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Wednesday 30 March 2011

New theatre show for babies

I went to the Come Out Festival in Adelaide on the weekend for my own professional development.
I left the boys at home...  wow!  headspace! what a luxury! and that's another conversation.

One of the main reasons for being there was to see Sally Chance's new show,
This [Baby] Life.

A show for babies 4 months-18 months.
An extraordinary piece of theatre.

Sally had a fellowship and researched the cultural life of babies through dance for two years and this show is one outcome of her research.
The research is evident!
This was a carefully constructed, respectful, moving and entertaining piece of theatre for the tiny audience members and for the many adults in the room.

One of the highlights for me was watching the performers respond to three eggs that had been lovingly placed, put to bed on a pile of blankets by an attentive crawler.  The performers needed the blankets but through gentle, playful and funny interactions the eggs were respectfully left on the diminishing pile of blankets being lifted and re-placed by the performers, then settled again by the baby, over and over until the performers had all the blankets they needed and the baby was happy to leave the eggs to sleep and participate in the rest of the show!
We were all entranced by this interaction and the intelligence of the exchange between the performers and the baby.

Very exciting new theatre!


This [Baby] Life

This [Baby] Life

Sally Chance

Baby: “Woke up. Smiled. Called for my tall ones. Travelled. Arrived in yet another strange room. Heard music, saw dancing…many more smiles.”


Tuesday 22 March 2011

questions and conversations

i have enjoyed the life perspective of others in the PITA network.
many of us are muddling along with questions about what it all means now we are parents.
how does this impact on our practice, on our work, on us?

on a practical level in terms of logistics...

time to work?
who looks after the baby?
child care? what is that all about? where is the flexibility?

and on a deeper conceptual and philosophical level...

where is the time to think?
because a lot of what i thought before, i actually don't think anymore?
the insights in to what it is to be human?
living life with a sensory being, who i also happen to be totally besotted with?
inspiring?

and who am i?

personally PITA has inspired a whole line of inquiry and questioning in my work.

creative exchange
reverse pedagogy
moments of mindfulness
being present
sensory awareness

Monday 21 March 2011

PITA post number 1!

The question is:
How do we use a blog to continue the conversations we have begun at PITA gatherings?
Is a blog a good tool for this?

Who knows!
The only way to find out is to give it a go.

Let this thing evolve like any good idea.