Altadena Arts and Eliot Student Arts on the stage of the Ahmanson theater. Photo by Javier Vasquez / Center Theater Group.
This weekend, I went to the Brooklyn Academy of Music To celebrate the launch of the latest book by the successful author Suleika Jaouad, The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for A Inspired Life. Jaouad, who is in leukemia remission for the third time, writes so much about his experience. She is master to exploit creativity as an adaptation mechanism. This book is partly a dissertation and includes writing prompts and short tests of more than 100 contributors, from Gloria Steinem to Sarah Ruhl.
Jaouad’s husband, Grammy Award's winner, Jon Batiste, co-organized the event and supported the public with songs on the Melodica, the piano and even a song between readings. The couple met at the band camp as a pre-adolescents and spoke with emotion about the resilience that comes from the freely creation of children, without fear of judgment or rejection. The Book of Alchemy is a kind of guideline to exploit this frantic creativity, and I can't wait to dive.
Speaking of this difficult creative energy to plug in children, I recently talked to the co-founders of PreparationA professional performance studio with locations in New York and New Jersey that is now developing in California. The studio serves more than 1,500 students of all ages, both in person and practically, with technique lessons on the camera, hearing workshops, musical intensives, etc.
“I really love working with children aged 7 to 13. They are so tight, like sponges – always so curious and open, “said co -founder Jessi Clayton. “There is such an honest way to learn and take information. It's so special and beautiful. Being able to help an 8 or 9 year old man telling a complex story and sharing something really beautiful seems so special to me. ”
Co -founder Theresa Pittius points to crossing lessons, where advanced children join adult classes as invited artists, like some of her favorites. “It is good for adults to remember what it was to be fun and fun and to use their imagination and to unleash themselves, and it is good for children to see adults and their professionalism.”
Added Pittuis: “We form this small army of rock stars – by turning them in professionals, by teaching them label and professionalism on the set, while playing with imagination and keeping it really unique and alive for these little children. The imagination is everything. “
Discover the preparations offeringIncluding a virtual workshop on May 7, focused on personal care and mental well-being for creatives of all ages.
Also take a look at This room In American theater On how students from Altadena Arts and Eliot Arts schools in California played at the Center Theater Group after stopping their school production by forest fires. An incredible example of creativity as a healing.
