The presentation of performances, the lecture-demonstrations and discussions in this occasion is to give a vision of the diverse and personal paths followed, and also to explore what and how we can learn from each other, and what experiences can be shared across the generations. During the festival attention will be given into the learning and teaching process in performing arts through workshop with masters, explore the needs of women of different ages and from diverse cultural backgrounds. Particular attention will be given to young practitioners and older artists searching for renewal. The workshop will include vocal and physical training (Entrances), demonstrations by masters and pupils together (Bridges), presentations of exercises considered to be essential by practitioners of different theatrical ages (Corner Stones). ‘Tantidhatri’ sees the theme of "Generations" as a lifetime of growing.
The most prominent feature of the festival would be the presence of Mr. Eugenio Barba, one of the most celebrated theatre intellectual and practitioner. His presence would definitely draw big crowds of theatre artists across the country to this festival.
Workshop 1 : "STILL LIVES, SHIFTING SPACE"
Workshop with Geddy Aniksdal and Jillian Greenhalgh
Venue : Tai Chi Hall, Sharnga, Auroville
Dates : 10, 12, 13, 14th March 8:30am ~ noon
An exploration of environment and performance through the placement of physical actions, energies, stillness and silence created by workshop participants in collaboration with Geddy Aniksdal and Jill Greenhalgh.
In the workshop Jill and Geddy will work together on trying to create some small tableaux or still lifes in an outdoor setting. The workshop would be interested in creating small happenings in the spaces between: in a patio, between two walls, on the stairs, just researching the possibility of merging the actors with the environment, playing with artistic possibilities, creating differences in everyday life.
Jill Greenhalgh has been a professional theatre maker for 33 years. She has traveled and worked extensively within Europe, Australasia and the Americas in her careers as a producer, director, performer, and teacher. In 1986 she founded the Magdalena Project - International Network of Women in Contemporary Theatre and has remained its artistic director ever since. She is a Lecturer in Performance Studies at the Aberystwyth University.
Geddy Aniksdal has been a member of Grenland Friteater since 1981. She has taken part in all major performances of the group. She works as actor, director, and pedagogue, as well as doing other chores necessary in a small theatre. She has been part of The Magdalena Project since the beginning in 1986. Within this network for women in contemporary theatre she has toured her solo performances worldwide.She has also been on the editorial board of the journal The Open Page since the beginning. Geddy Aniksdal is currently the artistic director of the multicultural city project Sense of Place.
Workshop 2 : "THE GLACIER’S WHISPER and MAI AS SPIRITUAL POEM"
Workshop with Julia Varley and Keiin Yoshimura
Actor’s dramaturgy and body technique of Kamigatami based on Noh
Dates & Venues:
10,12, 13,14th March 8:30am ~ noon in ILC, Vérité Hall, Auroville
The workshop concentrates on the first phases of development of the actor’s dramaturgy, keeping in view the final horizon of the performance. The workshop intends to give indications for personal paths to follow during the process, which are the basis of possible results, by creating physical and vocal scores which are then assembled filling the space with characters and humanity, people and artifacts.
Needs: The participants have to bring a text and a song they have learned by heart, a prop, a costume and a picture in reference to the theme "the glacier’s whisper".
MAI AS SPIRITUAL POEM -Kamigata-mai
Kamigata-mai was born and developed in the Kamigata（Kyoto－Osaka）region of Japan in the 16th century．It was based on the “dancing“ tradition of Noh and Kyogen while it drew also on the techniques of puppet movements in Bunraku. Kamigata-mai attaches major importance to the external expression of one’s innermost sentiment.
In this workshop the two pedagogues will work individually with the participants, and combine the work within the body principles of Kamigata-mai.
Keiin Yoshimura is a Performer, choreographer and art director of Kamigata-mai dance, Tokyo Japan. Head of Kamigatamaitomonokai Organization. Head of Yoshimura Keiin Kamigata-mai Studio
Julia Varley joined Odin Teatret in 1976. Apart from acting she is active in directing, teaching, organising and writing. With Odin Teatret, Julia Varley teaches in schools and universities. Since 1990 she has been involved in the conception and organisation of ISTA (International School of Theatre Anthropology) and the University of Eurasian Theatre. She has been active in The Magdalena Project. She is also artistic director of Transit International Festival, Holstebro, and editor of The Open Page, a journal devoted to women's work in theatre. Julia Varley directs her regular, long-term students.
