Nature's Theatre

Jorge Luis Morejon.  Animal Circle.  Birdman Story. 

Stebbins Cold Canyon, California, 2010.  Photos: Angela Thang

Jorge Luis Morejón participated in the Nature’s Theatre Workshop with Jeff Falyn and Lyndsay Dawkins, founders of Nature’s Theater in 2004, on March 6th and 13th. The initiative grew out of their desire to offer kids a fulfilling and fun experience in the outdoors. Currently, there are over thirty stories with diverse themes and adventures in the Nature’s Theater repertoire. “Our mission is to connect kids, our next generation of sustainable caretakers for the earth, to the joys of being outside…” One Sunday afternoon per month, children of all ages with an accompanying adult, enjoy storytelling performances with an international content at a theatre venue, a park or a school.


Each storytelling event is open to the public. The methodology offered by Falyn and Dawkins is flexible and adaptable to any children population. It was a great gift that Jorge Luis Morejón will take with him back home to use as a resource for children to learn about nature while involved in a performance driven process.

Jorge Luis Morejon.  Nature's Theatre Workshop. 

Stebbins Cold Canyon, California, 2010.  Photos: Angela Thang

Bodies Of Water

Jorge Luis Morejon. Bodies of Water.  Firehouse Studio/UC Davis. 2009.  Photos: Daniel Jordan

http://jorgeluismorejon-bodiesofwater.blogspot.com/

Bodies of Water is a work in progress created primarily as a doctoral thesis piece for the Practice as Research emphasis of the Performance Studies Program at University of California, Davis. Please, click on the blog address shown above. As you move through the sections of the blog Bodies of Water, you will encounter three major narratives. The first is entitled Bodies of Water in the Performance Space, which describes how the physical environment contributes to the development of the performance process. Following this narrative is a series of pictures illustrating the process. The second narrative entitled Critical Evaluation describes the performance as a displacement ritual. This is also followed by a series of pictures illustrating the actual performance. The third narrative entitled Bodies of Water: Journal, describes in detail processes, outcomes, and feelings involved in this creative collaboration between performer JorgeLuis Morejon and director Nitza Tenenblatt.