[WSMDiscuss] India in movement…., Theatre in movement…. : Fwd: Arab School of Playback Theatre in partnership with Budhan Theatre - Tejgadh Theatre of the Oppressed, in India

Sat Jun 3 17:47:07 CEST 2017

Saturday, June 3, 2017

India in movement…., Theatre in movement….

Tejgadh Theatre of the Oppressed, in India – Intensive Workshop

Arab School of Playback Theatre in partnership with Budhan Theatre

At the Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh, Gujarat, India

29 December 2017 - 9 January 2018

            Wonderful news, Agat !  Thanks for sharing this.

            In solidarity,

            JS

fwd

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: agat <agatsharma at gmail.com>
> Subject: Tejgadh Theatre of the Oppressed Intensive | India
> Date: June 3, 2017 at 12:15:59 AM EDT
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Tejgadh Theatre of the Oppressed Intensive | India
Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh, Gujarat, India
29 December 2017 - 9 January 2018

Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) is a form of popular education that uses theatre as a vehicle for fundamental social transformation. Forged in the crucible of revolutionary movements, it uses the dynamized human body and the charged theatrical space as laboratories for exploring power, transforming oppression, and finding collective solutions to the fundamental problems of conflict, exploitation, violence, and human suffering. Harnessing the reflexivity of the theatrical form as a generative critical methodology, TO contends that there are no neutral observers, ideologies, or systems of practice: every spectator is a potential actor, every system potentially oppressive or liberatory, and that the collective artistic liberation of our human capacity, dignity, and creativity is an imperative for transformation and survival. 

This workshop will cover basic techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed (Demechanization, Dynamization, Image Theatre, Forum Theatre), as well as advanced uses of Image Theatre, Forum Theatre, internal techniques (Rainbow of Desire, Cop-in-the-Head), while exploring TO-specific approaches to devising, rehearsal, performance, facilitation, and activism. These techniques will be shared as practical and essential tools for artistic development, creative expression, and social engagement. We will also focus on the application of TO for collective problem-solving, community-building, resistance, resilience, and transformation of structural and systemic violence at this historic moment of crisis.  

Learning will occur in an environment that promotes reflective practice, alliance building and constructive action.   

The Intensive is offered by the Arab School of Playback Theatre in partnership with Budhan Theatre, and will occur at The Adivasi Academy in Gujarat, a premier centre for tribal studies and activism.  

Applications are invited from educators, activists, community organizers and theatre practitioners from India and abroad.  (See below for selection criteria and details on how to apply.) 

PROGRAM DATES
29 December 2017 - 9 January 2018

PROGRAM FEES 
INR 8,000 
This fee covers:
• Course tuition
• Accommodation and meals 

Please note: This is a highly subsidized program with participants paying only a part of the costs incurred. Nonetheless, if it is genuinely impossible for you to raise the required amount, we will consider a fee reduction. To apply for a discounted place, or to contribute to the Scholarship Fund, please email Agat Sharma at agatsharma at gmail.com <mailto:agatsharma at gmail.com> 

LANGUAGE
Language of instruction will be English.   

LOCATION AND VENUE DETAILS
The Intensive will occur at the Adivasi Academy in Tejgadh, Gujarat (2 hours east of Baroda).  The Academy is an initiative of the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre of which G. N. Devy is a founder member.  Since its inception in 1999, the Academy has become an eminent centre for tribal studies and activism in India.  For more information, visit: www.adivasiacademy.org.in <http://www.adivasiacademy.org.in/> 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES 
Over 10 days we will: 
•  Engage in learning, dialogue and exchange with community cultural workers from India, the Middle East and beyond.
•  Develop knowledge, skills and critical thinking in relation to the strategic application of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) within social movements.
•  Deepen our investigation of movement, voice, ensemble work and theatrical improvisation. 
•  Develop knowledge, skills and competencies required for organizing and facilitating a range of TO interventions.
•  Understand and engage critically with philosophical and theoretical frameworks that inform popular education and emancipatory theatre methods. 
•  Develop the ability to reflect critically upon one’s practice and theoretical orientations.

