Residential Viewpoints, Suzuki, And Composition With J.ed Araiza In Varanasi

From : 26/08/2024

To : 07/09/2024

Start time : 9:00 AM

End time : 5:00 PM

Theatre Group : NIRMAN Theatre Studio

Faculty : J.Ed Araiza

Venue : NIRMAN, Vidyashram The Southpoint School

Varanasi - 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India

*** LAST CHANCE: JUST FOUR SPOTS REMAINING!!! ***

J. Ed Araiza is a founding member of the renowned SITI Company in New York City and Faculty Member of UCLA's School of Theatre, Film, and Television. This intensive workshop is based upon the physical and creative practices innovated by the SITI Company.

Please send: a cover letter detailing your interest in the workshop and performance experience and movement training and a CV. Send applications

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until spaces are filled. A limited number of scholarships are available.

Venue: Varanasi. Participants should arrive a day in advance so that they can begin the workshop well-rested and on time. Room and board on NIRMAN's campus are included in the fee.

** This workshop will be highly rigorous and disciplined. Participants must be practitioners with movement experience or serious students with some years of training. Performers with prior Viewpoints/Suzuki training welcomed.

This workshop is valuable to performers and makers from all forms and traditions. Learn more about each aspect of the training below.

Viewpoints and Suzuki Training and Composition work is based upon the discoveries of the pioneering theater makers of SITI, Tadashi Suzuki and the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT), Anne Bogart, Mary Overlie, and Wendell Beavers. The sources of the materials come from investigations and practices in visual art making, music, choreography, somatic movement and vocal practice, and composition theory.

The Viewpoints technique grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was innovated by choreographer Mary Overlie who broke down the dominant issues performers deal with into six categories, the Six Viewpoints. Since that time, the SITI Company continued to research and explore her original work. The language of the Viewpoints allows the individual artist a way to practice observing the present moment with increasing sensitivity and to respond with greater range. The materials of the Viewpoints also allow a group of actors to function together spontaneously and intuitively and to generate bold, theatrical work quickly. The vocabulary develops flexibility, articulation, and strength of perception for both the individual and ensemble.

Developed by internationally acclaimed director Tadashi Suzuki and the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT), the Suzuki Method is an integrated body/voice training that seeks to restore the wholeness of the human body to the theatrical context and uncover the actor�s innate expressive abilities. The physical vocabulary is drawn from such diverse influences as ballet, martial arts, and global traditional theater practices. The training seeks to heighten the actor�s emotional and physical power and commitment to each moment on the stage. Attention is on control of the center of gravity, energy, and the breath while maintaining a rich inner concentration.

Composition is the study of creating theater works quickly in accordance with a set of prompts and requirements. The objective is to work with fundamental principles of collaborative theater making and performance, generating images and theatrical ideas quickly and testing possible approaches to a play or concept. Composition allows each artist to put into practice the skills learned in the Viewpoints and Suzuki training, while exploring the contemporary possibilities and historical problems of a given text.

J.Ed Araiza is a professor of Theater at The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) where he leads an interdisciplinary Graduate Acting program and previously served as Chair of the Theater Department. Araiza was a principal actor and original member of the SITI Company, one of the world�s most important experimental theater ensembles. SITI was founded by Tadashi Suzuki and Anne Bogart. SITI Company. He is a proponent of Suzuki and Viewpoints training and for more than 30 years has performed in productions in major national and international venues. https://www.tft.ucla.edu/faculty/j-ed-araiza/

NIRMAN Theatre Studio produces innovative performances, hosts residencies, conducts classes, and invites collaborations, as part of NIRMAN, a non-profit in Varanasi (www.nirman.info). Irfana Majumdar and Gaurav Saini are its Artistic Directors.

Irfana Majumdar has studied Theatre at the University of Chicago and York University and has trained in Corporeal Mime, clowning, and movement. Her feature film debut, Shankar�s Fairies, premiered at Locarno Film Festival. www.irfana.info

Gaurav Saini is a theatre and film director and actor. Gaurav uses many different physical forms of training from traditional Indian performance forms, Western theatre, and martial arts. www.gauravsaini.info

Irfana and Gaurav are currently based on NIRMAN�s riverside campus, in a village south of Varanasi.

Theatre Workshop Fees : 13,500

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