Live outdoor theater triggers change in our world by engaging audiences in a shared, authentic and active experience. Amy believes that accessibility is the key to sparking a dialogue of societal understanding and transformation. By bringing together diverse audiences and revealing our common human condition, people who experience live theater are moved to see our sameness, not our differences. Amy Christian is a performer, teacher, and activist, who has been creating handmade visuals and outdoor spectacle productions for 24 years. Founder of Wise Fool New Mexico (www.wisefoolnewmexico.org), Wise Food Puppet Intervention, and the In The-Street Theatre Festival, she is dedicated to accessibility in the arts as a means of creating the world we envision. In thespirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
Friday, February 22, 2013
How outdoor theater ignites social change: Amy Christian at TEDxAcequiaMadre
How outdoor theater ignites social change: Amy Christian at TEDxAcequiaMadre Tube. Duration : 11.22 Mins.
Live outdoor theater triggers change in our world by engaging audiences in a shared, authentic and active experience. Amy believes that accessibility is the key to sparking a dialogue of societal understanding and transformation. By bringing together diverse audiences and revealing our common human condition, people who experience live theater are moved to see our sameness, not our differences. Amy Christian is a performer, teacher, and activist, who has been creating handmade visuals and outdoor spectacle productions for 24 years. Founder of Wise Fool New Mexico (www.wisefoolnewmexico.org), Wise Food Puppet Intervention, and the In The-Street Theatre Festival, she is dedicated to accessibility in the arts as a means of creating the world we envision. In thespirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
Live outdoor theater triggers change in our world by engaging audiences in a shared, authentic and active experience. Amy believes that accessibility is the key to sparking a dialogue of societal understanding and transformation. By bringing together diverse audiences and revealing our common human condition, people who experience live theater are moved to see our sameness, not our differences. Amy Christian is a performer, teacher, and activist, who has been creating handmade visuals and outdoor spectacle productions for 24 years. Founder of Wise Fool New Mexico (www.wisefoolnewmexico.org), Wise Food Puppet Intervention, and the In The-Street Theatre Festival, she is dedicated to accessibility in the arts as a means of creating the world we envision. In thespirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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