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Artmedia - Physical Theatre News - June
2010
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Sponsor:
Dell'Arte International School
of Physical Theatre, USA
Features:
Australasian Commedia dell'Arte
Festival, Brisbane, Australia
Networking:
Performance Groups Wanted for Dunedin
Midwinter Carnival, NZ
Performer's Registration Open, Auckland
International Carnival , NZ
Pre-audition Circus Workshop, NICA,
Melbourne, Australia
Multiarts Residency Program, Tanks Arts
Centre, Cairns, Australia
Performance Mix Festival, New Dance
Alliance, New York, USA
Puppetry Workshop with
Eric Bass & Ines Zeller Bass,
Amherst, USA
Two-Week Professional Mime Seminar,
School for Mime Theatre, USA
Physical Performer for Leo and Yam Aerial
Circus Theatre, UK
Workshops in Clown & Bouffon with Plutôt
La Vie, Scotland
Physical Theatre-Dance Course, KiM
(Kosmos in Movement), Germany
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Welcome to the June 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.
In the Sponsorship this month we welcome Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre (USA) with information on their 2010 Summer Workshops. 'Dell'Arte offers the opportunity to train with master teachers and veteran performers in two extraordinary locations: the heart of the Redwoods on California’s North Coast, or in Amsterdam, the cultural heart of Europe.' The workshops include a 4-week intensive (July 5th to 30th) on clowns covering comic duos and trios, Red Nose and Character Clown.
We have no Playspace section in this month's newsletter, because the July Clown Retreat in Wanganui is now full. We will soon be announcing a new series of workshops and you can always find information on the classes at www.artmedia.com.au/playspac.htm .In the Features section we have information on the first Australasian Commedia dell'Arte Festival, which kicks off this weekend, May 28th with '3 days of mayhem and magic'. They are offering a full program of workshops and performances from an international roster of artists.
In Networking we have information on the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival in New Zealand on June 26th. The Procession is the highlight of the Carnival and they are calling for procession performance groups that they can work with on a long term basis, to help create the wonderful atmosphere and sound of the Procession. In the north, the inaugural Auckland International Carnival is calling for local and international artists to register their interest in performing while the program is still being developed. Registration for the November 6th & 7th Carnival closes May 31st.
In Australia, the National Institute of Circus Arts is offering a pre-audition workshop to help applicants prepare for the 2011 NICA Bachelor of Circus Arts auditions. This week-long intensive starts July 5th, and the application deadline is this week, so if you're interested get your application in now. The residency program at the Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns is now open to performance, multimedia, visual arts, music, writing and community cultural development projects that have a connection to, or presentation outcome at Tanks. Application year round.
The New Dance Alliance in New York is calling for submissions from choreographers, video artists, and interdisciplinary artists for their 2011 Performance Mix Festival. Works can range from traditional theater performances to site-specific installations. Applications close June 1st. A Puppetry Intensive with Eric Bass & Ines Zeller Bass is one of the many workshops on offer at the Ko Festival of Performance in Amherst, Ma. Eric and Ines say that the puppet 'unlocks doors to our more secret sides and to integrating parts of ourselves.' The workshop runs July 26th - 31st. And in Ohio, The School for Mime Theatre is holding a Professional Mime Seminar running over 2 weeks, starting June 27th.
In the UK, the Leo and Yam Aerial Circus Theatre is searching for a performer working in performance art, dance, acrobatics or contortion for an October show in London. If you're interested, act quickly. Applications close May 30th. Plutôt La Vie in Scotland are offering a workshop in Clown on Saturday & Sunday May 29th - 30th and a weekend intensive in Bouffon, June 11th – 13th.
KiM (Kosmos in Movement) is offering their Intensive Course in Physical Theatre-Dance for the second time in Berlin, Germany. The course runs August 2nd - 27th.
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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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:
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Arts(ARCAA) offer flying trapeze, silks and
clown skills.
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Theatre LOTE provide innovative Bilingual
Performances for schools and festivals.
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theatre classes and projects in Sydney.
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(Photo left: Aerialize)
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Sponsor: Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre - Summer Workshops 2010
Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre (DAISPT) offers the opportunity to train with master teachers and veteran performers in two extraordinary locations: the heart of the Redwoods on California’s North Coast, or in Amsterdam, the cultural heart of Europe. Dell’Arte workshops are ideal for artists, students and teachers seeking to develop the expressive capabilities of the actor through diverse physical theatre training.
