth (dance improv), and attending Motionfest. She is a regular student of dance, including contact improvisation and partner dancing. She also studied voice with R&B vocalist Louise Grasmere.<br /><br />Barbara began studying theater improvisation in elementary school through Creative Theatre Unlimited in Princeton, NJ . . . <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">encourage children in the arts!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">See Also: </span><a href="http://barbaraonstage.blogspot.com/2003/07/artist-mission-creative-influences.html">Artist Mission & Creative Influences</a><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-45763493892255515972003-07-13T15:00:00.000-07:002008-09-28T13:02:05.348-07:00Reviews<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The Doormen, San Francisco Fringe Festival 2008:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">I especially loved the way that experiencing your show created for me a whole new relationship with streets that I had been on many times before; the way your voice projected down the streets and through the hallways of towering buildings; the way the people dining in the restaurant looked up from their plates of spaghetti as we gazed at them over shuffling feet; the way the colors and shapes and stories of the mural became your own; the way I felt like I was in a temporary alternative universe that was simultaneously laid over top of the one I walked to the show through; I love the way passersby stopped and joined our groups for little moments; and the way you jumped quickly to lead us on- keeping me always on the edge of my toes; I loved the way this made me alert like a cat, eager and willing to follow and see what was next to unfold.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;">- Daphne Saliba, Clown & Ritual Artist<br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Ghosts and Gravestones Comedy History Tour of Boston:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Well, I was completely thrilled just watching you drive up and make your entrance. And, after that you amazed me with your in-the-moment connections with people throughout the evening. Your spontaneity, in an accent other than your native language, was awesome to witness. Improv perfection. So many beautiful moments in words and body.</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Rebecca deGraw, Dance Movement Therapist<br /></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />Behind the Mask Theater:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Barbara has distinguished herself by her ability to bring an offbeat charm to a variety of mask characters. Her playful physicality and keen understanding of her characters project the penetrating power necessary to harness the potential of the mask.</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Eric Bornstein, Artistic Director, Behind the Mask Theater</div><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />Foodplay Educational Theater:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">A parent from Ichabod Crane School in New York called this a.m. She raved about your shows there, and passed on that the principal said that in his 30 years in the field, you handled the audience better than anyone else he's ever worked with. Wow! Congratulations!</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Amy Martyn, Foodplay Productions</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-73632007441601956492003-07-13T14:00:00.000-07:002008-07-13T21:01:12.658-07:00New Clown, an Art for the Contemporary Stage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNbOe1D9pyf1D4imh7xeb2aHuDYUcam4FzTeZ4eXXKteLCxjSrMaeCZ-8DeuVm8hc3-MQ6bjw-bxV1ETFtj2X0INWw6YAWb1WWxgH3chqhmacaqWCiExqr6cOOJrLu2_nHxvXtSDFFQa3/s1600-h/wakbamOFstatus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNbOe1D9pyf1D4imh7xeb2aHuDYUcam4FzTeZ4eXXKteLCxjSrMaeCZ-8DeuVm8hc3-MQ6bjw-bxV1ETFtj2X0INWw6YAWb1WWxgH3chqhmacaqWCiExqr6cOOJrLu2_nHxvXtSDFFQa3/s320/wakbamOFstatus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065697734634282802" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Clowns Help Us See How We Relate to Each Other...<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Alli Ross</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Historically, clowns serve a broad social <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">purpose: keeping the people honest and keeping the people laughing about it</span>! Clowns can be innocent and wondrous seers of the world afresh or they can be knowing jesters who expose the vanities and misdeeds of others with humor - making tricky truth easier to swallow! <div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 5px 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHfP7VF9YSgXAbtkDMvupLGXATcHrYZ2moKrStYVvlzHk7Nhji5yaEbxW9D_xFu_dAUV0G3T5cIMv3T6xoEkhkVON4hyCAXWZv9I18SczLN2PpiVbzBDamMMxRw6t21wPlHmGKNbUZ1WN/s1600-h/chelsea+-+peeking+clown.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHfP7VF9YSgXAbtkDMvupLGXATcHrYZ2moKrStYVvlzHk7Nhji5yaEbxW9D_xFu_dAUV0G3T5cIMv3T6xoEkhkVON4hyCAXWZv9I18SczLN2PpiVbzBDamMMxRw6t21wPlHmGKNbUZ1WN/s200/chelsea+-+peeking+clown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077900174024549090" border="0" /></a><br />Tee-hee-hee!