Opportunity: Workshop with Ron Daniels ( Royal Shakespeare Company)
Where: Paris
When: November 12 until November 22
Deadline: October 10
Online Application:
Fee to Participate or Apply: yes
Description Of Opportunity:
Anglo-Brazilian director, 15 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company as artistic director of the Other Place Theatre (Stratford) and Honorary Associate Director of the troupe, then associate artistic director of the American Repertory Theater (Boston) for 5 years, he directed the greatest Shakespearean actors of the time including Mark Rylance, Derek Jacobi, Roger Rees, Hariet Walter, Juliet Stevenson. Full CV: https://www.rondanielsdirector.com/
British but also Brazilian, theatre director but also opera, Ron has had the opportunity to create in several languages: English, Portuguese, Italian, even Japanese. However, this internship and the collaboration with Kulturscio’k represent for Ron his first project in France and in the French language. Also — since this is a research and not a lesson — is he excited to discover contemporary and francophone approaches to the language of Shakespeare, and to explore with the trainees how the tools of the Shakespearean play can be applied to classical and modern works in the French repertoire.
Assisted by PAUL SPERA: Franco-American actor of theatre, cinema, TV, trained at Yale and the CNSAD, he plays in English, French or Italian; he collaborates with KULTURSCIOK since 2019, notably on the projects Oreste Will Be Back, Sibylsessions, #TrilogyRemix, and soon Garden Party. CV: https://www.time-art.com/talent/paul-spera.htm
Over ten days, we will propose a research journey that starts from the Shakespearean sonnet, then explores tirade and soliloquy, to finally approach the work of dialogues and scenes. Special attention will be given to the great tirades called “active”: the funeral orations of Brutus and Marc Antoine (Julius Caesar), the prologue of Gloucester (Richard III), the tirade of Titania (Songe d’une nuit d’Été), the defense of Hermione (Le Conte d’Hiver), as well as the so-called “reflexive” tirades, including those of Richard in prison (Richard II), Henry on the Mound (Henry VI p3), Clarence (Richard III), Henry the night before the battle (Henry V), Viola (La nuit des Rois), Imogen (Cymbeline), or, of course, Being or not being (Hamlet). Two intensive weeks of 40 hours per week, which may culminate in a presentation for a guest audience.
Objectives
The aim is to learn through Shakespeare’s work – mastering his particular language, the mechanisms of his verb and his dramaturgy – in order to discover the freedom and creative force that the poet offers the actor. With, as a guide and travel companion, one of the most influential Shakespearean directors of recent decades.
How To Apply:
please send us
- a cv
- if you speak French or english
- information about artistic process
Contact Email: [email protected]
Website: https://kultursciok.com/ron-daniels/
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