Archive for November, 2009
For a little over a year now I’ve been working as an assistant in the studio of a master metal sculptor named Robert Cole. Mr. Cole has been working as a sculptor since the early sixties, for a long time in plastics (a material which he describes as too caustic to continue with), then in ... [ READ MORE ]
The obvious questions that come to our mind in this context are like this: What is the journey? Where is the journey headed? Whose journey is it? Why is it a journey? We all are very conditioned and comfortable with getting answers – but not questions. Questions unsettle us, make us uncomfortable, and sometimes force us to rethink and question ... [ READ MORE ]
Siobhan Davies, choreographer and artistic director of Siobhan Davies Studios, invites eminent artists from outside the world of dance to discuss creative process. Theatre, music, poetry and fiction, visual art, ceramics, playwrighting, performance, and more. ... [ READ MORE ]
When we pursuit work in the studio and call it Practice, we almost never achieve Play. When we pursuit Play in the studio we rarely achieve anything practical. Play occurs most spontaneously outside of the structure of “knowing” and the pursuit of “Technique.” And yet, it is through Play that we explore, discover and perhaps even develop practical ... [ READ MORE ]
Hi, I’m new to this forum and quite interested in what’s being discussed. I just completed what in the UK is referred to as a ‘practice as research’ PhD, meaning that a percentage of the PhD is judged based on practical work, which is in some way integrated with the thinking/writing in the written thesis. ... [ READ MORE ]
In August, Urban Research Theater began work on a new untitled performance project. Currently in the early stages of development, the piece is evolving out of original text, songs, and physical actions within an open-ended narrative frame. In this project, we attempt to integrate techniques from several lines of long-term performance research into a theatrical ... [ READ MORE ]
in collaboration with the GROTOWSKI INSTITUTE (Poland), the Research Centre of the UNIVERSITY OF TURIN (Italy), OMMA STUDIO (Greece) and UNIVERSITY OF MALTA presents: KATHARSIS De cura animae suae Project of Research 2007-2010 THE GARDEN - ongoing educational program - Directed by Domenico Castaldo in collaboration with Katia Capato and Francesca Netto. For actors, students, and researchers in performing arts. The following educational program is ... [ READ MORE ]
(translated with assistance from Francesca Netto and Ben Spatz) NOTES FROM THE YARD OF NON-THEATER (Part 1) “In the beginning was the word.” So begins the Book, and with the Book begins the era of writing. For long centuries, the Book has been the Truth. Today the word – the books – are mainly lies, ways of ... [ READ MORE ]
This week I will participate in the “Performance as Research” working group at the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) conference in Puerto Rico. The paper I have been developing for this working group turns on the notion of TECHNIQUE, which I now realize is probably going to be central to my dissertation as well. ... [ READ MORE ]
http://radiowroclove.pl/?p=5565 This is quite nice… and what crazy music in the background! [Part1] [Part2] [Part3] ... [ READ MORE ]
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