Global Theatre: The Syncretic Journey
“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to La MaMa, dedicated to the playwright and to all aspects of the theater.” –Ellen Stewart The La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City has been the host of contemporary and international theatre artists for 50 years. You will have the opportunity to attend the performances and meet the artists and participate in workshops led by them, as well as access the La MaMa archives on the history of international theatre in New York. Your personal “syncretic theatre journey” is enhanced by the observance of fellow theatre-makers and oneself that is informed concretely by the application of text, research, movement, music, design, puppetry, and multimedia, as well as social and political debate in class. Coordinators of the La MaMa International Symposium for Directors, David Diamond and Mia Yoo, will host you in New York, where you will exchange ideas with visiting and local artists: Yara Arts, artists of the Great Jones Repertory Theatre, Shigeko Suga, Yukio Tsuji. Historical/contemporary experimental texts discussed: Death and the Kings Horseman, by Wole Soyinka; Strange Interlude, by Eugene O’Neill; The Caucasian Chalk Circle, by Bertolt Brecht; A Dream Play, by August Strindberg; Thunderstorm, by Cao Yu; Goshram Kwotal, by Vijay Tendulkar; Venus, by Suzan-Lori Parks; Mistero Buffo, by Dario Fo; and And They Put Handcuffs On The Flowers, by Fernando Arrabal.
Theatre courses
- Acting Poetic Realism
- Acting Shakespeare
- Actor and Director Lab: PROOF
- Advanced Costume Conference
- Advanced Puppet Theatre/Performance
- Advanced Stage Combat
- Alexander Technique
- Breaking the Code
- Breathing Coordination for the Performer
- Brief Chronicle: A Short History of the Theatre
- Building a Vocal Technique
- Close Up and Personal
- Collaborative Contemporary Theater: Grad Projects I
- Comedy Workshop
- Contemporary I for Dance and Theatre
- Costume Design I
- Costume Design II
- Creating a Role
- Creation Theatre Imperatives
- Creativity Workshop
- Design Elements I
- Design Elements II
- Design Techniques in Media and Puppetry
- Developing the Dramatic Idea
- Directing, Devising, and Performance
- Directing the 20th Century: From Chekhov to Churchill
- DownStage
- Experiments in Language and Form
- Face the Blank Page
- Far-Off, Off-Off, Off-, and On-Broadway: Experiencing the 2011-2012 Theatre Season
- First-Year Studies in Theatre: Directing in the Contemporary Theatre
- First-Year Studies in Theatre: The Playwright’s Perspective
- Grad Lab
- Improvisation Laboratory
- Improvisation Techniques
- Internship Conference
- Introduction to Stage Combat
- La MaMa E.T.C.
- Lighting Design I
- Lighting Design II
- London Theatre Tour
- Making New Work
- Methods of Theatre Outreach
- Movement for Performance
- New Musical Theatre Lab
- Playwriting Techniques
- Production Workshop
- Projects
- Puppet Theatre
- REWRITE
- Scenic Design I
- Scenic Design II
- Singing Workshop
- SLC Lampoon
- Sound Design I & II
- Spencer Workshop
- Stage Management
- The Acting Process
- Theatre 360: The Big Picture
- Theatre Techniques: Actor’s Workshop
- Theatre Techniques: History and Histrionics
- Theatre Techniques: Technology
- The London Theatre Program (BADA)
- The Performing Arts for Social Change
- Tools of the Trade
- The Webisodics Project/Web Series Asylum
- Global Theatre: The Syncretic Journey
- Writers Gym
- Writing for Solo Performance
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