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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT
size=3><EM>Dear Colleagues, if you are planning to attend this practicum (see
below) in July and August and if you
might</EM></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>be interested in writing an
article about it for <U>alt.theatre: cultural diversity and the stage</U>, would
you please get </EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>in touch with me and or with
<U>alt</U>'s editor-in-chief, Ted Little (<A
href="mailto:elittle@alcor.concordia.ca">elittle@alcor.concordia.ca</A>)? A
quarterly journal that is part of the </EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>outreach program of Teesri
Duniya theatre here in Montréal (go to <A
href="http://www.teesriduniyatheatre.com">http://www.teesriduniyatheatre.com<FONT
color=#0000ff></A>), </FONT> <U>alt</U> provides a forum for news
and views about </EM><EM>intersections between / among politics, cultural
plurality, social activism, and theatre</EM>. <EM>Rhodopi's project this
summer, engaging students to adapt the stories of Dionysus in connection
with subjects as diverse as Karagoz, the Dervish dances of the Sufis,
advancements in digital media, Commedia dell'arte, the Cham Mysteries, Chinese
Opera, Meyerhold's Biomechanics, and so on, looks as though it will provide a
perfect fit with <U>alt</U>'s remit.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>Many
thanks.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG><EM>--Denis
Salter.</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> <FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The
first summer practicum (July 1 to August 8, 2005) of the Rhodopi International
Theatre Collective<BR>was an exciting success- a truly rare international
<BR>consortium of teaching artists, scholars, and students<BR> from
organizations such as the Indonesian Institute<BR>of Arts, The London Academy of
Music and Dramatic Art,<BR>the Yale School of Drama, the Carnegie Mellon
School<BR>of Drama, The University of North Carolina at Chapel<BR>Hill, the
Russian Academy of Theater Arts, and the<BR>Komissarzhevskaya Drama Theater of
St. Petersburg (in<BR>addition to representatives of the
organizing<BR>institutions: UCLA's HyperMedia Studio, Bulgaria's<BR>National
Academy for Theater and Film Arts, the<BR>Academy of Dramatic Arts at the
University of Zagreb,<BR>Croatia, and The Fourth World Laboratory
for<BR>International Theater Research). <BR><BR>We are pleased to announce that
for 2006 (July 7 to August 14), the<BR>multicultural and multimedia course of
study has been<BR>extended to include visiting theater artists and<BR>lecturers
from Italy, Tibet, and Turkey.<BR><BR>Hosted by one of the most productive
regional<BR>companies in the Balkans, the Rhodopi Dramatichen<BR>Theater in
Smolyan, The Collective is based just miles<BR>from the border with Greece at
the center of the<BR>Rhodopi Mountains (the birthplace of the
mythic<BR>figures that have helped shape the Western view of<BR>theater and
performance- Orpheus, Eurydice, and the<BR>cult of Dionysus). Each summer we
intend to provide<BR>our students with the necessary tools
to<BR>re-contextualize and recreate the legends and folk<BR>tales that have
deeply influenced the global gestalt.<BR>We feel that by bringing students to
this significant<BR>(and beautiful) location, and involving them in
the<BR>exciting discourse that naturally occurs when diverse<BR>cultures meet,
we can help shape their creative<BR>processes and internationalize their
imaginations for<BR>years to come.<BR><BR>In 2005, participants retold the myth
of Orpheus and<BR>its global parallels. In 2006, the students will
be<BR>adapting the stories of Dionysus, as they are informed<BR>by workshops and
seminars on subjects as diverse as<BR>Karagoz, the Dervish dances of the Sufis,
advancements<BR>in digital media, Commedia dell'Arte, the Cham<BR>Mysteries,
Chinese Opera, Meyerhold's Biomechanics,<BR>among others.<BR><BR>For a more in
depth view of the program, please visit<BR>our web site, www.worldtheater.org.
<BR><BR>If you feel that any of your students would be<BR>interested or
can benefit from our program, please<BR>refer them to the site. If you have any
questions<BR>regarding The Collective or student participation,<BR>feel free to
e-mail me. Sincerely,<BR>Ben Nadler<BR>The Fourth World Laboratory<BR>for
International Theater Research<BR>ben@thefourthworldlab.org<BR><BR>The Rhodopi
International Theater Collective<BR>UCLA School of Theater, Film and
Television<BR>Attention: HyperMedia Studio<BR>102 East Melnitz Hall<BR>Los
Angeles, CA
90095<BR>www.worldtheater.org</FONT><BR></DIV></STRONG></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>__________________________________________________________<BR>"When
a people forget a language, they forfeit the heart of who they <BR>are and
the ability to comprehend the stories that are central to their <BR>cultural,
spiritual and emotional health."--Keren
Rice.<BR>____________________________________________________________________<BR>"That's
what hybrids were invented for: survival in changing ecologies."--Lisa
Doollittle
<BR>_______________________________________________________________________<BR>"To
celebrate this award, and the work it recognizes of those around the world, let
me recall the words of Gandhi: My life is my message. Also, plant a tree."
Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>__________________________________________________<BR>Denis
Salter<BR>Professor of Theatre<BR>McGill University<BR>853 Sherbrooke St.
West<BR>Montréal, QC<BR>H3A 2T6<BR>Tel (514) 398 6550<BR>Regular Fax (514) 398
8146<BR>Computer Fax (309) 294 0444<BR><A
href="mailto:denis.salter@mcgill.ca">denis.salter@mcgill.ca</A><BR><A
href="mailto:d.salter@videotron.ca">d.salter@videotron.ca</A><BR>__________________</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>