S2 E6 with Micah & Delia
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Any Other Anythings?
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Episode Overview: In this episode Delia and Micah discuss trauma-informed creative practices and creating from personal experiences, existing in draft, sustaining as artist, Play in the Grey, and virtual connections over the world.Delia references a project “Breaking Pachanga” which was facilitated and visioned by Phoenix Dance Artist Ruby Morales.
More about the speakers:
Delia Ibañez is a place-based interdisciplinary artist and administrator living in the Northern Neck of Virginia. With a BA in Performance and Movement and certification in Socially Engaged Practice in Design and the Arts from Arizona State University, Delia utilizes the arts as a way to encourage critical thinking and relationship building. Delia’s personal body of work, Process in Place, has four branches - workbooks, residencies, collections, and workshops - which all intertwine to form networks of inquisitive creative action directly impacted by geographical context. In Delia’s artistic, activist, and administrative work they aim to develop relationships and support systems that parallel our ecosystems and honor both the human and nonhuman ancestors. Delia is the author of the Rare Sea: Creation Workbook. They are working with/alongside William Sterling Walker, Safos Dance Theater, and the Grey Box Collective. IG: @processinplace www.deliadibnez.com
A US-born transplant and newly ecstatic resident of Ottawa, Micah Jondel DeShazer (micahjondel.com), over the last 15 years (between New York, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago and Madison) has developed into an accomplished actor, director, musician, artistic leader and educator. He had quickly immersed himself in the Ottawa theater community, acting in several local works, musical directing at Orpheus Theatre (Memphis), and directing independent works (Puzzles, Ottawa Fringe Festival 2022.), while staying plugged into his roots in Phoenix through his continued work with GBC. Always seeking the unexpected and drawn to passionate artists, Micah is honored to have been an ever growing list of so many. Notable projects include: The Tempest (Torchlight Theater - Company of Fools), Matilda (CTM), Passing Strange (iTheatre Collaborative) & Native Son (ariZoni, Best Actor).
Producing Company Bio: Grey Box Collective (GBC) devises interdisciplinary, experimental, and post-dramatic work about social and emotional wellbeing (i.e. we make weird art about tough stuff). GBC finds innovative ways of exploring, challenging, and igniting difficult conversations. This is achieved by living in the messy grey areas of life and tackling socially relevant topics such as hate, shame, sexual violence, depression, and anxiety. GBC was founded in 2016 by Molly W. Schenck. Since then, GBC has produced over 20 new works, created by nearly 100 artists, and partnered with a dozen local organizations. GBC has presented work at the Boulder Fringe Festival, the Network of Ensemble Theaters’ annual conference, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and at the Phoenix Center of the Arts while in residency with nue[BOX]. In response to the pandemic, GBC expanded it’s digital offerings by hosting virtual workshops on Trauma-Informed Creative Practices, opening an online store with devising tools, and launching a podcast. For more information, sign up for GBC’s newsletter, check out GBC’s website, and follow GBC on social media.
Links to more about Grey Box Collective:
https://www.greyboxcollective.com/
https://www.greyboxcollective.com/podcast
https://www.greyboxcollective.com/shop
https://www.greyboxcollective.com/product-page/introduction-to-trauma-informed-creative-practices
https://www.greyboxcollective.com/newsletter
https://www.facebook.com/GreyBoxCollective/
https://www.instagram.com/grey_box_collective/
https://www.instagram.com/traumainformedcreativepractice/
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https://www.patreon.com/PlayintheGrey
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https://www.instagram.com/greyboxcollective/
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https://www.facebook.com/GreyBoxCollective
https://www.instagram.com/greyboxcollective/
This episode was edited by Jenna Laplante
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https://www.greyboxcollective.com/
https://www.patreon.com/PlayintheGrey
https://www.facebook.com/GreyBoxCollective
https://www.instagram.com/greyboxcollective/
Host’s Bio: Molly W. Schenck is fascinated with human movement and what interrupts its full expression. This has guided the evolution of her studies and career. She specializes in the intersection of creativity and trauma. She is the creator of Trauma-Informed Creative Practices and author of Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices for Dance Educators. She has presented workshops and trainings for individuals, organizations, and arts leaders on the intersection of trauma and creativity locally, nationally, and internationally. For more information or to contact Molly regarding trainings, workshops and consultations, please visit mollywschenck.com
More links to GBC:
https://www.greyboxcollective.com/
https://www.patreon.com/PlayintheGrey
https://www.facebook.com/GreyBoxCollective
https://www.instagram.com/greyboxcollective/
This episode was edited by Jenna Laplante
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https://www.greyboxcollective.com/
https://www.patreon.com/PlayintheGrey
https://www.facebook.com/GreyBoxCollective
https://www.instagram.com/greyboxcollective/
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https://www.greyboxcollective.com/
https://www.patreon.com/PlayintheGrey
https://www.facebook.com/GreyBoxCollective
https://www.instagram.com/greyboxcollective/
This episode was edited by Jenna Laplante
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Producing Company Bio: Grey Box Collective is an arts organization that produces projects on social emotional wellbeing (i.e. we make weird art about tough stuff). GBC was founded in 2016 by Molly W. Schenck. GBC’s work is interdisciplinary, experimental, and post-dramatic. We work primarily at the intersection of performing arts, visual arts, educational psychology, somatics (body and mind connection), and feminist theory. We aim to explore brand new forms of expression and make choices to rebel against the “norms”. Our work prioritizes investigating broad ideas (ex. hate, othering, shame, mental health and sexual violence) and typically steps away from traditional plot lines or characters. Since forming, we have been in residency and performed with nue[BOX], the Phoenix Center for the Arts, the Boulder Fringe Festival, and the Network of Ensemble Theatre’s annual conference. We have partnered with the Artist’s Box, Z-Room, The Movement Project, The Phoenix Hostel and Cultural Center, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Prison Law Office, the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, and Take Back the Night Phoenix, and La Frontera (EMPACT)'s Trauma Healing Services Division. For more information, check out the links below.
More links to GBC:
https://www.greyboxcollective.com/
https://www.patreon.com/PlayintheGrey
https://www.facebook.com/GreyBoxCollective
https://www.instagram.com/greyboxcollective/
Host’s Bio: Molly W. Schenck is fascinated with human movement and what interrupts its full expression. This has guided the evolution of her studies and career. She specializes in the intersection of creativity and trauma. She is the creator of Trauma-Informed Creative Practices and author of Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices for Dance Educators. She has presented workshops and trainings for individuals, organizations, and arts leaders on the intersection of trauma and creativity locally, nationally, and internationally. For more information or to contact Molly regarding trainings, workshops and consultations, please visit mollywschenck.com
More links to GBC:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KnU48LV2bIxQKiZvGL4pB?si=972478bed2394ace
https://www.greyboxcollective.com/
https://www.patreon.com/PlayintheGrey
https://www.facebook.com/GreyBoxCollective
https://www.instagram.com/greyboxcollective/
This episode was edited by Jenna Laplante
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