The DAI INTENSIVE: "As Real As The Clowns" (JULY 5 - 30) A 4 week program led by Ronlin Foreman, Director of Training at DAISPT with guest artists Donlin Foreman, Olivia Ferraris and Milo Scotton, and resident faculty Joan Schirle, Stephanie Thompson, Joe Krienke and James Peck.
LUME Teatro —A Workshop with Jesser de Souza (JUNE 18 – JULY 1 )
Based on more than 20 years of research, Brazil’s LUME Center for Interdisciplinary Theater Research transmits its methods of vocal and physical preparation for the performer through intensely physical workshops.
AT THE CROSSROADS: Where Dance Meets Theatre (JUNE 21 - JULY 1)
With Donlin Foreman, former principal dancer with the Martha Graham Company, founder of Buglisi-Foreman Dance, now artistic director of Common Ground Dance Theater. For dancers and actors.
DA ABROAD: AMSTERDAM — Fundamentals of Clown: basically stupid (JUNE 22 - 27)
Join us for a one-week intensive exploration of the world and play of the clown, in one of Europe's most incredible cities! Authenticity and availability, partnering and comic rhythm, improvisation and honesty will be the realms of investigation.
GAMES— for teachers & parents with James Peck (JUNE 28 – JULY 2 )
This workshop focuses on the way games are played—in playgrounds, classrooms, in life—and on the different types of player and the creative power of games to liberate and educate.
CRAFT AND MYSTERY - A two-week journey into Mask Making (AUGUST 3 - 14)
and Mask Performance for the Theatre. with Dell’Arte Instructor Bruce Marrs
Come for one week or two....this very popular workshop teaches papier mache maskmaking techniques as well as how the mask and the performer meet.
Visit www.dellarte.com for more information, including full workshop descriptions, pricing and to apply online. Or call (01) 707-668-5663 or e-mail info@dellarte.com
Feature: Angels Can Fly, a Modern Clown User Guide - a textbook for a fast changing art form
Angels
Can Fly is now in use in the drama
departments of over 100 high schools in
Australia.
If you know any drama teachers or you work
in a high school, suggest they check out
Angels Can Fly.
This is a textbook for a fast changing art
form, as clown escapes from the circus to
perform in theatres and streets. The
traditional approach to teaching clown is
routine or gag based and this sits
uncomfortably both with the teaching
practices in modern performing arts
education and with today's audiences.
This book includes a total of 50 practical
clown exercises appropriate for workshops or
performance, developed by Alan Clay through
30 years of teaching. Specific prerequisites
to any exercise are detailed in each
chapter.
There are warm-up and introductory exercises
in the early chapters, mid-session or
mid-course exercises in the middle chapters,
and more performance-oriented exercises, and
relaxation exercises, in the final chapters.
The exercises have all been coded for
individual exploration, for work in pairs,
for workshop use, or for use in a
performance setting, or for some combination
of these.
"Clown
is a fascinating, diverse, complex and
exciting art form, which has existed around
the planet for thousands of years. Like any
art form it has to evolve to stay relevant
to the culture nurturing it, and at the same
time, and by its very nature, clown teases
and turns upside down the cultural patterns
and boundaries around us."
You can find the paperback on Amazon by following this link: http://tinyurl.com/9nrwj And check out more information at: www.alanclay.com where you can still get a free copy of the e-Book.
Feature: Inaugural Australasian Commedia dell'Arte Festival, May 28th - 30th
The
first of its kind in Australia,
the Australasian Commedia dell'Arte
Festival, to be held on 28, 29 & 30 May 2010
in Queensland, will be a celebration of a
living theatre tradition brimming with
Commedia activity - workshops, lectures,
demonstrations, performances - featuring
Antonio Fava, Director Scuola Internazionale
dell’Attore Comico, Italy, and including a
first class line up of presenters and
performers drawn from across Australia.
There will be a workshop series on Friday and Saturday held in the Workshop Studios at the QUT Kelvin Grove facility. Workshops include: Towards the embodiment of the mask, Rhythm and focus in Commedia, Expressing the Spirit of the mask - for the teacher, Discovering by covering, Through the eyes of the mask; a tool for social change.
On Sunday we present "Commedia dell'Arte - in the words of the maestro" and the world premiere performance of 'Pulcinellata Nera'.
Don't miss this opportunity to network with teachers and actors of Commedia from all over Australia. You can find full program details and the registration form online at http://www.commediafestival.com.au/.
Networking
"Procession Performance
Groups, Dunedin
Midwinter Carnival, New Zealand.
