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Artmedia - Physical Theatre News - February
2010
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Sponsor:
Third-Way Theatre presents The Art of Building Forum Theatre
Plays
Playspace:
July Clown Retreat with Alan Clay, Wanganui, New Zealand
Features:
Total Theatre 3-Month Training Course with Annie Stainer, Australia
Networking:
10 Week Acting Course with Steve Matthews, Sydney, Australia
Seeking Physical Comedy Partner for TV Pilot, Melbourne, Australia
Lecturer in Creative Arts (Drama), University of Queensland, Aus
Buffoon Workshop with Eric Davis, Flying Heart Productions, Perth, Aus
Casting Circus/Aerial Artists, Cirque Mechanics, Los Angeles, USA
Bouffon Workshop with Giovanni Fusetti, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Free Mime Workshop, T. Daniel Productions, Chicago, USA
Call for Submissions, The Junction Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada
Clown Workshop with Jef Johnson (Nouveau Clown Institute), Mexico
Physical Theatre Performers
Auditions, DV8 Physical Theatre, London, UK
Applications for Oberland Performance Art Festival, Kirschau, Germany
ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival, Denmark/Sweden
Seeking Intern for 3-6 months, Clowns Without Borders South Africa
Puppeteers for Anima International Festival of Puppet Theatre, Ukraine
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Welcome to the February 2010 edition of the Artmedia physical theatre newsletter, your e-publication with an Australasian focus and a global perspective, now in its ninth year and reaching over 2,500 subscribers.
As this is our first newsletter for 2010, I'd like to wish everyone on the list all the best for the year. We haven't put out a newsletter for the past couple of months, firstly because nobody has been demanding to get their information in the newsletter and secondly because I've been buried in post production on my feature film, Butterfly Crush, which has just been confirmed to screen in the market at the Cannes film festival in May.
I'm very happy with film. The young stars have produced very strong performances because of the way we have been working with yoga and from a natural clown space. This combined with brilliant images from a cutting edge camera, and a development process which included podcasts from the lead actors (generating feedback from fans online, which has shaped the film), has produced a compelling drama. In test screenings to date the film is resonating with its intended young adult audience.
So we've been very busy and if you value the newsletter, you do need to support it, to keep it coming your way. The best way to do this is to take out a feature or the sponsorship to promote your art. Prices of the feature and sponsorship slots haven't changed in five years, and the newsletter is steadily getting better value as we expand and refine the readership.
In the Sponsorship this month we welcome Third-Way Theatre with information on their Art of Building Forum Theatre Plays masterclass being held in Melbourne, April 7th - 11th. The class is being taught by Terry O'Leary, one of the most experienced Forum Theatre jokers in the world and also an Associate Artist with Cardboard Citizens, which is one of the UK’s leading practitioners of Forum Theatre. The class will be of value to anyone interested in the use of theatre as tool for social insight and change. Some previous experience in TO is required.
In the Playspace section, I have information on my
July Clown Retreat in Wanganui, New Zealand. This workshop will be a rare
opportunity to work with me this year, as I am largely tied up with
other work. Most of the participants on the retreats tend to
be Australian and, to encourage you to attend, airfares are cheap across the
Tasman at the moment. Enrolments on the workshop are good and there are
still places available.
In the Features we have information on a 3-month physical
theatre training course under the direction of Annie Stainer. Total Theatre
is a leading training centre in Australia for those wishing to pursue a
career in Physical Theatre. 2nd round auditions are already under way, so if
you are interested you need to act quickly.
In Networking we have information on Acting Power, a unique training method for extending a performers acting range. This course runs for 10 weeks in Sydney starting February 24th and includes text work and improvisation. Melbourne-based physical comedian, Rod Lara, is looking for a male comedy partner for a TV Pilot. He needs someone who excels in visual comedy, clowning and pantomime.
