directed by InterPlay co-founder Phil Porter
Join us to witness an informal performance called “The Unbelievable Beauty of Being Human” on Saturday, February 15 at 7 pm, open to the public. This InterPlay-based performance will include movement, stories, and live music, all created on the spot out of the stuff of our lives; and features a group of experienced and new InterPlayers who have spent the day with InterPlay Co-founder Phil Porter, from the San Francisco Bay Area, exploring the creative and revelatory possibilities of solo and group performance. That workshop leads right into the evening where they will create a series of short pieces drawing on the wisdom of our bodies, and the realities of “right now.”
Expect to be moved! Expect to laugh! Expect to witness a broad range of humanity—perhaps you will even see yourself in what gets created! Bring a friend to this delightful community event!
Cost
Donations accepted
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About Phil Porter
Phil Porter is one of the co-founders of InterPlay, along with his colleague of 40 years, Cynthia Winton-Henry. He is a teacher, performer, writer, designer, artist, and organizer. He and Cynthia also co-founded WING IT! Performance Ensemble in 1989, an Oakland, California improvisational group. He has written several books including Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last and The Slightly Mad Rantings of a Body Intellectual Part One. Phil believes that InterPlay can be a powerful tool to create communities of diversity, peace, and justice.
Phil trained as a textile artist and graphic designer at the University of California at Berkeley, where he also spent a great deal of time studying modern dance. He has designed costumes and liturgical garments, and has worked in a variety of artistic media. He is currently obsessed with polymer clay.
Phil has immersed himself in the process of telling improvised “big body stories” that often address grand social and political issues as well as the mundane details of daily life, turning them into a spirited melange of movement, story and sound.