by Gretchen | Jun 30, 2010 | InterPlay
Wow! We had 15 students at the InterPlay Performance Technique class tonight, which is twice as many as usual. All that energy was such a delight. As I posted on my Facebook status line: For those of you who don’t know, InterPlay is an active, creative approach...
by Gretchen | Jun 11, 2010 | Academic Coaching, Creativity & Edges, Entrepreneurship, InterPlay, Random Stuff
As an academic coach, I end the school year by meeting with parents to reflect on the ways their children have grown — and to identify goals for the next year. Recently at the end of one of those meetings, a mom sighed and said, “My daughter is...
by Gretchen | Feb 3, 2010 | InterPlay
Tonight we had another delicious Tuesday night InterPlay class. On my drive home, I couldn’t help reflecting about how grateful I am for this community. And I wondered — what has caused the Tuesday night community to grow and thrive over the last 2 1/2...
by Gretchen | Jan 10, 2010 | InterPlay
Recently a friend sent me a survey asking me what ensemble performance feels like. She’s getting her Ph.D. and she needed some help. Ever the dutiful friend, I complied. I’ll share the text of those emails in a second. But first — I want to share...
by Gretchen | Jan 7, 2010 | InterPlay
I had so much fun teaching my first InterPlay Performance Technique class — totally solo!! For the last two and a half years I’ve been Elizabeth Mendana’s teaching sidekick. But then she decided to move away. So, I took a deep breath… and a...
by Gretchen | Dec 16, 2009 | InterPlay
For the past two-and-a-half years I’ve been blessed to teach InterPlay with dancer extraordinaire Elizabeth Mendana. Tonight Elizabeth taught her last Tuesday night class (sniff!) and soon I’ll be leading it alone (holy cow!). For those of you new to the...
