Diane Paulus
Diane Paulus
Diane Marie Paulusis an American director of theater and opera who became Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theaterat Harvard University in 2009. Paulus was nominated for the Best Director Tony Award for her revival of Hair, and won the award in 2013 for her revival of Pippin. She has received the 2009 Harvard College Women’s Leadership Award and the Columbia University IAL Diamond Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
CountryUnited States of America
parent theatre opera
Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.
art drama singing
Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.
america directors generations
My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.
teaching class towns
I've gotten to the point that I don't even know what tomorrow brings. When I'm teaching, obviously I'm in town for the class every week.
beautiful gold sitting
I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.
directors answers feels
As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.
believe thinking ideas
The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me as a director . . . I believe it's actually radical to think about the audience.
creativity form
Creativity is a form of knowledge.
art computer depraved games nobody sit state technology
We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state of humanity.
auditions present rehearsal time whether
Being a director, whether you're in rehearsal or you're in auditions or you're in a creative meeting, is so much to me about being present in the moment. There's a sense of time stopping.
freeing
It's freeing to not be caught up in your own personal baggage.
ballet believe blocks four george lincoln taking
Look at where I lived! Four blocks from Lincoln Center. I used to play in the fountain. And then I started taking dance lessons. I was in 'The Nutcracker' for the N.Y. City Ballet when I was 8 and dancing in 'The Firebird' for George Balanchine when I was 9. Believe me, that's something you don't ever forget.
politics
Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches.
people work
I give so much of myself to my work; I want to be with people who are going to be there with me.