Abstract

In Andrew Morrish’s 40-year career in the arts he has been a performer, teacher, facilitator, mentor and advocate for a range of practices including improvisation, performance, dance education, dancetherapy and dance research. From 2008 until 2013 he was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Drama Division of Huddersfield University (U.K.) In 2016 he was awarded the Dance Fellowship of the Australia Council for the Arts (2016-2017). He now lives in the far south east corner of Australia where he continues to practice as a performer, teacher, coach and researcher.

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  • ANTON KRUEGER (Laughs)...Very kind of you to say so, Andrew...So, I wanted to pick up on our conversation from four years ago, was it in 2016, at the Huddersfield conference? i Consider this a very slow rejoinder to a few points made that I’ve had a bit of time to think

  • From 2008 until 2013 he was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Drama Division of Huddersfield University (U.K.) In 2016 he was awarded the Dance Fellowship of the Australia Council for the Arts (20162017). He lives in the far south east corner of Australia where he continues to practice as a performer, teacher, coach and researcher

  • ANTON What’s that French expression about the moment on the stairs when you think of what clever thing you could have said after you’ve left the conversation? L'esprit de l'escalier

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ANTON KRUEGER (Laughs)...Very kind of you to say so, Andrew...So, I wanted to pick up on our conversation from four years ago, was it in 2016, at the Huddersfield conference? i Consider this a very slow rejoinder to a few points made that I’ve had a bit of time to think. There's nothing wrong with the thinking, but you shouldn’t that stop you being in the moment – it’s one of the things we're trying to learn about as performers. A lot of people love improvising, and are very good at improvising; but they just think it's a cheap way to make conventional theatre.

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