A Conversation with Sara Coffey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works Podcast
Length: 26:06
Vermont Performance Lab (or VPL) is just that: a laboratory for artistic experimentation and community engagement. Begun in 2006, Vermont Performance Lab's mission is to support the creation and development of contemporary dance, music and performance while fostering meaningful connections between artists and the local community. VPL provides a residency where performing artists have access to studio space in a small rural Vermont community. Here artists can concentrate on research and experimentation while trying out performance ideas to small audiences through open rehearsals or work-in-progress showings.
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Vermont Performance Lab (or VPL) is just that: a laboratory for artistic experimentation and community engagement. Begun in 2006, Vermont Performance Lab's mission is to support the creation and development of contemporary dance, music and performance while fostering meaningful connections between artists and the local community. VPL provides a residency where performing artists have access to studio space in a small rural Vermont community. Here artists can concentrate on research and experimentation while trying out performance ideas to small audiences through open rehearsals or work-in-progress showings.
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Transcript of conversation with Sarah Coffey
Adele Myers: What's incredible about what Sara is initiating with Vermont Performance Lab is it's really artist-centered. So it doesn't feel like we're just coming here, doing our work and leaving. We are now really becoming part of the community. Our classes are open to the public and so anyone can come in and take class with us. We're asking people to hang around for rehearsal, give us feedback, and so there's an investment on our part and on their part in terms of this particular project.
Jo Reed: That is dancer Adele Myers talking about the Vermont Performance Lab which is run by Sara Coffey. Welcome to Art works the program that goes behind the scenes with some of the nation's great artists to explore how art works. I'm your host Josephine reed.
Vermont performance Lab (or VPL) is just that: a laboratory for artistic experimentation an...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original music | Josha Quillen | Adele Myers' Theater in the Head. | 00:00 |
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