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Recruitment workshop with Jean-François Favreau and members of In Medias Res Wed-Fri 12–14 June, 12noon–6pm Laboratory Theatre Space Fee: 50 EUR Contact and application Please send your completed application form to Marta Grunwald Wilantewicz (marta@grotowski-institute.art.pl, tel. 607 831 559) by 20 May 2013. We will get back to you by 25 May 2013. The number of places is limited. The workshop will be conducted in English. This three-day workshop will offer participants an opportunity to discover and practice various forms of singing from Latin religious traditions – from the oral tradition (three- or four-part polyphonic songs) to Gregorian chants and early Baroque compositions, including an introduction to the art of ornament. The aim of the session is to meet the participants and recruit new members to complement our research and practice group (they will not join our concert team yet). Programme and leaders The work, led by participants of the In Medias Res programme, will extend over 3 sessions: - the Corsican and Franciscan repertoire, led by Jean-François Favreau with Marta Grundwald Wilantewicz and/or Marie-Geneviève L’Her - the Sicilian repertoire, led by Alessandro Curti with Orest Sharak and Jean-François Favreau - the Gregorian chant, led by Piotr Górka and/or Adam Skobliñski  In Medias Res is a practical research programme focused on the Latin chant in Mediterranean traditions. Formed on the initiative of Jean F. Favreau after the first edition of VoicEncounters in 2010, In Medias Res is a multinational group that works under the auspices of the Grotowski Institute (Wroc³aw, Poland) and the Site for Theatre Practices Lavauzelle (Limousin, France).So far, the group members have organized several research expeditions to Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, and master workshops on manuscripts and other written sources. Their work, focused mainly on the repertoire and dramaturgy of the Holy Week, provided material for a concert presented in France and in Poland at the 2013 Gorzkie ¯ale Festival in Warsaw. The work has several facets, depending on the personal fields of interest of its participants: it can be regarded as a specific, polyphonic or modal music exploration, as practical ethnology, as a spiritual territory, or as a possibility of a theatre of sound. Jean-François Favreau, the project leader, was born and raised in Bastia, Corsica. He is an actor-singer and director with a Ph.D. in literature from Paris 7 University. Jean-François took part in work sessions at the Grotowski Institute in Wroc³aw and then worked with the THEATRE TANTO Ensemble in Vienna (Austria) before joining Wroc³aw’s Teatr ZAR, led by Jaros³aw Fret, as a co-creator and performer in Anhelli. The Calling and in the other two parts of the Gospels of Childhood triptych, widely performed around the world. He collaborates, as an actor and training leader, with Sergei Kovalevich (Russia) and Natalia Polovynka (Ukraine) on the “Song of Songs” project. He has led, or joined, several research expeditions to Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Armenia, and co-organized several events dedicated to traditional singing (11th Giving Voice festival, 1st VoicEncounters) and workshops with master singers (Jean-Etienne Langianni, Robert Po¿arski, Martino Corimbi, Tempus Fugit members, Cuncordu de Orosei, Aram Kerovpyan). Apart from oral traditions, he studied early music under Marcel Pérès. In 2009, together with Marie-Geneviève L’Her, he created the Site for Theatre Practices Lavauzelle, a rural resource center for physical/vocal theatre and research on traditional practices. He lives in Paris, where he collaborates with director and musician Alexis Forestier. More: www.lavauzelle.org/inmediasres Partners: Site for Theatre Practices Lavauzelle, The Grotowski Institute  |