The University of Queensland has an opening for a lecturer in creative arts(drama). This is a full-time, fixed term position. Applications close March 12th. In Perth, Flying Heart Productions are organising a Buffoon Workshop with Eric Davis. If you are interested in attending this 3 day workshop April 6th - 8th, they would like to hear from you.
Cirque Mechanics in Los Angeles are casting for their upcoming project, 'Boom Town'. They need clowns, acrobats and aerialists. Auditions are February 22nd, so you'll need to be quick if you want to book a slot. Giovanni Fusetti is offering a 3-week intensive in Boulder, Colorado, called 'Bouffons and the Ecstasy of Mocking'. Previous performance experience is required. The workshop starts June 26th.
In Chicago, T. Daniel Productions will be holding free mime workshops on February 20th. The workshop will explore the mime basics of characterization, movement, spacial understanding and emotions. The Junction Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada, is calling for submissions from performance artists for the September 8th - 12th festival. Canadian and international applications accepted.
Jef Johnson of the Nouveau Clown Institute is giving a Clown Workshop in Mexico City, but applications close February 20th, so you must act quickly if you'd like to attend. Aimed at clowns, actors, dancers and physical performers, this workshop will explore processes for play. DV8 Physical Theatre in London, England are holding final auditions to find two performers for their 6-month tour of Strange Fish. Applications close March 3rd.
In Germany, the Oberland Performance Art Festival is inviting performance artists to take part in the May 22nd - 24th festival. 'Spatial transitions, borders, and the spaces between them' is the theme. Application deadline is February 28th. The ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival is being held in Copenhagen and Malmoe (Denmark and Sweden) in May 2011. The theme is 'Building Bridges, Crossing Borders' in all of its diversity of associations. If you're interested in performing at this festival celebrating theatre for children and young people, the application deadline is March 1, 2010.
Clowns Without Borders South Africa (CWBSA) is looking for an international intern/volunteer. They are looking for a person with experience in arts and administration to work with their team both in the office and the field for 3-6 months. In the Ukraine, the "Anima International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Other Forms of Animation" is being held May 10th to 15th in Kharkov and they are seeking puppeteers to participate. Performers will be provided with hotel accommodation, food and a fee.
We aim to provide an avenue of communication for the physical theatre community, so send us information for inclusion in this newsletter, and please also forward this to someone else who may be interested.
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company working in these areas, you are welcome to become a member and post
information on your work.
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network with other physical theatre artists.
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Sponsor: Third-Way Theatre presents The Art of Building Forum Theatre Plays with Terry O'Leary, Melbourne, Australia
Third-Way
Theatre based in Melbourne, Australia, presents a Masterclass in the Art
of Building Forum Theatre Plays with Terry O’Leary, from Cardboard
Citizens London, England, in Melbourne, Australia - April 2010.Third-Way Theatre grew out of the work of the Takin' UP Space project (1999) which uses Theatre of the Oppressed Techniques to address community concerns. Third-Way Theatre has its roots in Paulo Friere’s work on critical pedagogy and Augusto Boal Theatre of the Oppressed Techniques.. TWT will often use a style of theatre that requires few props to work alongside communities to activate an exploration and investigation of issues arising out of concerns that seem to have no solution - Plays are created to engage in re-imaging together of what is possible to evoke change. Through engaging in interactive dialogue, theatre becomes a way to free up our collective wisdoms. Active audience participation, means people who identify with the struggle on stage can find "a third/fourth…..way to challenge the status quo and analysis the mechanisms of oppressive structures and behaviors".
Xris Reardon, founder and Director, has a long history of involvement in using creative methodologies to access embodied knowings as a means of sociopolitical transformation. Xris has trained with Augusto Boal in Legislative Theatre, Cops in our Heads, Rainbow of Desire, and The Future we are afraid off. She also trained with David Diamond, whom she co-joked CONSUME, CONSUME, CONSUME with in 2006 in Melb, Australia. Xris has also trained in Suzuki Training methods with SITI Theatre Co, and in Viewpoints, plus trained with Angela de Castro. Xris continues to apply her practice and the work both nationally and internationally.
