{"id":4963,"date":"2016-01-22T16:50:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T00:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/?p=4963"},"modified":"2016-01-28T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T20:51:20","slug":"4963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/blog\/4963\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast & Crew Q & A with Paige McKinney"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paige McKinney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paige McKinney <\/b>is the movement director for The Yellow Wallpaper,<\/em> as well as\u00a0a choreographer, dancer and actor. \u00a0Her choreography has been produced by Ten Tiny Dances, the Richard Foreman Mini-Festival, the University of Oregon School of Music & Dance, and in various showcases. She won a Drammy Award for best choreography for Sojourn Theatre\u2019s 7 Great Loves. \u00a0Paige is an Associate Artist with Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE), with whom she performed in <\/span>Song of the Dodo<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>R3<\/span><\/i>, and served as movement director for <\/span>The Three Sisters<\/span><\/i>. \u00a0Paige has danced with Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre NW, Linda Austin, Allie Hankins, Mary Oslund + Co., Gregg Bielemeier, POV Dance, and many others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.paigemckinney.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

What was your favorite part of exploring this story? What posed the\u00a0<\/strong>greatest challenges?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My favorite part and my greatest challenge were the same thing: how to\u00a0transform what is (in the short story) an internal experience\u00a0unfolding over a period of weeks into movement that uncovers the truth\u00a0of the narrator’s experience as condensed into a 90 minute\u00a0performance. Grace and I began rehearsing with structured\u00a0improvisation scores in the fall of 2015 to distill essential\u00a0structures and gestures that complimented Sue’s beautiful text,\u00a0communicating viscerally those things that words sometimes can’t fully\u00a0express.<\/p>\n

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Grace Carter as Charlotte & Diana Schultz as The Woman. Movement Direction by Paige McKinney. Photo Credit Owen Carey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nHow are the story and details of this play, set in 1892, relevant today?<\/strong>
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The other day I was thinking about the rest cure, and how frequently\u00a0it was prescribed for neurasthenia, tuberculosis, hysteria, you name\u00a0it. It seems like such a bizarre surrendering of one’s freedom and\u00a0free will to allow someone else to dictate your activities, rest\u00a0periods, diet, everything. But then it occurred to me that some part\u00a0of us craves that imposed routine: think about how we hire personal\u00a0trainers and nutritionists to tell us what to do and when. We’re\u00a0willing to sacrifice a little freedom in order to get better, but how\u00a0much freedom, and how much better?
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\nWhat new projects do you have in the works now?<\/strong>
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I’m performing with Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble<\/a> for [or, the whale]<\/a> through Saturday the 23rd. T<\/span><\/span>hen I’ll be in No Man’s Land at Action\/Adventure<\/a>\u00a0March 10-April 3rd and Our New Girl\u00a0with Corrib Theatre<\/a>\u00a0in June.<\/p>\n

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Paige McKinney as the deep sea diver in PETE’s [or, the whale].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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