This experience is still in progress.
15 March 2014
25 April 2015
My project is a collaborative effort with one of my peers, Julia Netzer. She is a Drama Major in CCM, and we met the summer of 2012 at the Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Program. There, we participated in an ensemble-building group entitled Boal; our purpose was to create impactful and resonant vignettes or scenes that inspired the audience to research and pursue social issues, with a focus on those who are oppressed. When Julia and I discovered we would be attending school together, we decided that introducing Boal’s work to the CCM student populace could be beneficial, meaningful and enjoyable. Our vision is to assemble a company of dedicated students who meet on a regular basis to participate in ensemble-building exercises and develop socially inspiring vignettes. While the latter half is focused on the product, the meetings and the majority of the company’s time together would be focused on the process of building trust within the ensemble, exploring each other’s creativity and sensitivity, and gaining a better perspective of the role of the oppressed and oppressor in society.
This summer I am working on researching Augusto Boal's work, brainstorming logistic ideas for the ensemble, and developing a plan for how Julia and I will approach this project in the coming school year.
15 March 2014
25 April 2015
My project is a collaborative effort with one of my peers, Julia Netzer. She is a Drama Major in CCM, and we met the summer of 2012 at the Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Program. There, we participated in an ensemble-building group entitled Boal; our purpose was to create impactful and resonant vignettes or scenes that inspired the audience to research and pursue social issues, with a focus on those who are oppressed. When Julia and I discovered we would be attending school together, we decided that introducing Boal’s work to the CCM student populace could be beneficial, meaningful and enjoyable. Our vision is to assemble a company of dedicated students who meet on a regular basis to participate in ensemble-building exercises and develop socially inspiring vignettes. While the latter half is focused on the product, the meetings and the majority of the company’s time together would be focused on the process of building trust within the ensemble, exploring each other’s creativity and sensitivity, and gaining a better perspective of the role of the oppressed and oppressor in society.
This summer I am working on researching Augusto Boal's work, brainstorming logistic ideas for the ensemble, and developing a plan for how Julia and I will approach this project in the coming school year.