Workshop 3 : "Singing together 'a capella' and vocal actions in Space"
A workshop on Vocal training through Polyphony singing and vocal actions in Theatre. With Brigitte Cirla & Nathalie Mentha
Venue: Maison Colombani, Alliance Francaise, Pondicherry.
Dates: 10, 12, 13,14th March
“Our culture lost a strong and direct relationship with singing and particularly with "singing together"... The traditional vocal polyphonies are found in isolated places, islands, mountains, forests. Our dream is to create islands where we can invent one common repertory.
Voice Workshop
Focus upon healthy development of voice through voice and breathing exercises, Consciousness of voice physiology.
Exploration of choir experience through singing in polyphony “a capella”. According to the group, improvisation and soloist work.
On vocal action in relation to space, how to combine music with body movement and gestures, the participants should bring a song and a text learned by heart.
Brigitte Cirla is a singer, actress and director. In 1991, she created Voix Polyphoniques and in 1998, the vocal group Les Dissonantes, whose concerts took inspiration from the repertoire of Bartok, Kodaly and Ligeti.
Nathalie Menta after studying at Damitri’s Theatre school and at the higher school of Dramatic Art in Geneva, in 1979 she joined Teatro Potlach in Italy. With Teatro Potlach, she works as actor and teacher, participating in all its productions.
Workshop 4 : "Physical actions and Body in space"
A performer’s body training workshop with Daniela Regnoli and Roxana Pineda
Venue: New Creation Dance Studio, Auroville
Dates: 10, 12, 13, 14th March
This body-based exploration of how to be vividly alive and present in space will draw on elements from Daniela and Roxana’s long research and experience on performer’s body .
The emphasis will be on exploring the natural and instinctive impulses of performer’s body, discovering and working through any blockages, and gaining simple, practical, and physical techniques to free your body and voice.
Roxana Pineda graduated in Theatre Studies and Dramaturgy at the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba in 1985. She founded the Estudio Teatral de Santa Clara in 1989 with Joel Sáez, and has performed in all its productions. Roxana is a theatre scholar and professor, and as such she regularly gives workshops on improvisation and composition.
Daniela Regnoli was born in Rome. She studied ballet for 6 years at the Russian Sakharov School. After graduating from there she began working in the theatre as an actress. In 1972 she joined Jerzy Grotowski's Laboratory Theatre in Poland and in 1974 she participated in an international seminar for actors at the Odin Theatre in Denmark conducted by Eugenio Barba. In 1976 she founded the Theatre in Fara Sabina with Pino Di Buduo.
For all the participants:
. Wear comfortable clothes for body movements and voice work out
. have a note book or recording engine ( according to the teacher permission )
. No photography or video during the workshops
. Please enter the spaces without shoes, switched on cell phones, heavy bags, food and drinks.
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| Eugenio Barba & Julia in workshop |
Talk schedule
10th at Aurodhan Gallery, Pondicherry
2:15 ~ 3:45pm Manoj Das “Sri Aurobindo’s Vision and the importance of Pondicherry”
4:15 ~ 5:30pm Padmavathy Pulluvan “Ritual, songs, trance and theater”
11th at Aurodhan Gallery, Pondicherry
2:15 ~ 3:45 pm Jill Greenhalgh “25 years with Magdalena and Threat of Silence”
4 ~ 5:30 pm Roxana Pineda “Chronology of Cuban Theater and the women in Cuban Theater”
12th at SAWCHU, Auroville
2:15 ~ 3:15pm Julia Varley “The actresses of Odin Theater”
3:30 ~ 5:30pm Pino Di Buduo from Potlach Theatre “Work demonstration of Potlach Theater Actress”
13th at the MMC Auditorium, Auroville
2:15 ~ 3 pm Geddy Aniksdal “Walk on the Street”
3:05 ~ 3:50 pm Bruna Gusberti “Theater of Roots”
2:15 ~ 3:45pm Manoj Das “Sri Aurobindo’s Vision and the importance of Pondicherry”
4:15 ~ 5:30pm Padmavathy Pulluvan “Ritual, songs, trance and theater”
11th at Aurodhan Gallery, Pondicherry
2:15 ~ 3:45 pm Jill Greenhalgh “25 years with Magdalena and Threat of Silence”
4 ~ 5:30 pm Roxana Pineda “Chronology of Cuban Theater and the women in Cuban Theater”
12th at SAWCHU, Auroville
2:15 ~ 3:15pm Julia Varley “The actresses of Odin Theater”
3:30 ~ 5:30pm Pino Di Buduo from Potlach Theatre “Work demonstration of Potlach Theater Actress”
13th at the MMC Auditorium, Auroville
2:15 ~ 3 pm Geddy Aniksdal “Walk on the Street”
3:05 ~ 3:50 pm Bruna Gusberti “Theater of Roots”
3:55 ~ 4:40 pm Cristina Castrillo “Actress in Exile”
4:45 ~ 5:30 pm Helen Varley Jamieson “What is theater anyway?”
