| Latin Chants: Between Orally Transmitted Polyphonic Traditions and the Plain Chant Heritage |
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Workshop with Jean-François Favreau and members of ensemble In Medias Res Sat-Mon 19–21 October 2013, 10am–2pm Le Centquatre, 5 rue Curial, Paris, France Contact and deadline Please send your application to Marie Magneron: marie@grotowski-institute.art.pl; (+48) 601 065 099, 0643362990 by 13 October 2013. Fee: 100 EUR The workshop will be conducted in French and 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. Programme and leaders The work, led by participants of ensemble In Medias Res, 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 an multinational ensemble focused on the Latin chant in Mediterranean traditions. Formed on the initiative of Jean-François Favreau after the first edition of VoicEncounters in 2010, In Medias Res ensemble 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 concerts presented in France and in Poland, namely 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 leader of ensemble In Medias Res, 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 Theater 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. He collaborated, 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. He lives in Paris, where he collaborates with director and musician Alexis Forestier. Together with Marie-Geneviève L’Her, he created the company Théâtre de l’homme ivre and the Site for Theatre Practices Lavauzelle, a rural resource centre for physical/vocal theatre and research on traditional practices. More: www.lavauzelle.org/inmediasres Supported by the Minister of Culture and Cultural Heritage  |