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Artmedia - Physical Theatre News - May
2010
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Sponsor:
Celebration Barn Theater Workshops, Maine, USA
Playspace:
July Clown Retreat with Alan Clay, Wanganui, New Zealand
Features:
Physical Fest Workshops & Classes with Tmesis Theatre, UK
Body Weather & Butoh Weekend Workshop, Sydney, Aus
Networking:
2011 World Buskers Festival Applications, Christchurch, New Zealand
Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance, Univ of Otago, NZ
Professional Trapeze Teacher Training & Conference, AYCO, USA
Variety Acts Sought for Five Minute Follies, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Call for Circus Performers, Dancers & Musicians for Qatar via London, UK
Festival of Circus and Street Arts, Southern Lights, Kimmeridge, UK
Buskers Ville, International Festival of Street Arts, Hamburg, Germany
Physical Comedy Studies, Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sweden
Dance Day, International Dance Council, UNESCO, World Wide
Tini Tinou International Circus Festival, Phare Ponleu Selpak, Cambodia
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Welcome to the May 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.
The May issue is coming out a little early this month, because of deadlines on some of our Networking items (see below) and in this issue we welcome items from a bigger range of our international subscribers.
In the Sponsorship this month we welcome Celebration Barn Theater in Maine (USA) with information on their summer season workshops. They offer world-class teachers in an environment far away from the distractions of everyday life. The one and two week workshops offer a range of workshops including neutral mask, art of movement and performance for musicians.
In the Playspace section, I have information on my July Clown Retreat in Wanganui, New Zealand, on which there are still a couple of places available. Students from Australia, New Zealand and France are currently enroled. In Angels Can Fly news, over 100 Australian high schools are now using the book in their drama departments.In the Features we have information on Physical Fest, the annual physical theatre/movement workshop and performance festival in the UK. Organised by Tmesis Theatre in Liverpool, the workshops are run by some of the world’s best practitioners. Physical Fest starts June 5th.
In Networking we have information on the 2011 World Buskers Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand, which will take place January 20th - 30th, 2011. The Buskers Festival is an invite only event, so send in your expression of interest by July 20th. The Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance offered by the University of Otago is accepting applications for 2011. Applicants need not possess a university degree or diploma, or any other educational or professional qualification, but you will have a passion for community dance and want to be able to inspire learning, healing, and peace in the community through dance. The Fellowship is open to any New Zealand or international community dance practitioner, teacher or researcher.
The American Youth Circus Organization is holding a Youth Circus Educators Conference this September in Vermont (USA). It will be a weekend of engaging workshops, discussions, and skill building. And in partnership with the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) they are offering professional trapeze teacher training in the 4 days leading up to the conference, which starts September 17th. In Philadelphia, the Five Minute Follies is looking for singers, dancers, jugglers, comedians, magicians, sideshow performers, and all kinds of variety acts to perform Saturday May 1st. Unusual acts are especially sought.
High Performance in London (UK) are casting for a show in Qatar. They need jugglers, fire jugglers, human statue, stilt walkers, acrobats, hula hoop, contortionists, acrobats, hand balancers, performers juggling other equipment, magicians, musicians, dancers, and actors for the 6 month contract beginning November 6th. And the Southern Lights Circus and Street Arts Festival in Kimmeridge, which runs June 11th - 13th, is calling for people who can offer circus skills workshops. The Festival aims to bring like minded people together to teach each other and swap skills and tricks and to provide a wide variety of workshops from beginner to advanced.
In Hamburg, Germany, Buskers Ville is being held as part of the International Festival of Street Arts, STAMP, on September 3rd - 5th. Approximately 20 groups will be selected for Buskers Ville. Applications close May 15th. The Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts is offering a 1 year masters program in Physical Comedy. The program which begins January 2011 is a unique collaboration between the academy and the aid organisation Clowns without Borders Sweden. Application deadline is May 31st.
Dance Day will be celebrated all over the world on April 29th by the international community of dancers. This is an International Dance Council CID, UNESCO initiative, created to attract the attention of the wider public to the art of dance. Events are being organized by dance companies, amateur groups, schools, associations and other institutions active in dance. And in Cambodia, the International Circus Festival, Tini Tinou, is inviting circus artists to be part of this year's Festival. Every year artists and troupes from more than 10 different countries attend. If you would like to provide a workshop send in your application before July 15th. Tini Tinou runs November 15th to December 12th.
