Nancy Kim

• Based in Canada - Glengold celebration
• Started in drama with Mrs. Moon
• Studied English Lit, introduction to drama
• Professor was drama director
• Knew that she wanted to be involved even though she didn’t act
• Le Page (start doing music videos)– one of the greatest visionaries in theatre
• Undergraduate in drama – similar to IB theatre (University of Toronto)
• Herbelt Alshock (look up name) – Berlin Ensemble
• Not an actors’ director. Perfects first scene before moving onto second scene.
• Productions would take a year
• Don’t have a feeling on continuity but have a scene of perfection
• As an actor you have to understand what’s happening, understand, breath, voice and movement. Our production lacked the connection
• Knowing what your character is feeling/doing really shows throughout the performance
• It’s bad to compare to the best but why not? Since we’re learning about them.
• Most production only go for three weeks (everyday, without the daily conflicts that we have in school)
• It’s not just acting.
• Being on the production side makes you meet more people giving you more of their time. Stage-managing is where you can make money.
• Try everything and then find what fits you.
• A lot of great practitioners didn’t even start in theatre
• Robert Wilson – loved in Europe, disliked in canada
• Importance of stillness – Came out onto stage walks slowly, looks around for 5 minutes, (previously walked on stage and stood there and left without saying anything), spoke about a time when he was in Thailand at a zoo, near closing time, stared at the cat for about 10 minutes and found so much movement in the stillness of the animal.
• 9-5 making them walk from one side to the other in a room, trying to get rid of the little ticks that are unnecessary, stillness with spurts of energy.
• Not about movement, but purposeful movement. Not about action it’s about purposeful action.
• None of the visionaries are never actor directors. Actors are just one element of the entire production.
• Jacques le coq very harsh to his actors.
• Create purposeful action that always goes back into the text.
• Now everyone is combining all these different types of acting and theatre and performance that interconnect with each other.

Opinions of Brecht’s plays

• -       In between hate and love of Brecht
• -       Theatre always evolved.
• -       No one does Brechtian theatre anymore. Elements of Brechtian theatre.

• Having set pieces with purpose for being there (taking things on and off instead of having them constantly on stage)