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Entertainment
Why was she here? What was she
her own company "We all need a for inspiration. Don’t wait.”
When Anne Bogart visited St. changed her perception of theater. Bogart said.
One night she had a chance to proach their crossroads in time
and space for Medea Stories.
Mnouchkine, “companies are dif- to something for which you have
accomplish without a company?” internship at Austin Circle of The-
be vast and cosmic questions to should stop us in our tracks.
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Some of the jokes were embar- need a mindless chuckle, I
mischief all the while.
its movie counterpart is gaining throughout Austin March 13-16.
festival— has been attracting screened in six local theaters from
hundreds of celebrities and soon March 8-16 during the festival. (Stacee Millangue)
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South by Southwest. The annual
event—part film conference, part
Guy Forsyth
@ Saxon Pub
The students exited in a silent
and euphoric state, ready to ap-
Robert Earle Keen @ Star
of Texas Fair & Rodeo
March 2
Reckless Kelly
@ Antone’s
Undisputed: Wesley Snipes. A
boxing champ accused of rape.
Pushmonkey
@ The Steamboat
By Olga Angelo
Staff Writer
By Patti Hadad
Entertainment Editor
March 10
Ben Folds @ La Zona Rosa
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The Courier: Action-adventure
with Tim Sitarz. Hey Slater,
where’s Zack, Kelly? and
Screech?
At 15, she saw Trinity Reper-
tory Company’s Macbeth, which
March 6
Pop Unknown
@ Flamingo Cantina
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Agnostic Front and TSOL
@ Emo’s
March 3
Busta Rhymes
@ Stubb’s
Check out the Austin Chronicle
and sxsw.com for festival costs
and performance listings.
Full Frontal: Julia Roberts and
David Duchovny Its all about
Sex, lies and videotape.
Dashboard Confessional
Ben Kweller
The Anniversary
(afternoon show) @ Emo’s
March 8
All About the Benjamins: Ice
Cube in Miami.
or sitting at home this Thurs- (Casey Miller)
March 9
Derailers @ Broken Spoke
One thing I will say for the
movie Super Troopers (by the new
comedy group Broken Lizard) is
that it is comedy with neither
the word “romantic” nor “teen”
preceding it, which is a refresh-
ing change in itself.
The movie takes place in
Northern Vermont, where five
highway patrol cops and their
captain must the demonstrate
necessity of their* existence to
keep from getting shut down by
the state. The movie follows
this quintet’s mission to stay op-
erating while participating in
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Deathcab for Cutie and
The Dismemberment Plan
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H.G. Wells great grandson di-
rects. Hey, he also directed
An American Tail: Fievel Goes
West.
March 8
Tracy Byrd @ Travis County
Exposition Center
elaborate pranks and general saw it on the big screen.
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Hartnett. A guy becomes com-
pletely abstinent for Lent. Be-
cause that’s what Lent’s all about.
(Sarcasm intended).
Music + Movies=
Spring Break, Austin style
Ben Folds
March 12
Clay Walker @ Travis
County Exposition Center
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of the community came to absorb guage. From this production, she
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party” on South Congress and stores in between are open with day (March 7), check out the
everyone’s invited. It’s a short live music and free snacks and South Congress Festival. My
stroll or bike ride from St. Ed’s beer to entertain shoppers, favorite places to go and enjoy
and is well worth it. Once you Along the way there are some some music and a beer are Lone
get past Oltorf, around Magno- street vendors and more music. Star Illusions, Uncommon Ob-
lia and Texas French Bread the It’s a great way to spend a Thurs- jects, Antigua, Rues Antiques,
party begins and continues on day night and support the small and Joe’s Coffee Shop. After
down past Hotel San Jose and businesses around South Austin, your first visit you’ll want to go
Joe’s Coffee Shop and ends just Instead of going to 6th Street back every first Thursday.
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Company). She titled her talk “It’s not about understanding, ficult. People leave and break your an appetite,” Bogart said.