<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Liam Breck</span></div></div>The jester also is rumored to be the only member of the court allowed to criticize the king, keeping him in jovial check. Indigenous peoples worldwide, such as Native Americans, have valued clowns as <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">important, guiding members of their communities</span>. Seen in this light, clowns can help us keep our personal actions in a group perspective, serving to unite us in empathy and fun while helping us stay connected and accountable to each other. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Clowns are an antidote for isolation and a channel for love</span>.<br /><br />From the big top into parties, the clown's role in American culture has evolved. Americans today often associate clowns primarily with children and skills like balloon animals, face painting, and juggling. These are fun arts that require dedication to do well and which people of all ages enjoy. Concurrently, <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">there is a burgeoning theater movement called New Clown, which seeks to reclaim clown's wider range for adult audiences and bring a more dramatic experience to families.</span> The rising clown theater movement is arriving at a perfect time in our world. We need a laugh, or a hundred laughs, and we need to remember each other in what we do.<br /><br /><div style="float: left;"><div style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujOjwuDCRUxFBK4E_2EDKbAkeXMFcN6W4pI4xRJLshgRe50PTedYy6iFswPVQAjDo6Pv1-7n6my6cRg_Fzyd7AUOgGKMD_D0Bjkg7k9C5DrZh8JnlXhOJYoK0XRA5Y4FRmqTBX5mf2mVF/s1600-h/chelsea+-+rainbow+cape.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujOjwuDCRUxFBK4E_2EDKbAkeXMFcN6W4pI4xRJLshgRe50PTedYy6iFswPVQAjDo6Pv1-7n6my6cRg_Fzyd7AUOgGKMD_D0Bjkg7k9C5DrZh8JnlXhOJYoK0XRA5Y4FRmqTBX5mf2mVF/s200/chelsea+-+rainbow+cape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077985648168706802" border="0" /></a><br />Comedy Super Hero<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by Liam Breck</span></div></div>Clowning is a form of <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">physical theater... what's that? It's a performance style that marries movement, theater, and visual art,</span> as in commedia d'ell arte, vaudeville, and dance theater. <span style="font-style: italic;">Blue Man Group</span> is a well known international example, as is <span style="font-style: italic;">Pig Iron</span> in Philadephia.<br /><br /><br /><br />Clowns may come to a party you're attending or with the next traveling circus show. Look for clowns on stage in your city or town. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">You may see poignant and funny new work that asks us to peek out from behind our ordinary habits and seek the best in each other.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-12129026832832064082003-07-13T12:00:00.000-07:002008-07-13T21:01:45.285-07:00Curriculum Guide<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 4px 0pt 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMOhuvpPHUpQMS9mjxR5Gx1hZiS_L_66zvciU-gRdI638zWx1-j90V6jE7TkWRZeoWTgOdl6c7LNyYvbLVyDaSNlc5CmIHH6ESA4xKTaCG7T1rAzUYtdWKbZmJL-VrXM76vG3T1R0mLiS/s1600-h/morse+-+child+plane.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMOhuvpPHUpQMS9mjxR5Gx1hZiS_L_66zvciU-gRdI638zWx1-j90V6jE7TkWRZeoWTgOdl6c7LNyYvbLVyDaSNlc5CmIHH6ESA4xKTaCG7T1rAzUYtdWKbZmJL-VrXM76vG3T1R0mLiS/s200/morse+-+child+plane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078216180538319666" border="0" /></a><br />Collaboration<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photos by Liam Breck</span></div></div>Barbara's workshops are designed around principles of <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">physical theater, a historical form</span> of theater with roots in commedia d'ell arte, mime, clown, vaudeville, street theater . . . even Shakespeare!<br /><br /><br />Her curriculum includes:<ul><li>Full-bodied <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">stage presence</span> that invites the audience in</li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Body language</span> & letting our bodies tell the story</li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Improvisation</span></li><li>Crafting <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">characters</span> and <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">plots</span></li><li>Using <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">playfulness</span> as a <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">source</span></li><li>Using <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">thoughtfulness</span> as a source</li><li><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Working together</span> well on stage</li><li>Finding and burning the <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">creative fire</span></li></ul>Barbara also can use residencies and workshops to <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">create original theater with you</span>, including