Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with performance artist/theater maker Daniel Alexander Jones, and also with his alter-ego, the uber-glamorous “soulsonic superstar” - Jomama Jones. A conversation that touches on character, imagination, creativity, realness, possibility, and growth - in all its marvelous and weedy aspects - and the everyday work we do to tend that garden.
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Natalia Koliada (Belarus Free Theatre) - OK Radio Episode 84
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Natalia Koliada of the Belarus Free Theatre about the challenges of making art in a police state where people are regularly kidnapped, killed and tortured. We’ve blabbed a lot in this podcast about the difficulties of making theater even working in the best possible circumstances – so how does this ambitious company company manage to keep itself going in the face of real physical threat and displacement? (The leadership of the company, including Natalia, are currently in London living in exile, while the majority of their actors and collaborators remain in Belarus). How does it work when rehearsals are conducted over skype and performances are streamed live via internet from London for audiences in Belarus? Can we learn anything from their resourcefulness and perseverance? (Yes.)
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Reggie Watts (No. 2) - OK Radio Episode 83
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks again with the venerable comedian, musician, magpie - Reggie Watts. A conversation about self-image, self-care, imitation and actualization. How does an artist become an original, and what does that even mean? How can we build into this idea of “image” the potential and even mandate to change and grow into the future? And how can we safeguard for ourselves the joy we have in making the work?
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Ontroerend Goed - OK Radio Episode 82
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with Joeri Smet, Karolien De Bleser, and Angelo Tijssens of the Ghent-based company, Ontroerend Goed in our first ever podcast recorded in front of a live audience in Vooruit. Join us as we consider whether or not the audience changes anything about the way we work. When we work in front of an audience do we always somehow want it to go well? Would it be better if we in fact created a little less community and a little more unrest? Or should we just shut up already and watch some football? (This podcast was recorded as part of the Possible Futures Festival for Vooruit in Ghent.)
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Rik Pinxten - OK Radio Episode 81
Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks with writer, professor and researcher in cultural anthropology, Rik Pinxten of the University of Ghent, about such wide-ranging topics as creativity, animals, intuition, art, religion, science, culture, language, mathematics and finally our potential (and Rik feels there is a potential) to still change the world we live in. (This podcast was recorded as part of the Possible Futures Festival for Vooruit in Ghent.)
Nature Theater of Oklahoma directors Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska talk to artists, curators and people around the world -- from New York to Frankfurt, Brussels, Paris, et. al. These are long form conversations in the spirit of the radio conversations of John Cage and Morton Feldman. Nothing is off limits. (Note: for photos of our guests and more information about the show, please be sure to visit the show website at www.okradio.org)
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