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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The new Artmedia Social Network can be found at
www.artmedia.net.au. This site is a social network
for those into live performance, film and new media. If you are an artist or
company working in these areas, you are welcome to become a member and post
information on your work.
Many people write to us
with information on their work, which they want posted on the Artmedia web
site. We are very happy to do this, but we have to charge for anything
posted on the artmedia.com.au site. However, now you have the opportunity to
sign up to the new
artmedia.net.au
site and post your own information. You can also upload videos on your work,
post photographs, or post articles and reviews on your personal blog and
network with other physical theatre artists.
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On the artmedia.com.au site you can find links to performers,
companies, resources and festivals all over the world, and you can also
subscribe to this newsletter. The newsletter archive includes all issues
for the past seven years. Check it out at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/news.htm
Australian Recreational Centre
for Aerial Arts(ARCAA) offer flying trapeze, silks and clown skills.
http://www.artmedia.com.au/aerial_arts.htm
Theatre LOTE provide innovative Bilingual Performances for schools and
festivals.
http://www.theatrelote.com.au Artmedia
have information on Moontan.
http://www.artmedia.net.nz
Sue Broadway has information on her touring performances and projects.
http://www.artmedia.com.au/broadway.htm (Photo
left: Sue Broadway)
Aerialize have information on their aerial theatre classes and projects in
Sydney.
http://www.artmedia.com.au/aerial.htm
Visit our seven pages of links, one each for Festivals , Training, Resources, Circus and Clown , and Physical Theatre , and two pages of Performers links.
Our artmedia.com.au website deals still provide great value. For one page on the Artmedia site, it is just Aus$20 a month, or Aus$30 for as many as you want, so contact us if you want to promote your work on a site which features search engine referrals direct to your page, and over 1,600 links from like-minded sites. We also have a publishing service, where we do your website at your address. On this deal it is just Aus$40 a month to maintain and promote the site, no matter how many pages you have, and only Aus$20 a page set up cost.
Sponsor: Celebration Barn - Theater Workshops
with Keith Johnstone
Discover the joy and freedom of performing without preparation with one of the world’s leading authorities on improvisation!
Show Incubation: Open Residency, June 7 - 22
Retreat to the Barn for intensive rehearsal time to take your show-in-development to the next level. Come for one week or two!
Ten Day Directed Residency, June 23 - July 3
with Robert Post
Collaborate with a master of physical theater to both electrify and refine your work.
Barn Boot Camp, July 5 - 17
With Davis Robinson, Karen Montanaro and Guest Artists including Broadway's Avner the Eccentric, Fred Garbo and more!
Build a foundation for making theater that is rich with originality and spontaneity. It's the best of the Barn condensed into two weeks!
Neutral Mask, July 19 - 24
With Dody DiSanto
Connect to the innate wisdom of your body through neutral mask, and discover awareness, freedom, and the power of essential gesture.
Eccentric Performing, July 26 - August 7
With Avner Eisenberg and Julie Goell
Explore the core of red-nosed clowning. Learn how to build rapport with audiences, find comedy in problem solving, and discover your personal Eccentric Performer.
500 Clown: Risk and Play, August 9 - 14
With Adrian and Leslie Buxbaum Danzig
Create theater with an edge as you explore the essential elements of 500 Clown: physical and emotional risk, action, audience and humor.
Performance for Musicians, August 17 - 22
with Deborah Henson-Conant and Karen Montanaro
Investigate your strength and uniqueness as a performer and develop your own style of musical performance at any skill level.
Art of Movement, August 23 - 28
With Karen Montanaro and Christine Sullivan
Celebrate movement possibilities through improvisation, Alexander Technique, and a variety of physical disciplines. Learn how to achieve maximum expression with minimum effort.
500 Clown: Life is
worth the risk! Photo by: Michael Brosilow
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. Students from Australia, New Zealand and France are currently enroled and there are still a couple of places available.
