CoMMiT
Camille
Maurine's
Moving
Theater
CoMMiT
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Camille
Maurine's
Moving
Theater
is a living, evolving form of
experimental theater. Created and directed by Camille
Maurine, this exciting, body-based performance process is
about bringing the inner world out into creative
expression. Through an unusual weaving of dance, sound, and
words, the performers reveal images, stories, myths, and
dreams that pulse in the human heart. CoMMiT is a Moving
Theater of the soul - raw, tender, humorous, and deeply
personal.
New commentary and photos on the
currents of CoMMiT are being created, so please come back
soon!
COME TO A PERFORMANCE:
"No
Stranger" - Sundays, April 30, May
7, 14, 2006. 7:30 PM at Continuum, Santa Monica, CA
The advanced
group of
CoMMiT
is giving a series of lively
informal performances this Spring.
"No Stranger" is a
moving dream of stories, energies, and inner characters,
improvised from deep listening, intimate interaction, and
embodied expression. Taught and directed by Camille
Maurine, performed by Gina Carlson, Doug Hammett, Outi
Harma, Fred Kahane, Nomi Isak, Craig Ng, Samantha Persoff,
Craig Schwartz, and Casey Smith. At the Continuum Studio,
1629 18th Street #7, just north of Olympic. $10/$5 at the
door.
Previous presentations:
"Holiday
Spirits" - an
improvisation on the holy, heartrending, and hilarious,
Sunday, December 4th and 11th, 7:30 PM at the 18th Street
Arts Center in Santa Monica. Performed by members Kelly
Garrity, Doug Hammett, Outi Harma, Fred Kahane, Nomi Isak,
Craig Ng, Samantha Persoff, Craig Schwartz, and Casey
Smith. In 2002, CoMMiT gave a series of seven
improvisational performances in Santa Monica, California on
the theme of love and intimacy.
Summer, 2002:
"Open Secrets", Improvisations on the Light and Shadow of
Love was a daring
experiment in a unique, completely spontaneous format, and
we mean 100% improv, diving into the great unknown
together, both performers and audience. Each evening was
entirely different, a kind of moving dream that exposed
some of the secrets that pulse in the human heart. The
particular texture each night was created through the
interplay among the performers, as well as the presence and
attention of the audience. The house was filled to capacity
and many audience members attended several performances.
This group of talented dancers, actors, artists and healers
has been working with Camille for years, cultivating the
rapport, skills and artful awareness of Moving Theater that
was evident in these performances. For the 2002 series,
Camille gave herself the challenge of being both director
and performer. A documentary is being created on CoMMiT and
the intimate interactions that Camille and this group
experienced together. Extremely intense, inspiring,
transformational!
CoMMiT Performers 2002 (as seen below from left): Camille
Maurine, Chris Shearer, Craig Ng, Doug Hammett,Kara
Masters, Denyce Giannioses, Malcolm Groome, Outi Harma, and
Sara Staehle.
Photos & Card by Réne Armenta