Training

Training is an essential element of our creative process: it’s a platform for creating work and a provocation towards the unknown. Its’s a way to collaborate across disciplines, and a way to engage with the world in an imaginative way. Rooted in a mix of lineages and practices, this ongoing physical and vocal training dilates the presence, energy, and awareness of the performer and builds the expressive capacities of the ensemble for each project. We regularly share our training practice through residencies, workshops, apprenticeships, and monthly participatory training sessions. Our next training series is happening in April on Tuesday evenings: 4/9 (training led by The Hinterlands) from 7-8:30pm, 4/16 (training led by a special guest artist) from 7-9pm and 4/23 (Hinterlands) from 7-8:30pm at Play House. Participation in a training session is $0-$30 sliding scale based on economic need and geography, thanks to the Michigan Community Center grant through the Michigan Community Service Commission (part of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity). Ages 18+. To RSVP, email info[at]thehinterlands[dot]org. Doors open at 6:45PM.

The Hinterlands were a member of the Training Consortium, a group of place-based and training-centric performance companies in the United States, with Double Edge Theatre, Mondo Bizarro, qStaff, Pangea World Theater, Ebony Golden, and Open Flame Theatre between 2015 and its conclusion in 2022.

image from Into the Hinterlands, a documentary film by Julia Yezbick