FEEDBACK [feed-bak]
noun : a reaction or response to a particular process or activity.
Anyone who has explored the creative process understands the value of feedback. Exposing our “works in progress” to the critique of our peers certainly takes courage, but feedback can also take our creative endeavors from average to excellent. Art House Dallas wants to provide an encouraging environment within a small group setting to explore your strengths and potential areas of growth as an artist. Groups will always be limited to 4 to 6 and Art House will provide facilitators who have exhibited a track record of success in their art form.
Details
Date: Tuesday, January 9
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm CST
Location: Arts Mission Oak Cliff | 410 S Windomere, Dallas, TX 75208
REQUIRED: Registering for this event assumes your commitment to prepare work to present to the group. This could be a monologue or an excerpt from a script (no more than 5 minutes in length) to be performed in front of the group and the featured artist. If you bring an excerpt, someone else from the group can read with you.
Featured Artist: Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller is a Dallas-based actor who has worked in the theatre, film, TV, and voice industry since the 1990s. He has a BA in Drama from Dallas Baptist University and an MA in Media & Communications from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has also done graduate work in the Arts & Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas.
After graduating from DBU, he worked as an intern at Theatre Three in Dallas. This was followed by an assortment of jobs, all of which allowed him to pursue acting. After completing his studies at DTS, he spent ten years teaching Rhetoric, Drama, and Theology at The Covenant School in Dallas. He currently produces a talk show for Point of View Radio.
His latest film/TV projects include Death’s Crisis, Restorage, and Lifetime Channel’s #TextMeWhenYouGetHome series. You can also hear him as the voice of Luomen in Crunchyroll’s production of The Apothecary Diaries.
Favorite theatre roles include James Tyrone/Long Day’s Journey into Night, Charles Babbage/Ada and the Engine, Man in the Chair/Drowsy Chaperone, Fagin/Oliver, Scrooge/A Christmas Carol, and Richard/Richard III.
He is married to April, who is head of the theatre department at The Covenant School. Empty-nesters, they have two children, Juliet and Brennan, who give them plenty of reasons to visit New York and Colorado.
GUIDELINES FOR FEEDBACK :: Actors
Feedback for Actors is a place where expression, discussion, and new ideas are encouraged. Art House Dallas wants to connect you with one another and pave the way for developing friendships. So, join us for a night of learning and inspiration through the sharing of ideas with fellow artists.
This Feedback Session will be focused on the artistic process and in-process art, so do not feel pressured to bring something you've perfected.
This is a great opportunity to get feedback on audition materials, or that section of a script you don't quite feel you're nailing,
When you express an opinion about someone else's performance, whether it fits your taste or not, it's more important to explain precisely what is good about it and which are the weaker areas that could be improved.
Please remember that any kind of negative criticism is always going to be a bit painful, so be tactful and accurate. Most people tend to over-react to negative criticism, despite the need to improve, so you should compensate for that a little bit
Come Prepared: This isn't the space for a cold read. Bring something you feel you need a little work on.
Keep an open mind: Know that everything is a work in progress and there are always different approaches to creating and executing a project.
Let the work Speak: Often as artists, our insecurities will get the best of us and we want to over-explain or give a disclaimer.
Twice as many positive comments as negative. Be as specific as you can.
Do not present a problem without suggesting a solution. In other words, do not just say what you think is wrong.
Do not make any jokes, they are much too easily misinterpreted.