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	iTi Institut International du Théâtre UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis 75732 PARIS CEDEX 15 FRANCE International TEL : +33 1 45 68 48 80 FAX : + 33 1 45 66 50 40 En France : TEL : ... 01 45 68 48 80 FAX : 01 45 66 50 40 iti@unesco.org http://www.iti-worldwide.org President : Manfred Beilharz Executive Director : Jennifer Walpole ITI/UNESCO Chair “ Theatre and Culture of Civilizations ” The UNESCO Chair “ Theatre and Culture of Civilizations ” of the International Theatre Institute was set up in Bucharest at the end of 1998 by UNESCO, ITI and its Romanian partners, in particular the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education, on the basis of a contract signed between UNESCO and the International Theatre Institute. Under the direction of Professor Corneliu Dumitriu – appointed by the Executive Board - the Chair works in close partnership with the ITI Theatre Education Committee, the ITI General Secretariat as well as with the ITI network of National Centres and Cooperating members. The Executive Board of the Chair is presided by the President of ITI Worldwide or his representative. The Executive Board includes the Co-Presidents of the Theatre Education, a representative of the Romanian Centre, the director of the Chair and the Secretary General of ITI ex officio. The ITI/UNESCO Chair is based in Romania and ITI expresses its appreciation to the Romanian authorities and institutions for their generous hospitality. The effective functioning of this recently created organ of ITI depends on the involvement of all the members of ITI in this project. It is for this reason that all the National Centres and Cooperating members of ITI have been strongly encouraged to appoint a representative who will act as their liaison with both the UNESCO/ITI Chair and the ITI Theatre Education Committee The Chair is an international institution and its activities will also take place in other countries and on other Continents. ITI/UNESCO Chair 75-77 Matei Voievod Bucharest 2, Romania. TEL/FAX : 4/21/252 7456 email : office@unescochair-iti.org;unesco_chair_iti@yahoo.com http://www.unescochair-iti.com International Theatre Institute UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15 TEL : 33/1/45682650 FAX : 33/1/45665040 email : iti@unesco.org 7-18 July 2005 SINAIA (Romania) International Workshops of Tertiary Theatre Schools with the UNESCO/ITI Chair “ Theatre and Culture of Civilisations”. Themes: Molière’s “ Tartuffe”, and Ionesco’s “The Lesson” - both workshops organised with the support of UNESCO, Division of Arts and Cultural Enterprise. A/ Aims of the Workshops The UNESCO/ITI Chair’s international workshops for Tertiary Theatre Schools are an essential component of the International Theatre Institute’s mission, as well as of ITI ‘s Framework Agreement with UNESCO. Activities conducted throughout the workshops include: 1/ Contributing to “exchanging information, ideas and teaching methods in the field of dramatic art” 2/Contributing to “improving actor training” by facilitating encounters between young performing artists and their teachers, enabling them to show work developed under a common theme, to debate together and to learn from one another. 3/ Gathering within an international workshop, and around a common theme, young artists at the beginning of their careers, to help them understand, appreciate and dialogue with others. 4/Enabling participants to experiment the links which bring together artists beyond their differences, and on the basis of a shared artistic and professional identity, to build deep and durable friendships between artists of different countries. 5/Getting schools from different countries to work on major theatre forms (tragedy, comedy) and on the works of great universal dramatists from different languages and cultures – Shakespeare, Molière, Chekov, Lope de Vega. 6/ Approaching French playwriting through work on “The Tartuffe” by Molière and “The Lesson” by Ionesco. 7/ Preparing the Theatre Schools Festival which will take place in Manila, (The Philippines), during the 31st ITI World Congress in May-June 2006. B/ Historical and geographic context For decades, theatre training has been one of ITI’s priorities. ITI has a long-standing tradition of training workshops, and especially international workshops which gather together young performing arts professionals from different countries to work on a common theme. Following a resolution voted at the 26th ITI World Congress, the UNESCO/ITI Chair “Theatre and Culture of Civilisations” was established in 1998 by UNESCO and the International Theatre Institute within UNESCO’s UNITWIN framework. Under the direction of Professor Corneliu Dumitriu – appointed by the ITI