Episode 88: Via Negativa, Getting Funding, and Terrifying Monkeys with Ross Travis

Please join me in welcoming accomplished actor, clown, acrobat, and badass art maker, Ross Travis.  Ross is a prolific and dedicated creator, always pushing boundaries and with a creative practice deeply rooted in his values, and disregard for the status quo.  His company Antic in a Drain is also one of the only American freelance artists I know who has had success within the American funding system. Y'all excited yet?  You should be.

What you'll hear:

• The spectrum of clown, from light to dark (yes this is an actual thing) and the history behind it 2:15
• What it was like to work together on Salvage and Inversion at Kinetic Arts Center, and how an audience member's complaint led to new opportunities instead of less 8:00
• What it was like attending the notorious Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater 16:15
• Via Negativa!  If you're tired of being called amazing without getting necessarily actionable notes, listen up 24:15
• What I've experienced as a mentor happening in graduates from various professional circus programs (why is it so much fun when guests ask me a question?  it is!) 29:00
• What it's like to perform for a mud circus (Flynn Creek Circus) for 6 freakin seasons JFC 32:24
• The role of risk in physical performance 40:00
• How Ross scared the shit out of me in his show The Greatest Monkey Show On Earth 41:00
• On navigating the American funding system for the arts LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!! 45:00
• What's next on the buffet for this hungry hungry artist?  1:03:00
• See Ross perform at Kinetic Art's Center's Summer Circus Celebration and the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival

ViaHow to find, follow, and support Ross' work:
https://anticinadrain.com/
https://www.instagram.com/anticinadrain
https://www.patreon.com/anticinadrain

Don't go back to sleep.

xoRachel
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