14th at the MMC Auditorium, Auroville
2:15 ~ 3 pm Keiin Yoshimura “Tradition of Kamigatamai”
3:05 ~ 3:50 pm Rwitta Dutta “Actress in Bengal Theater”
3:55 ~ 4:40 pm Kalaairani “A Woman in Tamil Theater”
4:45 ~ 5:30 pm Grace Gitadelila “The Movement of Identity”
15th at Unity Pavilion, Auroville
Eugenio Barba “DIALOGUE WITH MY MOTHERS”
8:30 ~ 12pm and 2:15 ~ 5:30pm 15th at Unity Pavilion, Auroville
4:45 ~ 5:30 pm Helen Varley Jamieson “What is theater anyway?”
14th at the MMC Auditorium, Auroville
2:15 ~ 3 pm Keiin Yoshimura “Tradition of Kamigatamai”
3:05 ~ 3:50 pm Rwitta Dutta “Actress in Bengal Theater”
3:55 ~ 4:40 pm Kalaairani “A Woman in Tamil Theater”
4:45 ~ 5:30 pm Grace Gitadelila “The Movement of Identity”
15th at Unity Pavilion, Auroville
Eugenio Barba “DIALOGUE WITH MY MOTHERS”
8:30 ~ 12pm and 2:15 ~ 5:30pm 15th at Unity Pavilion, Auroville
Workshop Details |
Workshop with Geddy Aniksdal and Jillian Greenhalgh
Venue : Tai Chi Hall, Sharnga, Auroville
Dates : 10, 12, 13, 14th March 8:30am ~ noon
An exploration of environment and performance through the placement of physical actions, energies, stillness and silence created by workshop participants in collaboration with Geddy Aniksdal and Jill Greenhalgh.
In the workshop Jill and Geddy will work together on trying to create some small tableaux or still lifes in an outdoor setting. The workshop would be interested in creating small happenings in the spaces between: in a patio, between two walls, on the stairs, just researching the possibility of merging the actors with the environment, playing with artistic possibilities, creating differences in everyday life.
Jill Greenhalgh has been a professional theatre maker for 33 years. She has traveled and worked extensively within Europe, Australasia and the Americas in her careers as a producer, director, performer, and teacher. In 1986 she founded the Magdalena Project - International Network of Women in Contemporary Theatre and has remained its artistic director ever since. She is a Lecturer in Performance Studies at the Aberystwyth University.
Geddy Aniksdal has been a member of Grenland Friteater since 1981. She has taken part in all major performances of the group. She works as actor, director, and pedagogue, as well as doing other chores necessary in a small theatre. She has been part of The Magdalena Project since the beginning in 1986. Within this network for women in contemporary theatre she has toured her solo performances worldwide.She has also been on the editorial board of the journal The Open Page since the beginning. Geddy Aniksdal is currently the artistic director of the multicultural city project Sense of Place.
Workshop 2 : "THE GLACIER’S WHISPER and MAI AS SPIRITUAL POEM"
Workshop with Julia Varley and Keiin Yoshimura
Actor’s dramaturgy and body technique of Kamigatami based on Noh
Dates & Venues:
10,12, 13,14th March 8:30am ~ noon in ILC, Vérité Hall, Auroville
The workshop concentrates on the first phases of development of the actor’s dramaturgy, keeping in view the final horizon of the performance. The workshop intends to give indications for personal paths to follow during the process, which are the basis of possible results, by creating physical and vocal scores which are then assembled filling the space with characters and humanity, people and artifacts.
Needs: The participants have to bring a text and a song they have learned by heart, a prop, a costume and a picture in reference to the theme "the glacier’s whisper".
