Its easy to forget how incredibly blessed we have been with the artists we have absorbed these last few months while building the New CUBE. Last night, while music directing Punk Rock Julius Caesar, I saw a flush of Carmen understudies file down the stairs of the Mana Contemporary building, stop to listen to our Act 3 soundscape that builds to Caesar's death, and send us a great big, inspired smile before they walked to their cars/trains. Standing between the two worlds/shows and seeing this recognition happen between the different kinds of artists we have been nurturing I experienced a very full heart.
We really can build a common language. And artists want it!
These last six months, CUBE has been devising three incredible and varied shows. A promenade style, standing room only, Punk Rock adaptation of Julius Caesar; A devised live album created by 3 dancers, 1 actor, 1 writer and a composer; and an adaptation of Bizet's opera, Carmen, for 4 singers, 1 actor and piano to be performed in a 40 seat black box theater.
During this time we have been learning how to build a common language, objective goals and a technique specific to CUBE Ensemble that will fuse us into a tight knit group of experimental performers and lead us into the future.
Our artists have been receptive, outspoken, open minded, willing, inspired and hungry to discover and resolve each new challenge. They have taken risks, built relationships, made discoveries, left their comfort zones and cried from relief of having a space to truly experiment in their work.
We have given singers Viewpoints technique and given actors voice lessons. We have coached actors in songwriting so they can devise their own character driven songs and have brought a Music Theater Music Director to lead a team of Opera singers to a new nuance of communication.
We have been training our performers with a special focus on voice/body connection and improvisatory skills AND IT IS PAYING OFF!
We are building an incredible nucleus of experimental music theater that would not have been possible without the faith, support and resources (SPACE!!!) donated to us by our friends at High Concept Labs!
We are eternally grateful to the HCL staff and we hope to always be a part of their imminent growth and success as the leading incubator of innovative art in Chicago.
CUBE + HCL = <3 eternal
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