Executive Council – the Chair is guided by the decisions of the World Conference on Directors of Tertiary Theatre Schools, which takes place every two years, and it also collaborates closely with the ITI General Secretariat and Theatre Education Committee, as well as with the ITI network of National Centres and Cooperating Members. The Chair Headquarters, which are supported by a grant from the Romanian government, is located in Bucharest, at the National University of Theatre and Cinema II Caragiale. The aims of the Chair are to offer a means of coordinating research, documentation and publication activities in the field of theatrical and cinematographic training, organising workshops, festivals and international productions with schools and theatre academies, and to act as a post-university training centre and meeting-point between students and theatre teachers from different countries. Training performing arts teachers is one of the Chair’s priorities. Since the establishment of the Chair in 1998, approximately 50 countries have participated in the activities organised with the framework of PrumAct ( UNESCO Programme for Academic Mobility in Theatre), amongst which were the following: - International workshops for Tertiary Theatre Schools (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) - World Conference of Tertiary Theatre Schools Directors (1999, 2001, 2005; the 4th edition shall take place in the Philippines during the 31st ITI World Congress in 2006) - Directing workshops (2003) - International Theatre Schools Festivals: Athens (Greece, 2002), Tampico (Mexico, 2004) (The next festival will take place in Manilla during the 31st ITI Congress in 2006 in the Philippines). Four issues of the Chair’s publication “ Theatre Studies” were published between 2001 and 2004, as well as CD-ROM sets presenting the results of the International Workshops of Theatre Schools. These documents are an important source of information on the Chair’s activities and on their role in artistic education and are made available to theatre schools as learning tools. The Chair is based in Europe, but it is currently developing partnerships and regional training programmes in the following areas: ASIA: New Delhi (India), Tehran (Iran) AFRICA: Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) LATIN AMERICA: Lima (Peru) NORTH AMERICA: Montreal (Quebec). Schools participating in the 2005 workshops: ASIA Shanghaï Theatre Academy CHINA CENTRAL ASIA Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Teheran, (IRAN) LATIN AMERICA Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramatico – Lima (PERU) NORTH AMERICA Autopoïesis, Ecole d’Art Feldenkreis Montréal (CANADA – QUEBEC) CEGEP St Hyacinthe, CANADA-QUEBEC EUROPE Institut des Arts de Diffusion:(BELGIUM) National University of Theatre Kyiv I.K. Karpenko – Kary: (UKRAINE) Faculty of Dramatc Arts, University of IASI (ROMANIA) Faculty of Dramatic Arts – University of Belgrade (SERBIA & MONTENEGRO) (For further information on the work of the above schools (segments in French or English) and access to supplementary documents ( in French, English or Spanish) concerning the 2005 workshops of the ITI/UNESCO Chair, please consult : http://www.iti-worldwide.org/docs/public/05_ac_chair_2.doc ) The aim is to have schools from different countries prepare and present work on main theatre forms and on the works of universal playwrights from different cultures and languages. Thus, a study on comedy through Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 2001 was followed in 2002 by work on tragedy through Sophocle’s “Antigone”. In 2003 and 2004 the selected works were “The Seagull” by Chekov and “Fuenteovejuna” by Lope de Vega. Playwrights have been also chosen according to the location of the Theatre Schools Festival, which is held every 2 years by the Chair during the biennial ITI World Congresses. For example, “Antigone” was chosen in 2002 for the Athens Schools Festival and “Fuentaovejuna” in 2004 for the Tampico Festival. In 2005 the international theatre workshops will be held on the themes “The Tartuffe” by Molière and “The Lesson” by Eugene Ionesco. A dozen schools, the majority of which have presented their work in the 2004 and 2005 workshops will take part in the Chair’s Theatre Schools' Festival which to be held in the Philippines in May/June 2006 during the upcoming ITI World Congress, as it happened in Athens in 2002 and Tampico in 2004. Two schools in the Philippines will also be selected by the Philippines Centre of ITI to participate in the festival. To ensure equitable geographic representation, as far as possible at least one school per region will be included - (Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa) Workshops - teaching methods : Workshop groups are composed of 4 