Title: Re: First Time!
"give them a space to
bounce those ideas around in an open space Great Musical Theatre Hadron
Collider, and maybe we’ll get a few big bangs!"
What an awesome image - I love it! I look forward to the proceedings
and pictures. I hope you'll encourage good note takers. Good explorers
come back with good maps to share.
Harold
On 4/19/10 4:18 PM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote:
Harold, you asked: “… will you say more about the new territory you're
charting? What's the topic, how many folks are coming, and what's most
exciting to you about this space you're going to be opening?”
Of course! It’s a gathering of people who have a passion for how
musical theatre is taught in further and higher education, in the UK
and worldwide. We’ve invited all the major institutions, and many
individual educators, but also a variety of theatre companies,
producers, writers, all kinds of creative practitioners to come and add
their passions to the mix.
Our guiding question is “How are we shaping the future of musical
theatre?”. We’re hoping about 100 people will come along, but we’re
prepared for less. It’s the first time we’ve tried this conference, but
I very much hope we can turn it into an annual shake-up of passions.
Having some experience of teaching in institutions, which I do love
doing, I am aware that the very institution-ness of it all can be
somewhat passion-inhibiting, but I also know that my fellow
practitioners have amazingly creative and collaborative ideas. I just
want to give them a space to bounce those ideas around in an open space
Great Musical Theatre Hadron Collider, and maybe we’ll get a few big
bangs!
Phelim, you once said to me that it’s weird not knowing exactly how
many things are inspired into existence by the open space D&D
sessions. Truthfully, this was directly inspired by that. I like to
think of it as a big bang before we’ve even started :-)
Love,
Jen x
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