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2nd summer programme of the Site for Theatre Practices Lavauzelle Intensive workshop 2012  12–17 August Lavauzelle, 23250 Janaillat, France Located in a former farm in Limousin, the Site for Theatre Practices Lavauzelle aims at spreading and teaching a theatrical tradition which builts contemporary performative work on composition (rather than interpretation) and on the inheritance of specific traditional forms. This work session is open to actors, dancers and singers, professional or not, who are willing to immerse themselves in intensive work. Using several practices as the base of our work, we offer participants a comprehensive training which questions everyone’s relationship to the actor’s art. The work will take place in an old barn, a typical example of the work of the famous Creuse masons, as well as outdoors, at the edge of a wood and on the nearby walking paths. The working language will be French and English, according to the group’s needs. The worshop will include: • 8 hours of work daily • evening meetings, video projections, talks • at the end of the week participants and teachers will give an open work presentation • rest and relaxation in a natural setting in the surrounding countryside and forest Fee • for the workshop: 300 EUR/240 EUR concessions (students, the unemployed) • Full board accommodation for the week (meals prepared on the spot, accommodation in the closest village): 150 EUR Travel to the Site is not included in the price. We offer transport to and from La Souterraine. (train station on the Paris–Limoges–Toulouse line). The number of participants is limited to 10. Contact To take part, please send a letter of interest outlining your past experience to spt@lavauzelle.org by 9 July. All selected participants will be required to pay half the fee by 23 July to reserve their place. We offer a 20% reduction in the fee to participants who send in applications before 4 June. Those who mention the Grotowski Institute in their application will have the deadline extended to 10 June. Please contact us for special circumstances, especially if you come from far away. See www.lavauzelle.org for more information. This work session stands as an introduction to the theatre we want to promote. It contains 4 sections led by young practitioners, all specialized in specific traditions: Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair (teacher and co-leader of Studio Kalari, Wroc³aw): physical preparation and practice of martial art Kalarippayattu
From 2005 to 2008 Sankar worked with Indian theatre group Milón Méla, co-leading numerous workshops and performing in festivals in India and Europe. Since 2008 he has lived in Wroc³aw, Poland. He teaches the Southern style of Kalarippayattu (regular practices in Wroc³aw and workshops in Poland, Finland, France, Germany and Italy), as well as practises ayurvedic massage. He is a co-founder of Studio Kalari. Przemys³aw B³aszczak (actor and director, Teatr ZAR, Wroc³aw): physical composition theatre, acrobatics, partner and group work
Przemek studied philosophy at the University of Wroc³aw’s Faculty of Social Sciences. He has been connected with the Grotowski Institute since 1995. Between 1996 and 1999 he worked with Grzegorz Bral’s Song of the Goat Theatre, performing in Dithyramb. In the autumn of 2002, he began working on his own project, which culminated in a solo performance, Ecce Homo. Since 2004, he has been an actor with Teatr ZAR, participating in the “Gospels of Childhood” project (a triptych comprising Gospels of Childhood, Caesarian Section and Anhelli), led by Jaros³aw Fret. For over six years he has studied Aikido under sensei Piotr Masztalerz (5th Dan) and under other masters in Japan and Mexico. He also practiced Shintaido under the guidance of Toshi Tushitori (member of Peter Brook’s CIRT). He has conducted physical trainings and workshops in various schools and associations in Poland and abroad. As an actor, he is currently involved in the new Teatr ZAR piece, Armine, and collaborates with Greek director Theodoros Terzopoulos on his next performance based on Heiner Müller. Marie-Geneviève L’Her (actor and teacher, Thèâtre de l’homme ivre, Paris): the basics of corporeal mime, individual and dual physical composition
Jean-François Favreau (actor and director, Teatr ZAR/Théâtre de l’homme ivre): singing, polyphonic traditions (Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily)
Jean-François Favreau and Marie-Geneviève L’Her
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