students and one teacher. Several official observers – teachers and students – will also attend the sessions. Preparation Before going to Sinaia, each school chooses, studies and directs fragments of at least one of the two works proposed, in order to present them to the other schools and observers. (Alternatively the school may prepare a short performance based o the chosen work). Introduction A/ as an introduction, each workshop leader will present to the other schools in Sinaia a synopsis briefly describing the educational and artistic approach of the school as well as the dramatic and aesthetic approach adopted by the group. B/ A description/demonstration of the educational techniques and exercises used in preparing the performance can also follow. Performance Each school has 35 minutes to present their production. Each performance is filmed for the purposes of editing a training CD-ROM. Debate Each performance is followed by a debate between the actors, the teacher and the audience (other schools ad observers), on the teaching and/or dramatic/artistic approaches used. As in the past, demonstration sessions as well as informal encounters shall be offered by the schools to allow them to exchange knowledge and different learning techniques. This year, two additional classes shall be given and open to all participants: - Antique Greek Theatre, by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, Bakakou Vassia, Bekri Magdallene (Greece) -Japanese Theatre, by Sayoko Shirotani (Japan). ******** PAST EVENTS: - 2004 -** 30 May - 4 June 2004 TAMPICO , Tamaulipas (Mexico) 30th ITI World Congress. For the second time the ITI-UNESCO Chair, under the direction of Professor Corneliu Dumitri, organised the World Festival of Drama Schools in the framework of the Congress. This event was the subject of a formal agreement between the Chair, the Congress organisers and the General Secretariat. The Chair being an integral part of ITI and its activities those of ITI, the EXCOM members were invited to be present at the opening of the Festival. All Congress delegates were warmly encouraged to attend the workshop presentations and schools’ performances as well as the other ITI-UNESCO Chair events. Students accompanied by a teacher from each of the 10 participating schools (listed below) presented workshop performances of scenes from “The Seagull” by Chekhov and “Fuenteovejuna” by Lope de Vega as well as a play of their choice. BULGARIA National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts CANADA Autopoïesis Feldenkreis Art School CHINA Shanghai Theatre Academy GREECE School of National Theatre of Northern Greece IRAN University of Tehran Faculty of Fine Arts MEXICO National School of Theatre, Mexico City Theatre Faculty of Vera Cruzana University, PERU - National Higher School of Dramatic Arts ROMANIA – National University of Drama and Cinema of Bucharest SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Arts University of Belgrade, Fac. of Dramatic Arts. African artists and teachers from BURKINA FASO representing the two major African theatre training projects (the CFRAV Centre for Training and Research in the Performing Arts and “The Recréatales Writing and production Residency) were also among the festival observers invited. Guest tutors Catalina Buzoianu (Romania) and Sergei D. Tcherkasski (St Petersburg, Russia) gave specialized courses; the former on Ionesco and Lorca and the latter on Stanislavsky’s production of “The Seagull”. The Chair also organized two colloquiums: one to mark Chekhov’s centenary, chaired by Ian Herbert, President of the IATC and the other on Theatre Training. The ITI-UNESCO Chair’s Board held its General Assembly during the Congress. Board Members attending the meeting: André Louis Périnetti (President of the Chair), Corneliu Dumitriu (Director), Jean Pierre Guingané (Burkina Faso), Martha Coigney (USA), Jeong Ok Kim (Korea), Diane Ouimet (Canada), Jean Henri Drèze (Belgium), and Catalina Buzoianu (Romania). Amongst the observers invited to the meeting from 15 different countries, were special guests Manfred Beilharz (President of ITI), Jennifer Walpole ITI Executive Director and Acting Secretary General of ITI, and Fernando Mier y Teran Garza, General Director of ITCA, Vice-President of CIDC and General Coordinator of the Congress. 17 June - 16 July 2004 SINAIA (Romania) 2nd International Directing Workshop, hosted by the UNESCO/ITI Chair. Theme: August Strindberg. 