Thursday, September 10, 2009

Arts and the Experience of Homelessness

"In empathic listening we move our attention away from ourselves, we stop observing facts that are interesting or new to us so that we can open our hearts to the living person with whom we are in contact. "
Photo from: http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/uofcpublications/oncampus/february2009/reading
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Ian Prinsloo MFA, actor, director and artistic director facilitated "The Lower Depths Project" organized by the University of Calgary’s Department of Drama and Faculty of Social Work. The project was an arts-based exploration of the experience of homelessness. He has worked as a professional theatre director in Canada for the past 20 years working with The Shaw Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Blyth Festival, Manitoba Theatre Centre and was Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary from 1997 to 2005.