June 26th. The 2010 Dunedin Midwinter
Carnival will be held on the evening of
Saturday 26 June in the Octagon of Dunedin,
New Zealand. Last year over 5000 people
chose to celebrate the longest night and the
shortest day with us at the 2009 Dunedin
Midwinter Carnival. Each year the Carnival
has a new theme which is infused within the
lanterns and costuming. The theme this year
is 'Creatures of the Sea'. The Carnival
procession is the event highlight and
features around 700 people including
performers, giant lantern bearers, and many
families carrying lanterns they have made.
As it winds its way around the Octagon it
creates a beautiful ring of light that is
followed by a intimate and spectacular
fireworks display. Performers bring a
wonderful atmosphere and sound to the
Procession and are always a highlight for
audiences. In 2009 performers included
Songbong drummers and dancers, Empress
Stiltdance and Claver/Bennett dancers (with
hand-held masks). Carnival organisers work
to adapt what performance groups do to suit
the Carnival's processional format and
theme. This can include working with a
choreographer, costume designer and our
artistic director. We hope to develop long
term relationships with performance groups
that benefit both parties. If your group
would like to be part of the Midwinter
Carnival, please contact us." Dunedin
Midwinter Celebrations Trust. (Photo left by
Alan Dove: Empress Stiltdance) Find a link
to the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival under
Festivals at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/links9.htm
"Registration of Performance Artists, Auckland International Carnival , New Zealand. Closing date May 31st. The Auckland International Carnival being held November 6th & 7th is calling for local and international artists to register your interest in performing now while the program is still being developed. The Carnival entertainment show will be held November 7th on the Newmarket lawn of Ellerslie event centre. The show will display colour, innovation and creativity all aligned with the Carnival theme. Rounding off the carnival extravaganza will be a sunset/starlight picnic culminating in a dazzling fireworks display. In the spirit of carnivals from around the world, the inaugural Auckland International Carnival is an event that will bring Auckland together. People of all backgrounds, cultures and ages will celebrate what makes us unique in the city that has brought us together. The Carnival aims to give Auckland’s communities an exciting, fun event to share the creativity and values that make Auckland a great place to live. You can register your interest online at our web site." Sharon Schutte, Event Manager, AIC. Find a link to Auckland International Carnival under Festivals at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links9.htm
"Performance Mix Festival, New Dance Alliance, New York, USA. Application deadline is June 1st. The Performance Mix Festival presents the developing work of over 30 experimental choreographers, video artists, and interdisciplinary artists annually in the spring (2011 dates and location TBA). Works must be under 15 minutes in length. Longer pieces will be accepted by invitation only. Artists receive a fee, complimentary video documentation, and rehearsal space. Selected artists will be considered for presentation for the NDA Exchange and out of town residencies. The works can range from traditional theater performances to site-specific installations to open-rehearsals to video screenings to artist talks. Applications must be received by June 1st. Please visit the web site for more information on the Festival and to download the application form." Karen Bernard, Director, NDA. Find a link to the Performance Mix Festival under Festivals at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links9.htm
"Two-Week Professional Mime Seminar, School for Mime Theatre, Kenyon College, Ohio, USA. June 27th – July 11th. Registration closes June 26th. For years The School for Mime Theatre has been creating a unique environment for mimes, actors and dancers to come together in a spirit of disciplined and playful exploration for the sake of creating vibrant new works for the theatre. This year we are offering a Professional Two-Week Summer Seminar, at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, June 27 – July 11. For more information on the seminar and to register, please visit our web site. All registration closes June 26, 2010." Rick Wamer, co-Artistic Director, The School for Mime Theatre. Find a link to The School for Mime Theatre under Training at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links7.htm
"Physical
Performance Artist Required,
Leo and Yam
Aerial Circus Theatre, London,
UK. Applications close May 30th. We are
Leo and Yam – aerial circus theatre and
are setting up a 60 min show in
Jackson’s Lane theatre in October 2010
and also for a potential tour 2011. We
are seeking a performer working in
performance art, dance, acrobatics or
contortion with a high visual and
emotional impact, exploring or playing
with themes of gender or sexual identity
in some form. Please have a look at our
website to see what kind of work we do.
Our piece 'Some Like It..' will be the
key piece of the 60 min show we are
creating. Find more info under Acts and
Gallery on our website. Artists need to
be able to work independently and have
at least one finished piece 5-10 min
that will be incorporated in the final
show. The show is the week of 18th Oct,
with rehearsals 2-3 weeks spread over
August, Sep and October. This is a paid
opportunity. See the website for contact
details." Leo Hedman, Leo and Yam Aerial
Circus Theatre. (Photo Right: Leo and
Yam Aerial Circus Theatre) Find a link
to Leo and Yam under Aerial Theatre at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/links5.htm
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