{"id":7608,"date":"2024-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wholesumky.org\/?p=7608"},"modified":"2025-05-28T07:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:56:30","slug":"less-is-more-in-uk-theatre-and-dance-season-of-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholesumky.org\/?p=7608","title":{"rendered":"Less is more in UK Theatre and Dance \u2018Season of Sustainability\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When audience members settle into their seats for a theatrical performance, they are focused on the action on the stage, whether it\u2019s unfolding drama, the fluidity of dance or the whimsy of musical theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They rarely think about the materials that went into bringing the production to life: the wood used for set pieces, material used for costumes, even the paper used to print the programs they hold in their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its 2024-25 season of offerings, the University of Kentucky\u2019s Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a> is putting a spotlight on reducing that level consumption. The schedule of five productions carries a theme, \u201cSeason of Sustainability.\u201d Not only is the programming centered around the overarching theme of conservation, but behind the scenes, there will be efforts to minimize impact on the environment through practices like repurposing set pieces from previous productions, recycling costumes for materials and creating digital versions of what would ordinarily be printed programs for the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susie Thiel, newly appointed chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, said the idea for doing a season centered around sustainability originated with the former interim department chair Peter Allen Stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was really looking into sustainability and the second he brought it up, all the faculty jumped on board, and we talked about the different plays and ideas,\u201d Thiel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When audience members settle into their seats for a theatrical performance, they are focused on the action on the stage, whether it\u2019s unfolding drama, the fluidity of dance or the whimsy of musical theater. They rarely think about the materials that went into bringing the production to life: the wood used for set pieces, material […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":7610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t