tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841776707173159212024-03-19T10:19:52.895+00:00THE DIRECTORS' FORUM: THE SIX SENSES OF THE DIRECTORCPR has invited some of the most exciting and diverse Wales based and international theatre directors to Aberystwyth for an intensive participatory project that offers a rare opportunity for both experienced and emerging directors to gather and share the methods, approaches and skills of professional directing practice via laboratories and presentations, demonstrations and dialogue.The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-55237088425308934892010-05-14T13:17:00.002+01:002010-05-14T13:18:26.180+01:00
DirectorsForum photo Rob Drummer
Originally uploaded by Centre for Performance ResearchThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-7250535353447375062010-04-28T13:09:00.000+01:002010-04-28T13:09:16.754+01:00Ragnhild Dale - A Retrospective Bird's Eye ViewA Retrospective Bird's Eye View
After ten intensive days of laboratories, exploratories, discussions, talks, blog posts and coffee breaks, the Director's Forum is over and we have all set off in our separate directions, back to our homes or new destinations. An isoteric crystal of experiences has emerged from the forum, where a number of different directors and theatremakers have presented The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-68792989077392423982010-04-28T13:07:00.000+01:002010-04-28T13:07:13.786+01:00Ragnhild Dale on Peader Kirk Facilitating the Sharing of ExperiencesThe last two days of the Gathering saw more of the creative facilitations that had opened up for exchange of experiences the previous day. Peader's morning session on Saturday was a meeting not just of directors, but of designated experts on the topic, who were there to give and receive advice. We were all asked to think about a real problem we had encountered in the process of directing, that The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-48026351366479592142010-04-27T09:16:00.001+01:002010-04-27T09:16:23.800+01:00Facilitating the Sharing of ExperiencesThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-37918162994162910292010-04-21T13:31:00.000+01:002010-04-21T13:31:39.592+01:00Tracey Evans on her experience at the Directors' ForumWhat an action-packed, squeezed-tight programme, the staff at CPR have created in presenting their inspirational Directors Forum, which is just about to finish its 10-day run.
Having a full-time job means that it would be impossible to take part in the proceedings, but cleverly, they split the overall programme into 3x 3-day blocks, so you might do all 3, or just one or two. I attended the The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-27145266775584494082010-04-17T17:42:00.002+01:002010-04-17T17:42:57.818+01:00Beginnings in new light: session with Peader KirkPeader was given free reigns again Friday afternoon, in what was the second plenary of the Gathering's first day. He used this opportunity to redo what had been done before, posing questions about beginnings and rethinking of roots. The structure was much like it had been before; a moment of epiphany, your family tree, your first performance and your real motivation, but with the addition of The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-67419934285229579812010-04-17T17:38:00.004+01:002010-04-17T17:39:37.976+01:00Reflections on the Gathering, Day 1 – raising questions and beginning debatesWhat is a director? What is his or her role? Where does s/he come from? This morning's session began with an open session to ask questions – a retrospective look on what we wished we had talked about in an ideal gathering, to open these points for discussion during the days to come. The idea of the Gathering is, at this point, to address some of these key issues with those who have made it to The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-85124211105625940252010-04-17T17:33:00.002+01:002010-04-17T17:34:51.968+01:00Questions and PerplexitiesAt the first session of the three-day gathering, Richard Gough asked participants to articulate the areas and ideas they hoped would be covered over the weekend in relation to the role of the director. A brief summary of the points that were touched upon.
Roots
Where does the work we do come from?
What is our current position?
What is our responsibility to our roots
Are we obliged to The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-5790324242052742052010-04-17T09:23:00.001+01:002010-04-17T09:23:46.559+01:00Exploratory Session with Ruth Kanner: Thursday, 16 AprilThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-15399960023487530012010-04-15T13:11:00.001+01:002010-04-15T13:11:32.897+01:00Exploratory with Mike Pearson, The Directors' Forum.2Exploratory with Mike Pearson, The Directors' Forum.2Originally uploaded by Centre for Performance ResearchThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-74206696582615974962010-04-15T11:20:00.000+01:002010-04-15T11:20:52.762+01:00Exploratory session with Veenapani Chawla: Wednesday, 14 AprilWhat is rhythm?, Veenapani asks the half circle of participants that have gathered for a taster of her work and practice. After a few moments' thought and some stumbling lines, the answers trickle out of us: it’s a division of time, a predictable organisation of time, a pattern we come to have expectations about. And where can we find it? In walking, in the rain, sports, and heartbeats. The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-50071178564430241632010-04-14T16:26:00.001+01:002010-04-14T16:26:48.198+01:00Olya Petrakova and Bryan Brown Exploratory (ARTEL) at the Directors'
