Nov 17 2021 to Nov 21 2021 midnight

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

This workshop will engage with some fundamental principles of dramaturgy relating to form, structure, concept, and intention. With the overall objective of creating new practices, the primary focus will be on the development of theatre projects via playwriting or devised theatre. While dramaturgy can be understood as the translation of concept into practice with theatre productions in mind, it has now come to be applied to other disciplines as well. In this context, the workshop on “Thinking Through Process” will also consider experiments in dance, movement, and installations with a performative dimension.

The overall purpose is to think through the possibilities of ongoing projects or emergent ideas for new creative work. Through conversation, discussion and exercises, these possibilities and ideas will be shared and questioned in a dialogical framework. How does one think through process? And what are some of the factors that need to be kept in mind in order to transform process into practice?

Since the workshop will attempt to focus on individual creative processes, it will be open to a maximum of 10 participants. While all participants will be expected to have some experience of the performing arts, the workshop is open to those who are at an early stage in their creative pursuits. Artists with an interdisciplinary background are encouraged to apply.

For participation in the workshop, please send a proposal (maximum length – 2 pages) where you describe a particular project on which you have already done some creative work and research. In the proposal please indicate how attending this workshop would be of use to you. In addition, we need a short one-page CV of your background supplementing it with a sample of your work in a digital or written format.

If selected, the participant will not need to pay a fee for the workshop. However, any costs of travel to Bengaluru and local stay will need to be arranged by the participant. The 5-day workshop (13th to 17th December) is likely to be around 30 hours with meetings of approximately 6 hours on a daily basis. Attendance is mandatory for all the sessions.

Interested applicants can email their intent and requested documents to bic@bangaloreinternationalcentre.org by December 1, 2021.

Facilitator
Rustom Bharucha
Dramaturg, Writer,Director & Cultural Critic

Rustom Bharucha trained as a dramaturg at the Yale School of Drama between 1977-1980. He has since directed and conducted workshops in different parts of the world in India, the Philippines, South Africa, and Brazil. He has written a number of books on interculturality including Theatre and the World: Performance and the Politics of Culture, The Politics of Cultural Practice: Thinking through Theatre in an Age of Globalization, and Another Asia: Rabindranath Tagore and Okakura Tenshin. His 9-episode video-lecture on “Theatre and the Coronavirus” can be accessed on the following link.