COLLECTIVE THINKINGS Is a new way of exploring, presenting and experiencing performance.
A Collective Thinkings involves artists of varying disciplines coming together in a creative environment to develop or experiment with a new technique or idea. This is then shared with an audience who are able to observe aspects of the creative process as well as question and respond to the work.
A Collective Thinkings might be linked to a main Mahogany Opera production and serve as a useful way of trying out certain new ideas beforehand in front of an audience. This also gives the audience a more extensive understanding of the ideas behind a production. Discussion on the website and development of ideas will continue between the time of the Collective Thinkings and the main production.
A Collective Thinkings creates a unique relationship between artist and audience by making the creative process the art itself. It will enable audiences to engage more fully with all performance art and give artists a unique creative environment in which to work.
Our first Collective Thinkings will take place in autumn 2009 and act as a showcase for the Towards a New Movement project. A number of events and workshops are being planned to explore the pieces and production that will make up Towards a New Movement. Singers, dancers and instrumentalists will take on each other’s skills to create a unique synergy of sound, colour and movement. Watch this space…
