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Beloved Artistic Community
BAC Meet Up
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Civic Ensemble and the Community School of Music and Arts is thrilled to be launching its new partnership, The Beloved Artistic Community Meet Up!
The BAC Meet Up will provide free artistic workshops to community members ages 18 and up. Each month a guest artist will be offering a performative or expressive arts workshop to expand the artistic skills and practices of our local community. The hope is to cultivate a space for folks where growth in artistry and skills is centered that is accessible no matter your level of artistry. No experience necessary to join, only an openness to exploring something new in the community.
We hope this can be a space for folks to expand their artistic tool kit and continue fostering that theatre, expression and creation is everyone’s birthright. ​​
UP NEXT: October
Intro to Rasaboxes with Paula Murray Cole
Join us for an evening learning Rasaboxes, a playful approach to embodying emotions through the use of breath, body, voice, and sensation. Players learn to find physical form for eight basic emotional archetypes, then to relate to other players in a series of step-by-step, guided improvisations designed to explore its dynamic combinations and possibilities. Facilitated by Professor Paula Murray Cole (Ithaca College) who is senior teacher and developer of Rasaboxes and co-author of Inside the Performance Workshop: A Sourcebook for Rasaboxes and Other Exercises.
What is Rasaboxes?
Rasaboxes Is an interdisciplinary approach to training emotional expressivity. This is achieved through the integration of breath, body, voice, movement, and sensation. It combines: the concept of rasa from classical Indian performance theory and practice, research on emotion derived from neuroscience and psychology, experimental and experiential performance practices, as well as theories of ritual, play, and performance. Learn more at www.rasaboxes.com
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The workshop will also be accessible to adults of all ages and abilities. Please contact us know if you have specific access needs so we can make sure the space is accessible to you. On site childcare will also be made available.
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Contact our Director of Artistic Producing, Gabriella, at 607-622-0303 or gabriella@civicensemble.org.
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time: 6:45-8:45pm
NOTE the slightly updated time from previous months!
Location: Community School of Music & Arts in Martha Hamblin Hall
Thank you to our partners!