plays, skits, festival stories and dances. She also can help you adapt stories, books, life histories, and <div style="float: right;"><div style="margin: 6px 0pt 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr0Sc_-mi-IPL13rnOTFTv23bZAoN154oH_-YLsRdjNOfWmXyzH-GOkfmSiyxgItma0QdXrHQphZIZj67Pyrh-c7mAEdhx44w9Lh3s1cxfKR-unox0zZxULHZgU6jicb8vBaaY6WvAGr3/s1600-h/chelsea+-+young+marines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr0Sc_-mi-IPL13rnOTFTv23bZAoN154oH_-YLsRdjNOfWmXyzH-GOkfmSiyxgItma0QdXrHQphZIZj67Pyrh-c7mAEdhx44w9Lh3s1cxfKR-unox0zZxULHZgU6jicb8vBaaY6WvAGr3/s200/chelsea+-+young+marines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078215901365445410" border="0" /></a><br />Attention</div></div>business presentations for the stage. Barbara delivers engaging education that builds self-expression & collaboration, and strengthens creative momentum. Barbara has the personability, clarity, flexibility and patience to meet individuals at their skill level while guiding the group experience. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Her methods are useful for short or long projects and work equally well with children and adults</span>; she has presented to groups from age two to senior adults! <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Theater for all!</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-64864014749773262472003-07-13T11:00:00.000-07:002015-01-13T13:36:58.028-08:00Theater Workshops & Residencies<div style="text-align: left;">
Barbara teaches physical theater, improvisation, drama, and the art of clowning. Since 1998, she has taught ages 2 through senior adults in a variety of venues from master classes to artist residencies and from colleges to after-school to summer camps. <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Barbara links workshops and residencies with performances</span>. She also can lead a group in creating an original presentation, such as a play or theme event. Clients can include performing companies, school classes, celebration committees, community groups, and corporate teams.<br />
View her <a href="http://barbaraonstage.blogspot.com/2008/06/curriculum-guide.html">Curriculum Guide</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Adults & College</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Residencies</span><br />
Nantucket Island School for Design and the Arts, Clown 2004<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Visiting Artist Workshops</span><br />
Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Clown 2006<br />
The Goddess Dancing Belly Dance Company, Physical Comedy 2006<br />
Dance New England Camp, Juggling 2005<br />
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Funplay Symphony of Laughter Club, Laughter Leader 2005-07<br />
Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Juggling 2006<br />
Massachusetts College of Art, Undergrad, Art Meets Activism 1998<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Praise from Belly Dancers: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Thanks, the class was a blast! I learned so much more than I expected. Thank you for sharing your gift and your passion.</span><br />
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- Cathy Moore, The Goddess Dancing Belly Dance Company</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Teens & Middle School</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Residencies</span><br />
Brown Univ./Nathan Bishop School, Providence, Video 1993-4<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Visiting Artist Workshops</span><br />
Merrimack Repertory Theater Improvisation Camp, Clown 2005-07<br />
Merrimack Repertory Theater Young Artists at Play, Clown 2004-07<br />
Boston Latin Academy Drama Club, Physical Comedy 2003<br />
Robinson Middle School, Lowell, Writing 2002<br />
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Harlem School of the Arts, Clown 2010-2011<br />
Merrimack Repertory Theater Young Company, Clown 2004-07<br />
For Kids Only After-School, Clown 2003<br />
Summersongs Camp, Dance 2002<br />
Arts in Progress, Story Theater and Journalism, 2001-02<br />
Massachusetts College of Art, August Studios, Performance Art 1999<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Praise from Middle School:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">You are the coolest dance teacher on the planet to me! Bye for now. P.S. You are the best teacher.</span><br />
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- Jessica, 13, Longfellow School</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Praise from a Camp Director:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Barbara was great at finding that creative outlet that allowed a child to express a character. She has a great "bag of tricks" for keeping children actively engaged in interesting activities.</span><br />
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- Penelope Kleespies, Director, Summersongs Camp</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Elementary & Pre-School</span><br />
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Urban Stages, Lycee Francais, New York City - Clown - 2011-present<br />
