Author: MakeShift Circus Collective
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Farewell . . . No fair!
We say “Until next time” to Chelsea Gregory, a force who has guided us and given us wings. We are now a flock of social artists ready to break out of the perimeter into unknown territory – equipped with tools to construct innovative, depthful performance interventions. We send her love and support as she moves…
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Ensemble Building and Exploration
Artistic/cultural literacy consultant Chelsea Gregory guides the Race Circus Project team as we build trust and a common language… Through physical creative explorations we learn about each other. As we are the culmination of our experiences, our movement styles reflect our life paths. We try out each others’ movements to see what it’s like in another…
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Intentions, Questions, and First Creations
Our first moments with Chelsea have been filled with information as she shares her knowledge of the community art making methodologies of Cornerstone Theater Company, Urban Bushwomen, Tectonic Theater Project, and We Got Issues. She has opened a beautiful space for us to voice our intentions and our questions about the project that we are…
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Artistry and cultural literacy advisor Chelsea Gregory is blowing our collective mind, body and soul!
Our first artistic and cultural literacy advisor to the Race Circus Project, Chelsea Gregory, has joined us for four intensive sessions to help us develop and practice a community engaged circus methodology that is steeped in the wisdom of our forerunners in the field of performance arts for social change. Yeeeeehaw!!!! 😀 Chelsea Gregory is…
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MakeShift Welcomes Andrew Ritfeld!!!
We are so thrilled to have new full-time artistic collaborator on the Race Circus Project, Andrew Ritfeld, an ATL resident from the age of 13 and part of the community of inquiry. He has already brought so much creative fire and provocative ideas! Yeeeeekk! He’s pictured below in the yellow shirt calmly smiling as Eric…
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The Thrilling Momentum of Rich and Rewarding Opportunities
We are ALL CAPS EXCITED to share our collective feelings of triumph for MakeShift’s first commissioned performance work! The piece was first showcased at City Hall of Atlanta, then in the high-foot traffic public setting of Broad Street. Both the City Hall and Broad St. performances were in conjunction with Elevate, “A project of the…
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