CPR International Summer Programme - The Summer Shift 2003

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10 June  25 JULY 2003
THE SUMMER SHIFT 2003
CPR International Summer Programme
ABERYSTWYTH, WALES, UK

Immerse yourself in the possibilities of PERFORMANCE
and your own CREATIVITY

EXPEDITIONS  WORKSHOPS  TALKS  PERFORMANCES

CHOOSE from the following:

·       2-week intensive Goat Island Summer School (USA), 10  22 June
·       Les Kurbas (Ukraine) - Grotowski and Gardzienice inspired theatre and
voice work, 23-24 June
·       A performative visit to a mystery location with radical director, Mike
Pearson (Wales) , 3-4 July
·       Richard Gough & Joan Mills (Wales) visual theatre and voice work, 5-12
July
·       Phillip Zarrilli (USA)  Introduction to Kalarippayattu (Indian Martial
Art) 5  12 July
·       Guillermo Gómez-Peña (Mexico/USA) - 2-week intensive workshop leading to a
site-specific performance 14  25 July
·       The entire SUMMER SHIFT programme  35 days of teaching, 10 June  26 July

For more information and to download an application form visit:

www.thecpr.org.uk/summershift3.htm

CPR offers you a unique view on performance. An organization where
academics, being performers themselves, confront you with your own work in
an inspirational and playful way.
Summer School Participant, 2002

Please note that funding for personal training is available from the Arts
Council of England www.arts.org.uk and the Arts Council of Wales
www.artswales.org.uk and The Scottish Arts Council www.sac.org.uk

The Summer Shift programme is the perfect opportunity to build a creative
focus around your own practice. Whether for two days, two weeks or seven
weeks you will meet like-minded participants from around the world.

10  22 June
GOAT ISLAND PERFORMANCE GROUP
www.goatislandperformance.org
A two-week workshop led by Lin Hixson, Mark Jeffery & Matthew Goulish.

When you ask experimental theatre buffs to name the best in American
Theatre, rather than Robert Wilson or the Wooster Group, many will point to
Goat Island
Time Out, London

This is an opportunity for artists to work and study together in a
structured, creative environment. Performance, installation, writing,
movement, music, research, publication and documentation are examined in
various forms and combinations dictated by participants and instructors
alike. The work combines: theory and practice; styles of collaboration and
methods of individual and collective expression and creativity.

Goat Island gave me the confidence to think about making work again. The
company have an unpretentious attitude to work which takes inspiration from
the everyday.
£295 (CPR Members £265, Bursary Fee £195)

23  24 June
LES KURBAS THEATRE COMPANY
www.thecpr.org.uk/summershift3.htm

This is a two-day intensive workshop working with performers from The Les
Kurbas Theatre, L'viv in the Ukraine. Since its inception, the Les Kurbas
Theatre has grown into one of Ukraines most critically acclaimed theatres 
both at home and abroad. Les Kurbas Theatre, combine an intensely physical
performance style with rich vocal work and their award-winning productions
of Grace-given Erodii, Games for Faust, and Apocrypha have been invited to
numerous international theatre festivals.

"One night a version of Crime and Punishment with Raskolnikov and
Svidrigailov transformed into Faust and Mephisto; the following night, a
philosophic dialogue between a stork and a monkey, by the 18th century poet
Hryhory Skovoroda

 this is a troupe of no common stamp
Irving Wardle, former theatre critic for The Times

£50 (CPR Members £45, Bursary £35)

3-4 July
MIKE PEARSON
www.mikebrookes.com/ambivalence/pearsonbrookes/default.htm

A performative expedition led by Mike Pearson.

In 2001 it was an expeditionary walk across the prehistoric landscape of the
Preselli Mountains, making and filming short choreographies adjacent to
cairns and tombs and stone circles, in business suits and high-heels. In
2002 it was a trip to Ramsey Island and the creation and presentation of
performative maps - even edible ones - of the nature reserve. In 2003 Mike
Pearson once again leads a two-day expedition 'off the beaten track' into
the Welsh countryside, mixing an appreciation of the historical and
environment of the location with collaborative performance activity.
Including a night of eating and drinking and snoring under canvas.