Tribal Rhythms, In-School & After-School 2002-07<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Visiting Artist Workshops</span><br />
Cultural Exchange, Salvador, Brazil with WAK & BAM, 2006<br />
Merrimack Repertory Theater Young Artists at Play, Clown 2004-07<br />
Forest Hills Educational Trust, Interactive Art Tours, 2003-06<br />
FleetBoston Celebrity Series Dance Across the City Day, Clown 2006<br />
Jeffries Point East Boston Neighborhood Association, Theater 2002<br />
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Cambridge Performance Project, Circus, Theater, Dance 2001-07<br />
Harrington Community School Summer Camp, Circus 2006<br />
Jump for Joy pre-school site visit program, Dance, Gymnastics 2004<br />
Artbarn Community Theater Brookline, Set Design 2000<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Praise from Elementary School:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">The best part is when we played acting. I learned that we can all get along with other people and we can do all kinds of things together. </span><br />
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- Malik, Grade 5, Charles Taylor School</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">More from Elementary School:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Thank you for teaching us. I am happy because it is fun for me and I am enjoying theater. We like you a lot and thank you for the dance activities. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Thank you for making a good play and song and making it work out. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">You are the best. We love you.</span><br />
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- Elisa & Janisa & Hewan, Grade 4, Fletcher Maynard Academy<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Children's Educational Tour:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Barbara Michaels, an artist, clown, actress, educator, and kazoo player, is an all around wonderful person. She has a great sense of how to combine play, imagination, and learning.</span></div>
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- Cecily Miller, Director, Forest Hills Educational Trust</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672655528819572638.post-35101924847592648672003-07-13T08:30:00.000-07:002008-07-17T14:39:16.803-07:00Links to Friends<a target="friend" href="http://communityartsadvocates.org/">Community Arts Advocates</a>, founded by street musician Stephen Baird, is a nonprofit arts organization cultivating ongoing fundamental relationships between artists and communities by celebrating self-expression as a basic human right.<br /><br /><a target="friend" href="http://stagecoachimprov.com/">StageCoach improv</a>, founded by actors Larry Jay Tish and Rob DiNinni, provides dynamic and interactive corporate training and entertainment.<br /><br /><a target="friend" href="http://www.tribal-rhythms.org/tribe_descript.html">Tribal Rhythms</a>, founded by artists Curtis Jones, Susan Porter, and Charley Holley, uses the vitality of the arts to solve problems in communities and schools. Through residencies, performances and workshops, Tribal Rhythms has performed for over one million children and families over 30 years.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQJBmeUTp0OSsZqkuOrWaOEKFApPli9HipVUAodHXQx87FlHr28emzNOw3cG1OO1hXDxKHVf6Lvf82_xt_Q4X1A309I2MobXfeOmTui8VMwTioh3WL9YQC9vlZk7AMcvCuCRWzvhszZld/s1600-h/sm_wendy4_bw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 0pt 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 58px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQJBmeUTp0OSsZqkuOrWaOEKFApPli9HipVUAodHXQx87FlHr28emzNOw3cG1OO1hXDxKHVf6Lvf82_xt_Q4X1A309I2MobXfeOmTui8VMwTioh3WL9YQC9vlZk7AMcvCuCRWzvhszZld/s200/sm_wendy4_bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064073086661732546" border="0" /></a><br /><a target="friend" href="http://wendykinal.com/">W</a><a target="friend" href="http://wendykinal.com/">endy Kinal</a> is a sextuple-threat performer: singer, dancer, actor, poet, clown, and capoeirista. Barbara and Wendy performed on three continents as a clown duo.<br /><br /><a target="friend" href="http://behindthemask.org/">Behind the Mask Theater</a>, founded by mask artist Eric Bornstein, is an award winning group that creates original masks and dazzling performances, and teaches others how to do the same.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNORB5GdZNfBtzWoJCv1AOSsZn6K7PkqY4dvlR3MKE2luYrOtCN7h5YEKkt7vfJBUBmgCe8u_0SnzsYIPi5FIJ880UoHWmXpPg2Mg4QSrYq3O7zgJPDwmmq_YzZ2tsbTxhgvx6XMBXWv8/s1600-h/aliciadattner_headshot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 67px; height: 73px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNORB5GdZNfBtzWoJCv1AOSsZn6K7PkqY4dvlR3MKE2luYrOtCN7h5YEKkt7vfJBUBmgCe8u_0SnzsYIPi5FIJ880UoHWmXpPg2Mg4QSrYq3O7zgJPDwmmq_YzZ2tsbTxhgvx6XMBXWv8/s200/aliciadattner_headshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224100108275308690" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.aliciadattner.com/">Alicia Dattner</a> is a comedian and facilitator living in San Francisco.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1