MAI AS SPIRITUAL POEM -Kamigata-mai
Kamigata-mai was born and developed in the Kamigata（Kyoto－Osaka）region of Japan in the 16th century．It was based on the “dancing“ tradition of Noh and Kyogen while it drew also on the techniques of puppet movements in Bunraku. Kamigata-mai attaches major importance to the external expression of one’s innermost sentiment.
In this workshop the two pedagogues will work individually with the participants, and combine the work within the body principles of Kamigata-mai.
Keiin Yoshimura is a Performer, choreographer and art director of Kamigata-mai dance, Tokyo Japan. Head of Kamigatamaitomonokai Organization. Head of Yoshimura Keiin Kamigata-mai Studio
Julia Varley joined Odin Teatret in 1976. Apart from acting she is active in directing, teaching, organising and writing. With Odin Teatret, Julia Varley teaches in schools and universities. Since 1990 she has been involved in the conception and organisation of ISTA (International School of Theatre Anthropology) and the University of Eurasian Theatre. She has been active in The Magdalena Project. She is also artistic director of Transit International Festival, Holstebro, and editor of The Open Page, a journal devoted to women's work in theatre. Julia Varley directs her regular, long-term students.
Workshop 3 : "Singing together 'a capella' and vocal actions in Space"
A workshop on Vocal training through Polyphony singing and vocal actions in Theatre. With Brigitte Cirla & Nathalie Mentha
Venue: Maison Colombani, Alliance Francaise, Pondicherry.
Dates: 10, 12, 13,14th March
“Our culture lost a strong and direct relationship with singing and particularly with "singing together"... The traditional vocal polyphonies are found in isolated places, islands, mountains, forests. Our dream is to create islands where we can invent one common repertory.
Voice Workshop
Focus upon healthy development of voice through voice and breathing exercises, Consciousness of voice physiology.
Exploration of choir experience through singing in polyphony “a capella”. According to the group, improvisation and soloist work.
On vocal action in relation to space, how to combine music with body movement and gestures, the participants should bring a song and a text learned by heart.
Brigitte Cirla is a singer, actress and director. In 1991, she created Voix Polyphoniques and in 1998, the vocal group Les Dissonantes, whose concerts took inspiration from the repertoire of Bartok, Kodaly and Ligeti.
Nathalie Menta after studying at Damitri’s Theatre school and at the higher school of Dramatic Art in Geneva, in 1979 she joined Teatro Potlach in Italy. With Teatro Potlach, she works as actor and teacher, participating in all its productions.
Workshop 4 : "Physical actions and Body in space"
A performer’s body training workshop with Daniela Regnoli and Roxana Pineda
Venue: New Creation Dance Studio, Auroville
Dates: 10, 12, 13, 14th March
This body-based exploration of how to be vividly alive and present in space will draw on elements from Daniela and Roxana’s long research and experience on performer’s body .
The emphasis will be on exploring the natural and instinctive impulses of performer’s body, discovering and working through any blockages, and gaining simple, practical, and physical techniques to free your body and voice.
Roxana Pineda graduated in Theatre Studies and Dramaturgy at the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba in 1985. She founded the Estudio Teatral de Santa Clara in 1989 with Joel Sáez, and has performed in all its productions. Roxana is a theatre scholar and professor, and as such she regularly gives workshops on improvisation and composition.
Daniela Regnoli was born in Rome. She studied ballet for 6 years at the Russian Sakharov School. After graduating from there she began working in the theatre as an actress. In 1972 she joined Jerzy Grotowski's Laboratory Theatre in Poland and in 1974 she participated in an international seminar for actors at the Odin Theatre in Denmark conducted by Eugenio Barba. In 1976 she founded the Theatre in Fara Sabina with Pino Di Buduo.
For all the participants:
. Wear comfortable clothes for body movements and voice work out
. have a note book or recording engine ( according to the teacher permission )
. No photography or video during the workshops
. Please enter the spaces without shoes, switched on cell phones, heavy bags, food and drinks.
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
A ten thousand rupee contribution for the workshops is needed to cover the basic expenses of the festival. The contribution includes participation in one of the workshops - as they all happen simultaneously - and a free transportation from Auroville to Pondichery and back on Sunday 11th of March to enjoy the Kolam-Making Performance from M.P Padmavathy on the beach side. The registration has to be done before the 5th of March.
CONTACT
For registration and other logistical questions about the workshops E-mail to: tantidhatrifestival@gmail.com