Critical Correspondence
SHOW/TELL by Christine Shan Shan Hou
In an effort to represent diverse processes and means of reflection, Critical Correspondence asked poet and artist Christine Shan Shan Hou to submit responses to the work she is seeing according to her own creative practices. This is part of our ongoing interest in soliciting alternative materials from the performance community highlighting the intrinsically subjective nature of creation and observation. This page will be updated often as a series in as many parts as can herein be contained.
MR Festival 2008: RoseAnne Spradlin in conversation with Jean Butler
Listen to this interview This series presents brief conversations with the current Winter MELT comp teachers: Susan Rethorst, Jennifer Monson and RoseAnne Spradlin. As active makers and seasoned teachers of composition, these artists are invited to articulate their current approach to making and teaching, their observations and the problems and questions that are leading their […]
Responses: RoseAnne Spradlin’s NOVA
by Michael Helland Two words: “F*** You” over and over and over again. Okay, so this was actually in the tail end of 2005 – NOVA by RoseAnne Spradlin. A looping cascade of performers traverse a wooden plank, at the end of which an aggressive “F*** You” is directed out towards a singular point in […]
RoseAnne Spradlin in conversation with Alejandra Martorell
Survive Cycle Thumbnail photo by Valerie B. Barnes Alejandra Martorell: I thought I would just invite you to talk about whatever aspect of the work you want to talk about: whether it’s conceptual, or process-oriented, or personal, or wherever you are at right now. RoseAnne Spradlin: Well, let’s see. What were some of those words […]
Yasmeen Godder in conversation with RoseAnne Spradlin
Yasmeen Godder and the Bloody Bench Players present Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder Listen to this interview Download this interview as PDF Download this interview as a podcast Thumbnail photo: Tamar Lamm This interview occurred on the phone with Yasmeen in Israel, therefore, “here” refers to Israel and “the city” refers to New York. RoseAnne Spradlin: […]
Andrew Dawson in conversation with RoseAnne Spradlin
Absence and Presence Download this article as PDF Thumbnail photo: Courtesy of Andrew Dawson Andrew Dawson: Is it sunny? RoseAnne Spradlin: It’s raining here. Andrew: It is here as well, so that’s ok. RoseAnne: Can you just give some brief biographical information? Andrew: I’ve been performing and working in theater for 25 years – something […]