Mike Pearson is Professor of Performance Studies at the University of Wales
Aberystwyth. Throughout the 1970s he was an artistic director of Cardiff
Laboratory Theatre and in the 1980s a director of Welsh theatre company
Brith Gof. He has been working with Mike Brookes since 1997 in the
Pearson/Brookes collective. He is co-author of Theatre/Archaeology
(Routledge 2001).

£75 (CPR Members £65, Bursary £45)

5 - 12 July
PHILLIP ZARRILLI
www.ex.ac.uk/drama/kalari/zarrilli.htm

Making the body all eyes...

A summer intensive training providing an introduction to kalarippayattu,
selected yoga, and tai chi chuan.This intensive training immerses
participants in psychophysical disciplines enabling you to work on focus,
concentration, discovery and use of inner energy, and bodymind integration.
Phillip Zarrilli is internationally known for his teaching of these
disciplines, and for the application of a psychophysical approach to his
directing work.  Zarrilli is author of numerous books including Acting
(Re)Considered (1995) and the first study of Kalarippayattu, When the Body
Becomes All Eyes (1998). He teaches at the University of Exeter.

"a wonderful opportunity to be taught by an individual whose knowledge and
enthusiasm is an inspiration"
London, International Workshop Festival 2000

£175

5  12 July
RICHARD GOUGH & JOAN MILLS
www.thecpr.org.uk/summershift3.htm

Richard Gough and Joan Mills have a shared understanding of the way theatre
inspired by the visual and the vocal can produce work that is elegant and
surprising. In his own creative work as a director, deviser and workshop
leader Richard Gough has developed a particular approach to creating visual,
musical and site-specific performance and is particularly acclaimed for his
work involving food. Joan Mills voice workshops introduce enjoyable,
physically based exercises and games to improve breathing, encourage
relaxation, and develop listening skills and confidence.

£160 (CPR Members £145, Bursary £110)

14  25 July
GUILLERMO GÓMEZ-PEÑA AND JUAN YBARRA
www.pochanostra.com

What does "radical behaviour" mean in the year 2003?  What are the new roles
of artists in the post-9/11 era?

This is a two week project, culminating in two public performances, giving
participants an opportunity to hone their artistic and analytical skills and
explore new radical approaches to collaboration and art making. Aiming to
develop new models of relationship between artist and community; mentor and
apprentice, which are neither colonial nor condescending, establish a
temporary utopian space for aesthetic freedom and cross-cultural dialogue
and to seek a new aesthetic that truly reflects the spirit and tribulations
of our times.

Gómez-Peñas is widely regarded as one of the most significant performance
artists of the last decade.  His work crosses performance art, video, audio,
installations, poetry, journalism, critical writings and cultural theory,
explores cross-cultural issues, immigration, the politics of language,
"extreme culture" and new technologies in the era of globalization.
£295 (CPR Members £265, Bursary £195)

"While I had some idea of the range of the workshops, What I had no idea was
that there would be such a terrific range of age and
nationalities/domiciles/cultures/languages in such a small group, which made
for interesting exchanges and responses. A rather full-circle experience of
research, practice and performance, I enjoyed the full working days and
programmed events in the evenings but also the opportunity to 'socialise' in
the dorms or vent by the ocean with wine and Pizza or takeaway Chinese!"
Summer Shift Participant 2002

The entire Summer Shift         £695    CPR Members £635

Fees are excluding accommodation.

There will be a limited number of Bursary places available to those on low
incomes who apply in writing by 6 June with a short letter stating why they
would like to be considered.

Participants can book by completing the booking form (also available by
email from: cprwww at aber.ac.uk or downloading from
www.thecpr.org.uk/summershift3.htm and submitting either payment in full or
a deposit of £50. Payments can be made by UK cheque, International Money
Order or Credit Card.

Centre for Performance Research (CPR)
Unit 6,
Science Park
Aberystwyth, Wales,  UK
SY23 3AH
Tel: +44 (0) 1970 622133
Fax: +44 (0) 1970 622132
EMAIL: cprwww at aber.ac.uk
WEB: www.thecpr.org.uk
CPR is a company limited by guarantee (Reg. No. 231 570) and registered as
an education charity No. 701544.