ÉCOLE DES ÉCOLES EVENTS AT THE ACADEMY
Next week, the international organisation “École des Écoles” (EdE) is organising a series of two events in Vilnius. The first event will take place on 15-17 April at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and will be a session of seminars, discussions and workshops on the peculiarities of authorship in the field of theatre, hosted by LMTA lecturers, renowned Lithuanian theatre and dance representatives, creators and critics. The second part of the series will include an extraordinary meeting of EdE members on 17-19 April.
“École des Écoles” (EdE) is a European network focusing on teachers and students in performing arts. The network was established in 2006 based on the network “Primo del Teatro” in Italy, which is partly a Summer school for acting and directing students across Europe located in the small village of San Miniato, partly a network of European teachers, who are associated with the Summer school.
EdE consists of partner schools from Spain, Catalonia, Germany, Denmark, UK, France, Italy, Portugal, Lithuania, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Norway.
In recent years, the network has sought to strengthen the possibilities of exchange between teachers at European theatre schools. EdE works on developing cooperation between the partner schools through seminars, workshops and meetings.
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European theatre is changing: themes, production processes, the understanding of authorship, collective creativity and emotional well-being are of great interest. The questioning of vertical hierarchies leads to fundamental changes in creative processes and directing.
How to ensure democratic creation and co-authorship in traditional theatre environments? How to adapt to new pedagogical requirements and train theatre makers? These are just some of the key questions that will be discussed in the seminar-discussion “Authorship in Theatre: from the Director and the Text to the Diversity of Voices”, which will take place at the Central Palace of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (42 Gedimino Ave., Vilnius) on 15-17 April.
This seminar invites theatre and performing arts educators and practitioners, as well as representatives of other disciplines, to explore different approaches to the question of authorship in theatre production. The aim of the workshop is to exchange different approaches, practices and experiences on different ways of collaboration.
The seminar will consist of three different workshops:
- “Reimagining directing”.
- “Stories told by bodies. The stories bodies tell. Exploring Dance Dramaturgy
- “Clowning and playfulness: in search of a different approach to theatre authorship”
The workshop will be led by LAMT lecturers, renowned Lithuanian theatre and dance representatives, creators and critics – Yana Ross, Augustas Gornatkevičius, Naubertas Jasinskas, Agnija Šeiko, Goda Dapšytė, Žilvinas Beniušis.
On 17-19 April, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre will host an extraordinary meeting of the members of the École des Écoles network. The meeting will discuss the organisation’s past and future activities, and elect new members to the institution’s board.
Representatives of the performing arts from Lithuania, Ukraine, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Romania, Portugal, France, Norway, the United Kingdom and Belgium will participate in École des Écoles events in Vilnius.
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