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Travel to Paris, France to participate in the Year 2000 Performance Project. Work with French directors and students at the Théâtre aux Main Nues, a renowned school for acting and puppetry in Paris. Attend workshops and rehearse short plays for public performance in Paris. Optional one-week add-on to attend the Avignon Theatre Festival to perform, see shows, and meet artists. |
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Stage, Paris
Begin at the Théâtre aux Main Nues, working under the direction of Alain Recoing. American students will join French students to attend workshops and rehearse several short plays for public performance. Recoing has revolutionized theatre with puppets by insisting that one is an actor first, and then one is joined on stage by a puppet. His puppets are very different from those usually seen in the United States; they are often life-size characters who interact with live actors. During this first stage, students will study four areas of puppet theatre: acting, voice, and movement as a actor and puppeteer; improvisation for actors; development of the character and body of the puppet; and the manipulation of puppets. Students will also do dramaturgical work, incorporating puppets into well-known plays. In addition to the workshops, students will rehearse short plays for public performance. Students will perform at the theatre and at other Paris locations.
Second Stage, Avignon (Optional)
The final, optional week of the program will be spent at the Avignon Theatre Festival seeing shows, meeting with artists, and performing the pieces prepared in Paris in the streets of Avignon. The dates of this optional extension are July 24 to 30, 2000.
TRDA 195: Inside French Theatre: Behind the Scenes in Paris
The course offers the opportunity to experience French theatre from the inside while participating in the Year 2000 Performance Project. To meet the dual academic goals of theory and practice, the students will alternate the practical work led by professional artists in all aspects of theatre production with scholarly work focusing on dramaturgy and acting theory. This work will contribute specifically to the show that they create.
Open to undergraduates; graduate credit may be arranged with permission of the instructor.
Visit the home page of the Department of Theater and Dance to learn more about theatre programs at GW.
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