FIVE key areas of work:
1. Training in best practice in Theatre for Living and Theatre of the Oppressed techniques with TWT Facilitators or International Practitioners such as Michele Decottigines, Adrian Jackson, David Diamond, Julian Boal, Dramabox (Singapore).
2. Community Theatre workshops: creating FORUM PLAYS around hard-to address issues to date have focused on struggles for self-determination in racialised, homo/trans or bi-phobic, environments or with people exposed to discrimination and prejudice; mental health stigma, sexism, body image, poverty, bullying, gender violence, domestic violence, dealing also with experiences of suicide, alienation, drug and alcohol addiction, anorexia, obesity, homophobia, transphobia, mental health, climate justice and more.
3. Ensemble work. This years project Denial at the Roots is an investigation around community racisms in the Australian context – focusing on us/them divides. If you are interested in being involved contact us via email.
4. Creative Research/evaluation using Theatre of the Oppressed methods.
5. Creation of an Oceanic Network of TO practitioners.
Information about Cardboard Citizens:
One of the UK’s leading practitioners of Forum Theatre. Since it’s inception the company worked closely with Augusto Boal, the creator of Theatre of the Oppressed. It’s annual Hostel Tour is recognized as a model of best practice in using Forum Theatre to empower the hardest-to-reach groups. Terry O ’Leary an Associate Artist with Cardboard Citizens. She encountered the company at a hostel in East London and is now one of the most experienced Forum Theatre jokers in the world. She has directed in numerous productions including Peckin’ me Shed and The Wall.
WHAT’S COVERED: Foundations in a FORUM Play / Structuring a FORUM play. Plot, story, character development, improvisations, the spec-actor, interventions, YOU WILL CREATE, PERFORM AND Joke a PLAY.
FOR WHOM: Applied Theatre Practitioners, Community Cultural Development Workers, Social-Workers, anyone interested in the use of theatre as tool for social insight and change. It is important to have had some previous experience in TO.
WHERE: Melbourne, Victoria.
WHEN: April 7-8-9-10-11th
TIMES: 10:00 - 5:30
FEE: 400 (unemployed or unwaged student) - 440 (P/T student or wage) - 480 (fulltime) - 530 (organization) - 600 Institution.
MORE RE VENUES OR TO BOOK: inquiries@thirdwaytheatre.org or call 03 9005 - 7460
www.thirdwaytheatre.org
To keep up to date with training find us on FACE BOOK.
Playspace: Clown Retreat with Alan Clay
Clown
Retreat 2010 - Wanganui, New Zealand Reconnect with the playful, inquisitive, cheeky, clown spirit in a beautiful outdoor setting, overlooking the mouth of the Wanganui river. Following the last two clown retreats in Wanganui, we find that the relaxed atmosphere and secluded environment means that students get more out of the contact hours and can also process and discuss the work outside of the class.
Modern clown is less character based and more interactive than traditional clown, it is less about hiding behind make-up and more about revealing our true selves, and less about routine based entertainment and more about spontaneous artistic expression. We need training and tools to facilitate these new skills in our work, and this workshop aims to give participants a way of working which supports this process.
The fees include six nights accommodation with kitchen facilities. The Clown Retreat will be held in a secluded studio within reach of breathtaking west coast beaches, bush walks and jet boat or canoe expeditions, but still handy to good coffee and all the facilities.
The workshop is aimed at those with a professional interest in clown. It is suitable both for beginners and for those with experience, and it functions best with this mix in the class. There will be a minimum of four and maximum of eight on the workshop.
NZ$750 including 6 nights accommodation with kitchen facilities. NZ$600 Price-buster (by Apr 5) NZ$650 Earlybird (by June 1) NZ$750 Full. (All fees and deposits are non-refundable) email: clown@artmedia.com.au to hold a place or make enquiries about this workshop.
