METEOR 2013: COLLECTIVE DRAMATURGY AND CREATION
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WORKSHOP
Røkeriet mezzanine at USF Verftet, Friday October 18th and Saturday October 19th 2013 at 12:00-16:00
A workshop on collective dramaturgy and creation led by Tiago Rodrigues (PT), Alex Cassal (BR) and Felipe Rocha (BR). The offer is aimed towards artist, writers, actors that produce their own works and other professionals within the field, as well as students of performing arts. The group of the workshop will be around 10 people.
Tiago Rodrigues is an actor, playwright and director whose subversive and poetic theatre has made him one of Portugal’s leading young artists. With his company, Mundo Perfeito, he has created thirty plays in the last decade. In the meantime, he has collaborated with other companies, choreographers and filmmakers and has been involved in teaching, curating and artistic community projects. His work has been presented in Europe, South America and the Middle East. Rodrigues has also collaborated with artists from Belgium, Lebanon, the Netherlands and Brazil. Deeply rooted in a collaborative theatre tradition, he has recently created pieces that stand out by the way in which they manipulate documents with theatrical tools, combining both public and private life and challenging our perception of social or historical phenomena.
Alex Cassal is a performer, director and playwright. He was one of the founders of the Street Theatre Movement Group of Porto Alegre, in which he helped in the search of new guidelines for art in public spaces. He was selected for the Itaú Cultural Dance Program 2006/2007 with two projects: the choreography “Gémeos” and the video “Jornada ao umbido do mundo” showed in cinema and dance festivals in countries such as Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Italy, USA, China and Japan. In 2008, he participated in the Artistic Residency Program for Iberoamerican Creators in Mexico, coordinating the choreography research project for urban spaces [ojos]. He is a co-founder and director of the company Foguetes Maravilha, since 2008, with Felipe Rocha, performing “Ninguém falou que seria fácil”, “Ele precisa começar” and “2histórias”. He has worked with the Portuguese company Mundo Perfeito since 2009, with international projects such as “Estúdios”, “Cartões de Visita” and “Hotel Lutécia”. In 2012 he wrote the theatrical text “Septeto Fatal”, directed the shows “Uma história à margem” and “Tome isto ao coração” and collaborated in the project “100 Gestos”.
Felipe Rocha is an actor, director and musician. Graduated in Performing Arts by UniRio, he made an internship in Théâtre du Soleil with Ariane Mnouchkine. In 2009 he started to work with the director Enrique Diaz, which resulted in shows like "Ensaio.Hamlet" and "Gaivota - Tema para um conto curto". He has been directing together with Alex Cassal since 2008 in the company Foguetes Maravilha. In 2012 he won the main prize of dramaturgy of Rio de Janeiro (Shell, Critical question and APTR – Theatrical Producers Association of Rio de Janeiro) for the text “Ninguém falou que seria fácil”, showed in September of 2012 in Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon (PT). He also wrote and co-directed “Ele precisa começar” and “2Histórias”.
As cinema actor he participated in "Talvez em Lisboa", "Vai que dá certo" from Maurício Farias; "Engenho de Dentro" from Roberto Berliner; "Trago Comigo" from Tata Amaral and "Mato sem Cachorro" from Pedro Amorim – with opening scheduled for 2013.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
Seminar fee: 250 NOK (approx.€30) including coffee and tea
Participants are expected to attend both days of the workshop, located at USF Verftet, Røkeriet Mezzanine.
The workshop will be conducted in English.
Deadline for applying: October 15th 2013 by e-mail to karoline@bit-teatergarasjen.no
