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 session is on Thursday, June 26th from 7-9:30PM at Play House (12657 Moran St, Detroit) and is something we call “Open Training.” Join us in the embodied research practice we call training: a process of working on the self, experiencing the breadth of your physical and vocal possibilities, exploring group dynamics, and researching performance material. No performance experience necessary, all abilities welcome, ages 18+. Thanks to a generous grant from the Michigan Department of Labor, trainings are offered on a sliding scale from $0-$30 based on economic need and geography. Questions? Want to RSVP? Reach out (info at thehinterlands dot org).

Are you interested in working with The Hinterlands for a two-month in-depth dive into training, creating, and building a personal practice? Email info[at]thehinterlands[dot]org to learn more about our apprenticeship program, funded by the Michigan Community Service Commission’s Community Center Grant program.

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