134: Breaking Down the Fourth Wall — Tony Bordonaro & Ingrid Kapteyn

<p class="p1">This week on 5.6.7.EIGHT, Aleksandra interviews Tony Bordonaro and Ingrid Kapteyn, Co-Artistic Directors at <em>Welcome to Campfire</em> — an experiential dance platform that merges dance and theater to immerse performers and audiences into incredible dystopian settings. Tony and Ingrid first met while performing in <em>Sleep No More NYC</em> in 2013. After a run of the show in Shanghai, the two went on to develop four evening-length immersive dance experiences that have spanned New York City and Shanghai. The company’s name is derived from its first danceplay, titled <em>CAMPFIRE</em>.</p> <p class="p3">Tony and Ingrid are addicted to the thrill of acting on an idea — of feeling an instinct, getting into a room, and putting skin on the bones. After all, their entire dance company started as an idea inspired by the raw reality of Shanghai — a novel idea that took an artform traditionally defined by a stage and dropped it into a nontraditional setting, effectively shattering the mythological “fourth wall.” On the podcast, Tony and Ingrid retell the <em>Welcome to Campfire</em> origin story and hope it inspires others to act on ideas and push the boundaries of traditional storytelling.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Moving Quotes:</strong></span></p> <p class="p1">"Dancers can wear so many hats. And, as a dancer, when you have an idea, the idea tells you what to do. They key is to show up, go into the room, and do the work of making and dancing and doing. And everything else follows."</p> <p class="p1">"[With <em>Welcome to Campfire</em>], people can expect to have an experience that's up close. An experience that definitely feels like they're an active participant... We invite audience members to be in the world with us. To experience that intimacy, one-on-one."</p> <p class="p1">"With our most recent piece, we've asked, 'Have we bitten off more than we can chew?' And we've just had to trust in the work we were doing. I like to call it 'following charm.' To think, 'Thi