Training

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At a working retreat at the Tofte Lake Center in Ely, Minnesota, Stuart Pimsler Dance Theater started their work each morning with company yoga. Photo: V. Paul Virtucio

Everyone gets better with practice. Where do you go to practice your craft, learn new skills, sharpen your old skills? In this issue, we'll look at training as well as what new methods may be incubating behind the ivy walls of academia.

Growth

by MinnesotaPlaylist • Jul. 7

Training

The creator of the Choreographers' Evening, Judith Brin Ingber has been in middle of the growth of dance in Minnesota from the 1950s to today.

To study the world

by MinnesotaPlaylist • Jul. 26

Training

Charles Nolte did it all. Then he taught a lot of Minnesota performing artists how to do it too.

80% of success

by Steve Hendrickson • Nov. 2

Training

Steve was a promising young actor with a chance to work with famous director Alan Schneider. Follow along as our tragic hero lets hubris get in the way.

Letter to a young actor in Minnesota

by Karen Landry Mulkey • Feb. 7

Management | Training

Want to be more involved in the film world? Read this letter from actress Karen Landry Mulkey with invaluable advice on making the move to Los Angeles.

What I learned from Bab's Casting

by Alan M. Berks • Feb. 10

Management | Training

What does a performing artist need to know about the casting process for commercial work? What has changed or not changed in the last 21 years?

Live on ice

by Debbie Tallen • Mar. 23

Innovation | Training

As figure skating grows more and more popular, it also grows more theatrical.

The curse of professional actor training programs

by John Middleton • Nov. 30

Process | Training

John Middleton offers hard-won acting advice that you won't learn at professional training programs.

Conflict!

by John Middleton • Jan. 7

Process | Training

John Middleton offers his second article on acting, this one dealing with conflict.

Advice to the beginner in the performing arts

by MinnesotaPlaylist • Jan. 13

Training

Local and national theater professionals offer advice to people just getting started in the performing arts.

Advice to the beginner in the performing arts, part 2

by MinnesotaPlaylist • Jan. 20

Training

Additional advice for the beginner from professionals in the world of performing arts.

Teaching as performance art

by Michele Campbell • Jun. 20

Process | Training

On the path from teacher to performance artist our author learns they're not so different.

Apprenticeship in the Arts

by Levi Weinhagen • Jun. 29

Training

There is really no way to become a competent and capable artist of any kind without learning by doing.

Gary's Kids

by John Middleton • Oct. 2

Training

Why are there so many Saint Olaf alums working in Twin Cities theaters and what do they want from the rest of us?

Actor turned writer asks how did I get here?

by Larry Pontius • Apr. 29

Process | Training

An actor turned writer tries to figure out how he got there and what it means

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