SELECTION CRITERIA 
•  Priority will be given to applicants who hold prior experience in community work and cultural activism. 
•  Only those who can commit to completing the entire intensive will be admitted.  
•  Fluency in spoken English is required.

ORGANIZERS
Arab School of Playback Theatre (Adonis, Lebanon) in partnership with Budhan Theatre (Ahmadabad, India).

FACILITATOR 
Jiwon Chung is a professional actor and director. He is a key theorist and exponent of Theater of the Oppressed and its integration with somatics, martial arts, applied theater, pedagogy, and media activism. He has teaches internationally and is currently Visiting Associate Professor at the Starr King School at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, and has served as the president of the National Organization for Theater of the Oppressed. Jiwon also teaches at the Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre. He has worked intensively in the areas of conflict transformation, environmental justice, gang violence, police violence, racism, homelessness, war trauma, torture, genocide, global militarism, and other issues of systemic and structural violence and injustice. Jiwon’s approach to individual, interpersonal and institutional change is informed by his background as a war veteran, martial artist, and four decades of Vipassana meditation.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Step 1: Applicants must complete the following online application form: https://tinyurl.com/y99852yt <https://tinyurl.com/y99852yt>. Application deadline is 20 September 2017. 
Step 2: A selection committee will then review your application.  Selections will be announced by 30 September 2017 
Step 3: Selected applicants can register by paying the course fee. Last date for fees and registration: 30 November 2017 

SOCIAL MEDIA
For Facebook updates, please join here <https://www.facebook.com/events/957534311011602/>. 

ENQUIRIES 
For more information, please email Agat Sharma at agatsharma at gmail.com <mailto:agatsharma at gmail.com>

______________________________

Jai Sen

jai.sen at cacim.net <mailto:jai.sen at cacim.net>
www.cacim.net <http://www.cacim.net/> / http://www.openword.net.in

Now based in New Delhi, India (+91-98189 11325) and in Ottawa, Canada, on unceded Algonquin territory (+1-613-282 2900) 

Recent publications :

Jai Sen, ed, 2016  – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ? (forthcoming in 2017 from New Delhi : OpenWord and Oakland, CA : PM Press), ADVANCE PREFINAL ONLINE MOVEMENT EDITION @ www.cacim.net <http://www.cacim.net/>
Jai Sen, ed, 2013 – The Movements of Movements : Struggles for Other Worlds, Part I. Prefinal version of Volume 4 Part I in the Challenging Empires series. New Delhi : OpenWord.  Prefinal version 1.0 available @ http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/the_movements_of_movements/ <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/the_movements_of_movements/>
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS  :

Jai Sen, ed, 2017a – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ?.  Volume 4 in the Challenging Empires series (New Delhi : OpenWord and Oakland, CA : PM Press).  Available for pre-order at PM Press <http://www.pmpress.org/>
&

Jai Sen, ed, 2017b – The Movements of Movements, Part 2 : Rethinking Our Dance.  Volume 5 in the Challenging Empires series (New Delhi : OpenWord and Oakland, CA : PM Press)

CHECK OUT CACIM @ www.cacim.net <http://www.cacim.net/>, OpenWord @ http://www.openword.net.in <http://www.openword.net.in/>, and OpenSpaceForum @ www.openspaceforum.net <http://www.openspaceforum.net/>
AND SUBSCRIBE TO World Social Movement Discuss, an open, unmoderated, and self-organising forum for the exchange of information and views on the experience, practice, and theory of social and political movement at any level (local, national, regional, and global), including the World Social Forum.  To subscribe, simply send an empty email to wsm-discuss-subscribe at lists.openspaceforum.net <mailto:wsm-discuss-subscribe at lists.openspaceforum.net>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.openspaceforum.net/pipermail/wsm-discuss/attachments/20170603/b2ba24f8/attachment.htm>