How Can I Enhance Existing Arts Programs?
Community and school performance spaces are woefully under-equipped today. Quite often they are little more than a raised surface a foot or two above an audience seating area with unsuitable lighting instruments or proper instruments that no one really knows how to use properly.
Beyond that, there is often a gulf between what is practiced in the academic / amateur arenas of the performing arts and their professional counterparts. This does not have to be the case. Theatre has been practiced for centuries. Most of the basic elements, concepts, and techniques haven't changed in spite of computers, miniaturization, and associated technology.
There are numerous workshops which can be of value to you. One day seminars on auditions, performance effectiveness, composition for Music-Theatre, creating original scenes / plays, analysis and improvement projects for your performance space.
Additionally, you can get online / e-mail consulting services to help you with any challenges you may be facing or problems you having trouble solving. Our staff have over a century's combined experience in the professional performing arts, working in schools, and in the development of original works.
If you want to create performance works specific to your community or your school, we will structure a residency specific to your requirements.
Other Materials: "The Arts Equation by Program Director and Co-Founder, Bruce Taylor
Mr. Taylor laid his theatrical foundation at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England. Since graduating, he has been hired in almost every capacity that can be found in professional theatre. While pursuing his vocation as a production manager and stage director, his avocation was working with teachers and kids as part of his desire to do his part to ensure the future for the arts. His skills have been utilized by dozens of companies as diverse as the O'Neill Theatre Center, the New York Philharmonic, Royal Opera House (London), Pacific Northwest Dance, Wagner's RING Festival in Seattle, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York City. He is the originator of the internationally recognized Creating Original Opera, now managed by Education at the Met in New York City.
His philosophy and techniques can be reviewed in detail by reading his book "The Arts Equation" published by Watson-Guptil - available through Amazon.com