ArtAntica Articles from The Lookingglass Alice 2008 Issue

The twenty first season of Lookingglass begins this fall.

This is a true “moment” for any company and I certainly humbly appreciate the good fortune from which we have benefited to celebrate that landmark. It has been over two decades since the outrageously naïve decision to embark on this journey together, and we are all the richer for it. (Some of us are admittedly “poorer”, but not in soul…)

But together we have stayed. Why? After many gloomy days, after some absolute pans from the critics, after kids, therapy, weddings, deaths, fame, fortune, poverty, disagreements, general existential angst, days, weeks, months, years, why have we stayed together?

The MISSION.

If we did one thing right in those preposterously long early (and late) meetings of our genesis, it was to create a mission that ACTIVATED us and yet was UNACHEIVABLE. - Read more

Q&A

Cheshire Chat

Artistic Associate Anthony Fleming III on his sixth time down the rabbit hole with Lookingglass Alice

Anthony Fleming III
as the Cheshire Cat

You were in the original cast when Lookingglass Alice was first produced at Lookingglass in 2005. What attracted you to the show?

My first two shows with the company, RACE and 1984, were not as physical as many other Lookingglass shows. They both had physical elements incorporated into the performances, but nothing like what I envisioned Alice would be. So when Alice came around I was primed and ready to "flex my circus muscles!" - Read more

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What am I going to see when I come to Lookingglass Alice?

Artistic Associate and circus choregrapher Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi on developing the movement elements of Lookingglass Alice

Lookingglass Alice is famous for its incredible incorporation of daring circus skills. A lot of the credit for that goes to Artistic Associate Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi. The circus training she gave the Ensemble in its early days helped to establish Lookingglass as a theatre company known for physical work. - Read more

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Lookingglass turns 21

Ensemble member and Producing Artistic Director Phil Smith on the 2008 - 2009 season

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Cheshire Chat

Artistic Associate Anthony Fleming III on his sixth time down the rabbit hole with Lookingglass Alice

Resource Guide

What am I going to see when I come to Lookingglass Alice?

Artistic Associate and circus choregrapher Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi on developing the movement elements of Lookingglass Alice

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