ESPrit de Corps

The caveat to the unfolding tale:
What does this unfolding childhood reverie have to do with my becoming an artist, an educator or an art administrator? In particular, how is it meant to speak directly to my colleagues in the ESP community? In David’s last entry where he asks us to “take the kinda […]

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“I am a theatre artist because I value the collaborative experience.” As a theatre director this is the phrase that I often say to artistic collaborators—designers, actors, dramaturges, stage managers—on the first day of working on a new project. Collaboration is, of course, not without challenges. It is the friction of artistic […]

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As guest bloggers on ESPrit de Corps, Hawley Hussey and I have been given a true challenge. We have been asked to address answer, in some fashion or other, the following questions:
1. What are some of the radical new ideas you are bringing to the table?
2. […]

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Phil and Stephanie had some questions for me as a relatively new Director of Education and as a practicing artist.
SP and PA: What are some of the radical new ideas you are bringing to the table?
HH: I think I bring a radical and inspired honesty to my interactions with colleagues. I am very transparent about […]

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I told Phil that a wonderful way to gear-up for reflecting on the bright and shiny qualities of ESP is to spend a couple of hours talking with the Strategic Foundation Building retreat facilitators.
I had this opportunity just two days ago, and - as I always am since I moved to NYC and joined the […]

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