“Why Are We Here and What it’s about experience,” she said, heart and the hardships are con- I first heard of the SITI Com-
Are We Doing?” These seem to Her philosophy is that theater stant, but what are you going to pany over the summer during my
pid, funny movie. I have i feel- *
ing, however, that it will become :
a cult classic (similar to Ojfice '
Space). So if you desperately •
be discussing in the Jones audito- When she was not much With that, Bogart began to con- aters. I reported on Darron West,
num. However, Bogart will tell you older than the students in front of centrate on forming her own com- the company’s sound designer, and chitecture, etc. They represent a of them and they responded to the
that inside every great perfor- her, she went to New York, look- pany his directorial debut Big Love with lingo for what takes place on the challengeswell. In our own studios :
mance, lives a great question. ing to start a company She put an When she witnessed a show the Rude Mechanicals. I was as- stage. And, if it’s not totally obvi- in Manhattan the students are all :
Melba Martinez, the artistic ad in Backstage Magazine, and re- produced by Tadashi Suzuki in tounded to see how many of his ous, Viewpoints are the different older and already working in the- ’
director at Mary Moody Northen ceived hundreds of calls from ac- Toga, Japan, she knew she was in techniques that he picked up from perspectives an actor can contrib- ater. But we also teach and lead .
Theatre, gave agiddy and honored tors. One gentleman said, “I just the presence of a great director Bogart, to see such unity between ute while working. workshops in Universities. How-
introduction to Anne Bogart, want to do something that means within 30 seconds. She agreed to the Rudes because of their View- Over the weekend, the actors ever, even then we usually work *
Bogart is the winner of the Obie something.” She realized that join his company with hers to ere- points and Suzuki training. Now, trained with Anne and J. Ed. Mon- with graduate students. Sol would :
Award and recipient of the much of the theater at the time ate an international company that SEU students were about to get a day was the audition withJ. Ed. In say the students are younger than
Guggenheim Fellowship and now was empty and shallow, and that offered summer workshops. In taste of this training with J. Ed the first five minutes in the studio usual. Still the overall level ofwork 1
the head of the graduate direct- she should pursue theater that these workshops, Bogart taught Araiza In the next couple of days they all move and dance freely to and commitment was very high. I -
ing program at Columbia Univer- “means something.” the physically vigorous Suzuki following Bogart’s talk, J. Ed Araiza bring out the actors’ creativity and was happily surprised.”
sity. She is down to earth and Bogart approached her sec- Method and Viewpoints. She would be teaching auditioning stu- focus. They work individually in J. Ed returns to Austin on March ’
speaks straight from the heart. ond crossroad in Germany Be- adapted Viewpoints from the dents the acting methodology these games as well as in unison. 11 to begin rehearsals. It will be a ’
cause she wanted to learn how to postmodern dance technique con- Viewpoints. One person approaches another, total group effort, including two .
Why are we here? direct, she turned to others’meth- jured by Mary Overlie, a dance in- Viewpoints is a learning aid J- Ed tells them how in the other members of the company :
Bogart explained that there ods in Germany After an admit- structor at NYU. that is more than a mere method- audience’s mind two people face that will come down to assist but J. ♦
are certain moments in her life ted flop, a trip to Italy, and an Anne Bogart ended the lec- ology It’s a creative philosophy to face can mean anything. Con- Ed will direct. Itwillbeascollabo- :
where she was at a crossroads, the epiphany later, she discovered that ture with positive advice for the applied to movement, time and flict. Love. It’s this concentration rative as possible within the limita-
first being when she discovered her problem was that she wasn’t students. ‘Teachers say to climb space. It prepares the performer and fervor that allows anyone to tions that include younger students, :
her interest in theater. “You can- being herself “I suddenly felt free.” the corporate ladder. That’s and inspires creative movement on play the part of Medea. time constraints, a new as yet un-
not manufacture something that Finally, it was Ariane wrong.” A student had asked if an the stage. “Viewpoints” is actually I asked J. Ed what it was like formed ensemble and their desire :
you’re interested in. It’s this Frion Mnouchkine, the artistic director actor should wait to be discovered, the collective name given to the working with SEU students and he and talent. <
De Coeur, that is the elixir that is of Le Theatre du Soleil in France, “You cannot wait,” she said, Look key elements of movement, i.e. said they were very talented and Medea Stones will open April 12. •
a major tool of an artist,” she said, who pointed her towards getting at the creative people around you tempo, shape, space, duration, ar- very disciplined. “I asked a lot out Call 448-8484 for reservations, ;
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