66 - Understanding Skill Based Acts - Conversations With Jay Gilligan

In this episode I attempt to get a better understanding of what a skill based act is. To do so I engage my good friend and conversational partner Jay Gilligan who is an absolute expert on this topic. How do skill based acts differ from talking acts, musical acts, or is perhaps the distinctions arbitrary? Wheter they are different in a fundamental or ontological way is perhaps not the most important question rather to try to grasp certain aspects of Material. Clowns, musicians, a strongwoman ...

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Philosophical and esoteric perspectives from a modern day Showman. Each season is different in its approach. S1 is essays. S2 is one book length attempt at Understanding Showmanship, S3 is conversations with remarkable Showfolk. The brand new Season 4 explores the relationship between Showmanship and Play.The host, Captain Frodo, internationally renowned circus performer, director, writer, husband and dad lays out, in great detail, his practical performance philosophy for performers who seek to deepen the conversation with their audiences and themselves. You can find him, and more of his writing at: www.thewayoftheshowman.com