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Putting Ideas into action

by Ariel Mitchell, dramaturg So far in the process we have been focusing on finding stories and putting them together into interesting theatrical moments that will engage the audience member and will explore how we deal with loss as Provoans. One of the moments was created out of the idea of retracing steps, one of the first tactics we use once we realize something is lost. This moment called for a stylized dance to an original song in which actors search for something they can't find over and over again in the same way every time. However, we are actors, writers, and designers, not dancers so we invited choreographers to help us put our idea into action. Here's what we came up with:

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