Author: MakeShift Circus Collective
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150 Strangers Enter into Race Dialogue!
What an amazing experience, we are so grateful to all of the forces that made the MLK Day performance and dialogue happen at Clarkston Community Center!! Check it out, it was a packed house!: https://youtu.be/DnUbwL20RZE
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Free Show Coming Up!
Hello everyone! We are thrilled to announce that on January 18th as part of a larger celebration of Martin Luther King, we will be sharing a 25 minute excerpt of the Race Circus Project. The presentation will lead into dialogue co-facilitated by a team of students from Agnes Scott, GSU-PC, and Clarkston Community Center staff and coordinated by McKenzie Wren.…
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Amplified Voices
The script, made completely from the quotes of dialogue session participants, is over half way finished!!! This month, we had the incredible opportunity to invite dialogue session participants and community members in to record at 800 East Studios. We are so so SO grateful to 800 East for donating two recording sessions so that the stories and…
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Knitting the Script…
We are coming out of a week-long intensive with the Race Circus Project and feeling super inspired as the show begins to take shape! We are weaving together stories and experiences shared in the dialogue sessions and learning so much about ourselves, each other, and our community as we go…
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‘Our Solutions’ Video
Here’s the second video ya’ll! This one is a compilation of the ideas and questions of participants of the Race Circus Project as they talked about how to fight against racism and bigotry in their own lives. Please check out the ‘Our Struggles’ post below to see the first video! Many thanks to Alison Daye…
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Preparing to Say ‘Hello?’
MakeShift is super excited to be preparing for our November showing of ‘Hello?’ (read below for show description) in Sifly Piazza. We are so grateful for the support of the Alliance Theater as we continue to work to open access to circus and create socially engaged art! Here we are exploring the super cool space…
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