YO YO YO! I am so pumped to bring to you my first The Broadway WarmUp interview with the inimitable Mark Price. Mark is a creative genius and I look up to him so much. Both Ithaca grads, I had the pleasure of meeting Mark back when he was a mentor for the Hangar Theatre Lab Company in 2014. Mark’s energy, zest and passion is contagious. He is an incredibly talented performer and teacher. So generous and detailed with his insights, he’s the perfect person to start our interview series.
In this conversation, we focus on Mark’s meditation practice. I have personally struggled significantly with anxiety and stress, so I learned a lot from Mark’s words on his meditation practice, and I’m itching to take his course when it comes to New York this fall.
“The whole goal is not to be an expert meditator, the whole goal is to be better at life. To be a better partner, better creator, better husband, better wife, better friend, better brother, you know, whatever. So, the whole name of the game is up-leveling performance on all accounts.” -MP
We had such a blast talking that we exceeded our intended duration, so I’ve decided to break this interview into two parts. Part I is below…come back for Part II soon.
In PART 1, we discuss:
- Vedic meditation
- Left brain/Right brain functions
- Finding spontaneity in work and life
- ‘Fight or Flight’ response
- The fourth state of consciousness
- Plus much more…
LISTEN HERE:
https://broadwaywarmup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mark-price-final.m4a
In Part II, we’ll dive deeper into Mark’s views on creativity. We discuss:
- the importance of resiliency in actors
- How to ask better questions
- Self-Promotion
- The advice Mark would give his 20-year old self
FOLLOW MARK PRICE
- www.alchemycollective.org — Alchemy Collective is a meditation and performance lab, designed for creatives and high performance individuals who are looking to uplevel their performance, dissolve stress, and increase fulfillment and bliss states.(Website live end of July).
- www.aboutmarkprice.com (Actor, Teaching website)
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