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**IMPORTANT UPDATE**
Due to the political and social situation in Thailand, the 2010
Artist Intensive will take place in India only. The new dates for
the intensive will be July 16 - August 9
THEATER MITU
in
collaboration with VISTHAR CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PEACE -
Bangalore, India
invites you to the
2010 SOUTH INDIA ARTIST
INTENSIVE
July 16 - August 9, 2010
What is your
Mythology?
How does it encounter the reality of the world?
How do
you reconcile these two by way of your art?
These are the
questions that will propel and shape this month-long intensive. Theater
Mitu will bring together a group of international participants, American
teaching artists and Thai and Indian masters to rigorously explore this
vast discussion.
In the West, the artist's personal mythology is
often overlooked in an attempt to focus on technique, achievement and
success. But the question remains, what propels the artist? What is
his/her belief system? What stories have formed who they are and what work
they create? We believe the answers to these questions can only be
discovered when the artist is asked to forget everything they think they
know and in so doing, explore themselves outside of a context that is
familiar; artistically, philosophically, aesthetically and geographically.
It is this belief that began the conversation with Bangkok's Patravadi
Theater and South India's Visthar Center for Social Justice and Peace,
both institutions committed to this type of international dialogue.
The program will ask participants to place themselves at the
center of this conversation. The intensive will rigorously engage the
participants in this dialogue at every level possible.
Physically:
by way of classes and training with Thai and Indian masters in diverse
classical Indian arts as well as advanced classes in Theater Mitu's
training methodology of Whole Theater.
Philosophically: by way of
challenging dialogues with some of the most important Buddhist and Hindu
thinkers and philosophers in Thailand and India.
Socially: as
students are asked to engage with and participate actively with the
incredibly dynamic Thai and Indian communities of teachers, artists and
activists that comprise Patravadi and Visthar as well as allowing
themselves to be challenged by their fellow participants.
Culturally: as they interface with Thailand and India, two of the
most diverse and impressive cultural landscapes in the world.
Artistically: by way of various performance, creation and
explorative opportunities the program offers.
The list could go on
and on as the journey, though dynamically programmed, will ultimately take
form around the participants as they explore who they are as individuals,
as citizens of the world and as artists driven by a personal mythology
that is powerful, clear and unignorable.
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PROGRAM LOGISTICS:
APPLICATION FEE: $20.00
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 1st (postmarked) for notification May 7th
SPACE IS LIMITED
TUITION for the program is $4,100--includes round
trip airfare to and from NYC, housing, meals (only in India) and organized
field trips. (If you are from outside North America and/or will not
require air travel from NYC and/or housing in South India, please inquire
by email at info@theatermitu.org
about varying program cost.)
*all payments are nonrefundable
DETAILS AND INFORMATION:
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following pages for further information:)
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ABOUT THEATER MITU
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INFORMATION
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INFORMATION
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