Nikko nose is back on the map y'all. Now currently in Essen, Germany where fun goes to die but rest goes
to vacation. If you are asking yourself where my nose has been for the
past 6 weeks ill tell ya...unemployed. We had a 6 week layoff from tour
aka too short to do anything significant and too long to be a vacation.
Purgatory. But so refreshing. Everyone has come back on tour with full
force ...that might be because its what we have all been waiting
for.....PARIS. Basically without saying it this tour has been leading up
to subletting the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris from mid Oct-Jan1st.
Croissant anyone? (Literally all the French I know)
We have a
week till then so don't get too excited...in the meantime I've been sick
and being a baby about it. I've quarantined myself to my room and
Starbucks and had a lot of " thinking " time mixed with being doped up
on DayQuil and snorting Afrin to clear the nasal halls. But this has
lead me to find out what I want this time around on tour. Aka try no.2
: A of all) to be conscious of pursuing relationships (sounds girly I
know) B.) create opportunities to keep experiencing artistry (sounds
smart I know) ...cabarets, blogging, in the making of "a very west side
Christmas story" (Jews vs. Catholics) ..still in process don't judge.
Emailed theater schools in Paris, professors for master classes, meet
-up.com (I'm obsessed they have English French conversation meetings
over wine) fact: anyone can speak another language with the influence of
wine. Wi? But all this to say that if you have any ideas about what to
do with my time in Paris I would appreciate it! Put on your "Thinking
Barrettes" and get back to me. Also, in my researching I found this tid
bit on artistry from the artistic director of the comedy Fracais ..if I
was smart I would write like this...
"In reality (and in
fiction), the age-old magic of theatre, as implacable as it is childish,
to this day remains unchanged. Actors give battle, with their doubts
and the frailties of their art, to represent on stage the most extreme
passions and greatest human tragedies. The audience, which also does
daily battle against the violence and injustices of modern life, lends
its attention and presence. And, in the suspended time of a performance,
all their battles meet to give another, in the name of intelligence and
reflection, imagination and dreams. And, in the simplicity of
listening and acting, together they succeed in holding at bay all the
pressures of the outside world to both enrich and transcend them. Let us
play battle, as children say, so that our ideas may advance."
I
love this passage because it describes the beautiful relationship
between actor and audience. The actor's dedication to artistry in
displaying the extremes of human emotions employs the willing audience
members to "play battle" with fiction and reality so that we can advance
as ONE. It's no cast/audience separation, it is a team effort y'all.
"We are all in this together." (High School Musical) Truer words were
never auto tuned...
I like talking about the power of art.
Get back at me and let's make this a discussion. Or if not I hope this
encouraged you to go out there and "play battle".
P.s. feel free to post some of our own stuff. Me like to talk.
Coming up : interviews with the cast... Gettin to know these guys we call "Jets and Sharks"...video fun. Amen.