Many of the exercises in the retreat are taken from Alan's
book, Angel's Can Fly, a Modern Clown User Guide. You
can find information on Angels Can Fly at
http://www.alanclay.com
including some of the exercises, a link to an excerpt of the
book on Google Books, and an eBook for the Microsoft reader. If
you are unable to attend the retreat in Wanganui you might find
that reading Angels Can Fly provides a similar
experience. People say: "I'm reading your book and loving it. I
feel like I'm involved in one of your workshops." Buy the book
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Feature: 3-Month Physical Theatre Training with Total Theatre, Western Australia
Total Theatre
– Mosman Park, Western Australia
Director – International Performer
Annie Stainer Patron – Steven Berkoff 
Are you looking for a comprehensive
training in Physical Theatre? Then why not come to Perth. Total Theatre
(established in 2002) is now one of Australia’s leading training centres for
those wishing to pursue a career in Physical Theatre, bringing together some
of the best specialist teachers and practitioners of the profession and
delivering a well rounded high calibre training.
After its success in 2009, we are pleased to be offering again, our 3-month
intensive Physical Theatre training (begins April 2010). This course
includes: Theatre, Mime, Dance, Feldenkrais, Improvisation, Circus Arts,
Aerial Skills, Voice, Singing, Stage Combat, Martial Arts, Clowning,
Commedia dell’Arte, Acting for Film & Television and How to Market Yourself.
Training is 3 days per week (Mon – Wed), 9.30am – 5pm.
This is a unique opportunity for those wishing to take advantage of this
popular training in a more condensed form than our one-year course (or for
those wishing to short-cut their training in order to enter, more readily,
the performance industry).
We are currently holding 2nd round auditions for our 3-month course so if
you are interested, please contact Sophie on 08 9385 4211 or
sophie@totaltheatre.com.au
But hurray as there are only a few places left!
Details and application forms are
available at
www.totaltheatre.com.au
Networking
"Bouffon Workshop with Giovanni Fusetti, Boulder, Colorado, USA. June 26th to July 19th. 'Bouffons and the Ecstasy of Mocking' is an intensive 3-week workshop with Giovanni Fusetti. The first week: The Bouffon Folly; the second week: The Dynamic of Mocking; the third week: Devising Material for Bouffons. The aim of this course is to give participants professional theatre tools, in order to play and create in the genre of Bouffon. It is addressed to people with previous performance experience (theatre, circus, dance, music, etc.) Please visit our web site for workshop details and more information." Giovanni Fusetti, Helikos International School of Theatre Creation. Find a link to the Giovanni Fusetti web site under Training at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links7.htm
"Free Mime Workshop, T. Daniel Productions, Chicago, USA. February 20th. We are pleased to announce that T. Daniel Productions will be holding free workshops on February 20th, 2010. They will be held at the Indian Boundary Cultural Center, located at 2500 West Lunt Avenue, one block west of Western Avenue in Chicago. Characterization, movement, spacial understanding, emotions and objects make up the essential base for understanding the ancient art of Mime. Internationally-renowned mime theatre artists, T. Daniel and Laurie Willets, will be conducting these introductory workshops on these techniques as well as sharing the importance of the imagination. This is a good way to learn about the basic ideas of the Art of Mime, T. Daniel Productions, and our future projects. Come explore this mesmerizing Art, the ‘true’ Art of Mime. Workshop session I runs 3:00-4:00pm; session II runs 4:00-5:00pm. If you plan to attend, please send an RSVP email. These days, it is rare to have a chance to study with and learn from such accomplished artists at no cost. Don't miss this enriching and educational experience! You can find contact details on our web site." Kacin Menendez, T. Daniel Productions. Find a link to T. Daniel Productions under Physical Theatre at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links4.htm
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