Forum.1Olya Petrakova and Bryan Brown Exploratory (ARTEL) at the Directors' Forum.1Originally uploaded by Centre for Performance ResearchIII Exploration Session by ARTELians - - TRICKSTERS & PRANKSTERShttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111128152252708&ref=nfThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-14178014802028223642010-04-14T16:24:00.001+01:002010-04-14T16:24:47.726+01:00Ruth Kanner Laboratory, The Directors Forum.1Ruth Kanner Laboratory, The Directors Forum.1Originally uploaded by Centre for Performance ResearchThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-68793405689712214482010-04-14T12:48:00.001+01:002010-04-14T12:49:21.716+01:00Reflections on Natalie Hennedige's Laboratory: 9 to 11 AprilTo call this laboratory a Cake-related one might be a mistake on my part. It took characters from Natalie's extensive creative work as director of Cake Theatre Company as one of its starting points, but the process and exercises used had little to do with her previous work. Both participants and laboratory leader learnt a fair few things during the process of these three days, as we all delved The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-45034765924822101552010-04-14T12:45:00.001+01:002010-04-14T19:57:08.532+01:00Exploratory with Marnie Orr: Tuesday, 13 AprilMarnie's work is coloured by her exposure to the Body Weather training, developed from Butoh dance by Min Tanaka. This two-hour exploratory started with a warm-up of kneading the body and 'detatching' the ligaments from the bones to soften up the movements of the body whilst stretching and removing excess energy. Afterwards, the session was spent exploring the notion of decision-making, working The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-48354839018166712862010-04-14T09:39:00.000+01:002010-04-14T09:39:37.593+01:00III Exploration Session by ARTELians - - TRICKSTERS & PRANKSTERSClick on the title above for information on the Exploratory Session with Olya Petrakova and Bryan Brown (ARTEL): Discovering Trickster energy in the Creative Process.Starting at 10.30am this morningThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-30124862041345886732010-04-14T09:18:00.002+01:002010-04-14T09:18:41.281+01:00Exploratory Session with Bill Hamblett: Tuesday, 13 AprilThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-59831872540279834122010-04-14T02:10:00.003+01:002010-04-14T02:20:49.224+01:00Exploratory Session with Richard Gregory: Sunday 11 AprilThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-26824822698108392802010-04-12T17:02:00.000+01:002010-04-12T17:02:44.061+01:00RUTH KANNER (RUTH KANNER THEATRE GROUP, ISRAEL)"Ruth Kanner and her acting group raise the art of storytelling-theater to new heights…masterpiece acting in which every little detail of body and soul is treated perfectly and exhaustively"- The Stage
REDUNDANCIES
DATES: Tuesday, 13 to Thursday, 15 April
In this laboratory of practical investigation, participants will explore the two central forces energizing theatrical creation: the drive The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-56038966832495604832010-04-12T16:45:00.004+01:002010-04-12T17:04:20.776+01:00ADRIAN JACKSON (CARDBOARD CITIZENS, UK)Adrian Jackson is the founder-director and chief executive of a unique theatre company, Cardboard Citizens, in which most of the performers are homeless and ex-homeless people, refugees or asylum-seekers. Founded in 1992, the company tours theatre productions, especially inter-active Forum theatre, to all sorts of venues.
LABORATORY DATES: Tuesday, 13 April to Thursday, 15 April
This laboratoryThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-3643210485866280342010-04-12T16:32:00.010+01:002010-04-13T23:47:35.441+01:00DAS BECKWERK (DENMARK)"The grand task of Das Beckwerk is to turn the failures of the average man into masterpieces, to turn the casual ideas of the wannabe into visions, to turn the life and story of the average human being into world history!"
THE THEATRE OF THE SPECTRE, THE MEDIUM AND HUMILIATION
DATES: Tuesday, 13 to Thursday, 15 April
Participants will work with the director and dramaturg of Das BeckwerkThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-79059799005127171702010-04-12T16:04:00.015+01:002010-04-14T09:20:27.080+01:00VEENAPANI CHAWLA (ADISHAKTI CENTRE, INDIA)Veenapani has been engaged in research towards creating a performance methodology based on old knowledges. This methodology involves a physical craft to facilitate the actor’s vocal, bodily and psychological expression. She has been disseminating this through workshops, performances and papers at Adishakti and other national and international venues.
LABORATORY DATES: Tuesday 13 to ThursdayThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-91704704242176638522010-04-11T19:34:00.001+01:002010-04-11T19:43:44.129+01:00The Six Senses of the Director: early notesA series of early thoughts and jottings by Judie Christie (Creative Producer, CPR) about the idea of the Directors' Forum and specifically it's title. As we come to the close of the first set of workshops, a look back.
The working title of The Six Senses of the Director offers an early and loose thematic framework as signposts to possible clusterings of focus and exploration:
Sight: CompositionThe Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-5719853898906548512010-04-11T19:28:00.001+01:002010-04-11T19:28:28.603+01:00Exploratory Session with Ralf Richardt Strobeck: Sunday, 11 AprilThe genetic structure of theatre
What does theatre and evolutionary theory have in common? According to Ralf Strøbech, everything. After working with Hotel Pro Forma for several years, he is taking a new direction in his work: he now wants to start with people, not with the specific place and set, and this morning's exploratory was a condensed version of the laboratory, which takes the people The Centre for Performance Researchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211284540561104278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484177670717315921.post-65505989684702821442010-04-11T17:28:00.002+01:002010-04-11T19:38:41.836+01:00A Directors' Forum Exploratory with Peader Kirk (Mkultra).11A Directors' Forum Exploratory with Peader Kirk (Mkultra).11
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