The Magdalena Project

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Au Brana 2010 summer residency.
12th July – 7th August.
The Au Brana Cultural Centre, southern France.

A unique opportunity to consolidate yourself as a physically and vocally expressive performer.

Au Brana, in collaboration with a selection of associated artists, proposes 4 weeks of intensive theatre training culminating in a public presentation at the centre. Participants will work 6-day weeks and a minimum of 6 hours a day with theatre training led by OBRA Theatre Company, Matej Matejka (Theatre Zar, Farm in the Cave) and Christopher Sivertsen (The Awake Project, Song of the Goat). Another practitioner, yet to be confirmed, will also lead a 2-day master class.

This is a unique opportunity for artists to plunge into their creative practice, in relation to an ensemble and guided by highly regarded international practitioners in an environment purpose built to support such total immersion.

The residency is limited to 15 participants, all of whom will live and work on-site at Au Brana, a formerly ruined farm now transformed into a beautiful haven offering a tranquil and focussed creative environment.

Throughout the month long investigation, Ted Hughes’ narrative poem, Gaudete will serve as a creative springboard. Each of the practitioners will impart their own approach to devised theatre practice; undertaking in-depth work with each individual and building up the ensemble. This material will be brought together in a final montage and shared with the public.

Week 1 – OBRA – Laying foundations.
Week 2 – Matej Matejka – Individual exploration
Master Class – TBC
Week 3 – Christopher Sivertsen – Building the ensemble
Week 4 – Towards Performance; Retrieval

The total cost of this session is €1250.00. This comprises of the workshop and all accommodation costs. Travel to the centre is not included in the price.

Places are strictly limited to 15 and a deposit of €200 is required to reserve a place before March 1st 2010. Participants are considered based on the completion of an application form and are required to pay 50% of the total cost before arrival. Only applications for the full month will be considered.

For further information and reservations please contact Kate at info@aubrana.com
Please see www.aubrana.com for more information about the centre