About the program
As in past projects and with a new group, together we will imagine, and realize our own creative Utopia. We will make a peaceful, historically relevant, community art event based on a story that will relate to the Day of the Dead celebrations. We will dance and sing, make music, break bread, laugh, and inspire one another, while working in our chosen fields, to make a memorable public performance. We will have fun. We will work. We will create our own world of cultural exchange, cooperation and creation.
This is a fully integrated, in depth, immersion; a working environment, shoulder to shoulder with other artists from around the world, musicians, dancers, actors, puppeteers.
We work together in all aspects of the production, from choosing the story to creating the masks, improvising the scenes and inventing the music.
This is a 5 week project (with some exceptions, some may register for 3 weeks).
At first, in the mornings, we work mostly on the plastic arts; building the armatures and sculpting the forms of the masks with clay. After a few days, we can start to cover the first masks with paper-maché, while other armatures are being built.
In the afternoons, we work on the story itself, studying the characters, defining the conflicts, and improvising the scenes. Everyone participates and enriches the group with their ideas and input. We use a method of socializing the roles as we study the stage, the scenes and the story.
As the project unfolds, we will start to use the finished masks on the stage and learn to manipulate these giant puppets. We will spend more and more time developing the story, while creating and integrating the music.
At the end of the workshop we will perform the show for the local public, and also take it on tour to a few neighboring towns.
After the 5 weeks, You will have gained a working knowledge of how a theatre works; using the ideas, the strategies and theories of collective creation to develop and mount a performance.
We plan to present the show to the public at least 5 times over the weekend from the Thursday 27th to the Tuesday, 31st of October .
Finances:
The registration fee is 290 Euros (300 USD). This is non-refundable. Once you register, your place is reserved. Also, once you register, we can write an invitation letter which you can use to look for funding.
The 5 weeks residency fee is 2370 (2500 USD) Euros (which includes your room and board, workshop fees, local transport from Mexico DF to Jalpan de Serra and back). Payments are made using PayPal .
(accomodation is shared rooms- 2 to 3 persons ; and we will arrange for breakfast plus the main meal which is lunch, and a light evening supper.
Location:
The project will take place in Jalpan de Serra, which is located in the amazing biosphere reserve of the Sierra Gorda, in the state of Queretaro.
Languages:
the main languages spoken will be english, french and spanish . We welcome any other languages you speak and want to share with us.
This is a fully integrated, in depth, immersion; a working environment, shoulder to shoulder with other artists from around the world, musicians, dancers, actors, puppeteers.
We work together in all aspects of the production, from choosing the story to creating the masks, improvising the scenes and inventing the music.
This is a 5 week project (with some exceptions, some may register for 3 weeks).
At first, in the mornings, we work mostly on the plastic arts; building the armatures and sculpting the forms of the masks with clay. After a few days, we can start to cover the first masks with paper-maché, while other armatures are being built.
In the afternoons, we work on the story itself, studying the characters, defining the conflicts, and improvising the scenes. Everyone participates and enriches the group with their ideas and input. We use a method of socializing the roles as we study the stage, the scenes and the story.
As the project unfolds, we will start to use the finished masks on the stage and learn to manipulate these giant puppets. We will spend more and more time developing the story, while creating and integrating the music.
At the end of the workshop we will perform the show for the local public, and also take it on tour to a few neighboring towns.
After the 5 weeks, You will have gained a working knowledge of how a theatre works; using the ideas, the strategies and theories of collective creation to develop and mount a performance.
We plan to present the show to the public at least 5 times over the weekend from the Thursday 27th to the Tuesday, 31st of October .
Finances:
The registration fee is 290 Euros (300 USD). This is non-refundable. Once you register, your place is reserved. Also, once you register, we can write an invitation letter which you can use to look for funding.
The 5 weeks residency fee is 2370 (2500 USD) Euros (which includes your room and board, workshop fees, local transport from Mexico DF to Jalpan de Serra and back). Payments are made using PayPal .
(accomodation is shared rooms- 2 to 3 persons ; and we will arrange for breakfast plus the main meal which is lunch, and a light evening supper.
Location:
The project will take place in Jalpan de Serra, which is located in the amazing biosphere reserve of the Sierra Gorda, in the state of Queretaro.
Languages:
the main languages spoken will be english, french and spanish . We welcome any other languages you speak and want to share with us.