NZ$650 Earlybird (by June 1) NZ$750 Full, including 6 nights accommodation with kitchen facilities. (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. Over
100 Australian high schools are now using Angels Can Fly
in their drama departments. 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 on
Amazon
Feature: Physical Fest Workshops, Classes & Performances, June 5th to 12th, Liverpool, UK
Physical Fest is an annual physical/movement theatre workshop and
performance festival in Liverpool organised by the internationally renowned,
Tmesis Theatre. It aims to bring the world’s best practitioners together and
attracts participants from all over the world to it’s warm and creative
atmosphere.
The line up this year includes:
5th to 7th June - 3 day workshop with Chris Fittock and Tmesis Theatre
8th June - An introduction to Aerial Circus with black and blue
9/10th June - Creaturing (non- human movement) with Al Seed
11th June - Free Running with Airborne Entertainment
12th June - Improvisation and clowning with Javier Marzan from Peepolykus.
There are also evening classes in Angola
Capoeira, with Taciturn dance, Pilates and outdoor morning classes in Tai
Chi.
Only £300 for 8 days of workshops including 6 free classes! Workshops can
also be booked individually.
For more information and booking please go to
www.tmesistheatre.com or email
physicalfest@tmesistheatre.com .
Feature: Body Weather & Butoh Weekend Workshop led by Tess de Quincey, June 18th - 20th, Sydney
This workshop will provide an immersion in Body Weather
principles alongside elements of Butoh training.
Body
Weather is a broadbased, comprehensive physical training
which cultivates a conscious relation to the state of constant change inside
and outside the body. It is an open investigation that can be relevant for
anyone interested in exploring the body. Butoh arose in the 1950's, but
references origins in ancient Japan. It is a contemporary dance form
emphasising images which transform and explore extremities of the body. Body
Weather was founded by butoh dancer Min Tanaka and his Mai-Juku Performance
Co in Japan. This intensive workshop will be led by Tess de Quincey who was
a dancer with Mai-Juku 1985-91. Body Weather is the basis of her performance
practice and underlies the work of De Quincey Co –
www.DeQuinceyCo.net .
The workshop introduces participant to three different areas of the practice
which vary between high-energy work and more quiet meditative sessions:-
MB (Muscles><Bones /
Mind><Body) - a dynamic and rhythmic work-out which includes aerobic and
anaerobic exercises to develop strength, coordination and a vibrant,
physical grounding;
Manipulations - a series of
precise forms concerned with stretching and alignment on the basis of breath
and weight;
Ground Work - a wide variety
of exercises to sharpen sensorial focus and to develop sensitivity,
awareness and the scope of expression through the body.
The workshop will be held at Rex Cramphorn Studio - Department of
Performance Studies, The University of Sydney.
Bookings are essential as
places are limited, so please register as soon as possible to ensure your
place on the workshop. Early Bird payment $100 by 15 May or $160 full
payment.
For further information: www.bodyweather.net
Networking
"Youth
Circus Educators Conference/Professional Trapeze Teacher
Training, American Youth Circus Organization
& New England Center for Circus Arts,
Brattleboro, VT, USA. Friday 17th - Sunday 19th
September. Join youth circus coaches, directors, and
administrators for a weekend of engaging workshops,
discussions, and skill building. This year, along with
opportunities to learn new teaching techniques and build
your skills, we will be rallying our members to build
AYCO’s strength for the next decade. It’s a conference
not to miss! Plus in partnership with the New England
Center for Circus Arts, AYCO is
offering a Professional Trapeze Teacher Training with
NECCA Founders Elsie and Serenity Smith, September 14th
- 17th. Registration includes Educators Conference
Weekend. More details coming soon. We hope you'll make
your plans and reserve the dates. Those interested in
presenting at this year's conference should save the
dates and contact David Hunt. Find contact details on
our web site." Zoë Brookes, Acting Executive Director,
AYCO.(Photo left: American Youth Circus
Organization) Find a link to AYCO under Festivals and
Events at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/links9.htm
applications.
You will receive binding confirmation of any subsidies by the end of
May. STAMP will provide free accommodation in modest hostels and
school gyms, free or subsidized catering and partial or complete
reimbursement of travelling expenses. You can find more information
and download the application form on our web site." Carl Rose,
Buskers Ville. Find a link to Buskers Ville under Festivals at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links9.htm .
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