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Hello TheatrePeople! This week, I’m so pleased to introduce you to Venus-Tyané, a theatre teaching artist and performer hailing from Tucson, Arizona. I met Venus through the Teaching Artist Alliance and loved her interview—where she talks about the stage being magical and a ‘land of connections.’ A place where things are more felt than logically understood.
Hoping you enjoy Venus-Tyané’s theatrical musings as much as I did.
One of the shows that inspires me the most is In the Heights. The show is written by people from neighborhoods like it, and about the people in it. We get to hear their music, laugh at their conversations, and most importantly emotionally connect with their stories.
I performed at the renowned Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin, Germany for their special New Years Eve show. I was a senior in high school and was performing on stage in front of a crowd of 5,000 people. It was amazing and exhilarating.
I’ll tell you one of my biggest goofs that I’ve had onstage. I was in a musical called Air Raid and was singing a duet on stage. In the middle of the song I completely blanked on the words. My partner blanked on the words too, and we just stared lovingly at each other and hummed until the last line, when we both miraculously remembered the words. When the song was over I went backstage and burst into tears. I came to find out that we had played it off so well that the audience (apparently) had no idea that something went wrong. That was sadly also the night that the show got recorded. (wah wah wah)
Theatre is a magical land where wishes and dreams, nightmares and dark rememberings can take place. It is the land of connections.
SOUL-CONNECTIONS
A person is able to experience truths deeper when participating in theatre than in many ‘logical’ conversations. When someone experiences another’s story, then they are more able to understand them and people like them.
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Venus-Tyané studied Musical Theater in Berlin, Germany. She has worked as a performer for many US productions, including Nickelodeon and Stories that Soar! She has performed in various large productions internationally, from Friedrichstadtpalast to Jazzclub Neukölln. Venus-Tyané worked as the Musical Director for the performing arts school JMEM Berlin, and the subsequent touring production. She has toured throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Estonia, Czech Republic, India, South Korea and Japan. She has a passion for the arts and people’s stories as expressed through their various cultures and is dedicated to making a positive impact that has a world ripple effect.
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Mitch is the Founding Creative Director of Theatre Avenue, where he designs digital projections for the performing arts. For the last 14 years, Mitch has produced digital content for theatre and ballet companies, universities, and schools internationally. His work ranges from original illustration, animation, and motion design for productions such as Willy Wonka, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Lion King and beyond. Mitch travels the country teaching projection design workshops, conducts virtual learning sessions, publishes media content, and writes for theatre magazines and blogs. Before his dive into the theatrical world, Mitch was an art director and designer creating nationwide campaigns for corporate and non-profit organizations like NBC News, Global Down Syndrome Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and the Alzheimer’s Association. He worked for 10 years with hundreds of clients as a graphic and web designer, illustrator, and motion graphics artist. Mitch earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Ball State University, where he studied art and design, the humanities, and computer animation.
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