9-16 July 2004 SINAIA (Romania) 6th International Theatre Schools Workshop, hosted by the ITI/UNESCO Chair. Themes: Brecht and Lorca. PUBLICATIONS: “ Theatre Studies ” - N°4The latest issue of the ITI/UNESCO Chair’s review includes an article on Theatre training in Quebec by Odette Guimond (“Autopoïesis” Feldenkrais Art School) and information on the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia. R. S. Sharma (India) reports on the ITI International Symposium held at the National School of Drama, Delhi on “Curriculum based theatre training in coming decades”. Jean-Henri Drèze and Alain Chevalier (Belgium) provide syntheses of the work presented by the schools participating in the 2003 international theatre school workshops on Chekhov and Lope de Vega in Sinaia (Romania) and Farah Yeganeh writes about the Fajr Festival (Iran) Information : ITI /UNESCO CHAIR, 75-77 Matei VOIEVOD st. , 2 Bucarest, Romania; Tel. / Fax . + 40-21- 252 74 56; e-mail : : office@unescochair-iti.org - 2003 - 9 -18 July 2003 SINAIA (Romania) 1st International Teaching Laboratory for the training of young teachers in Higher Education Institutions organized by the ITI UNESCO Chair of Theatre in the framework of PrumAct 2003, Academic Mobility UNESCO Programme for Theatre The ITI-UNESCO Chair intends to promote by means of international postgraduate courses the teaching of a number of outstanding Drama Schools from all over the world and, in this way, to initiate a regular Teacher Training Programme for young teachers of higher education theatre institutions. In 2003, the structure of the “International Theatre Teaching Laboratory” is mainly based on the experience of the St. Petersburg Theatre Arts State Academy (Russia), which is illustrated by means of 16 courses given by Prof. Veniamin Filshtinsky, on a number of themes. (Printed teaching aids will be supplied to every participant). Additionally to these courses included in the actual 2003 programme, the ITI-UNESCO Chair will invite renowned theatre teachers from all over the world to give lectures and to coordinate demonstration workshops during the first Theatre Teaching International Laboratory. 60 COURSE hours (prof. Veniamin Filshtinsky - Russia) and 20 course hours given by guest teachers. 28 June-18 July 2003 SINAIA (Romania), 1st International Stage Directing Course Organized by the ITI/UNESCO Chair as part of the PrumAct 2003 programme. Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett are the themes to be focused on for the production of a full theatre show (stage directing, stage design sketch, poster and programme book); The project includes directing lectures on the two dramatists' works and a great director's advice on the full production of a theatre show out of the 5 plays selected: "The Chairs", "The Lesson", "Frenzy for Two or More" (Eugène Ionesco); "Waiting for Godot"; "Endgame" (Samuel Beckett). French is the working language for the Programme on Eugène Ionesco (French-speaking programme), whereas English is the working language of the Programme on Samuel Beckett (English-speaking Programme). Six working teams at the most, selected by order of registration and made up of one stage director and two actors, will be accepted to take part in the first run of the Directing Course. Each team should be recommended by a tertiary level drama school, a professional theatre and the Ministry of Culture or the National Centre of the International Theatre Institute. The course and production programme will be co-ordinated by Cãtãlina Buzoianu, professor and stage director, who is the Executive Coordinator of the Department for Workshops and Festivals of the ITI-UNESCO Chair. The first run of the International Directing Course will be completed by the presentation of 4 to 6 premières produced by the 6 working teams accepted. The participation fees for each person accepted to the Directing Course is USD 1 700, Cost of participation USD 5 100 participation fee for a stage director and two actors x 19 days: accommodation at hotel and restaurant meals lunch and dinner, 15 course hours, 48 stage rehearsal hours, assisted by an electrician, a stage designer and a literary secretary, publishing 500 posters and 500 programme books. 18-26 July 2003 SINAIA (Romania), 5th run of the International Workshops of Drama Schools, part of the PrumAct 2003 Academic Mobility UNESCO Programme for Theatre. During the workshops in Sinaia, an international Jury will select three drama schools from Europe, two from Asia, and Australia, two from Northern America, two from South America and one school from the Middle East and Africa, to take part in the World Festival of Drama Schools to be organised in March 2004, at Tampico, Mexico. There will also be two schools selected ex officio, and which will represent the host country (TOTAL: 12 participating schools). The 5th run of the International Workshops of Drama Schools is focused on two compulsory themes (35 minutes for each theme): - Chekhov (The Seagull) and Lope de Vega (Fuenteovejuna). The second theme represents also the theme of a minifestival to be organized in Mexico and dedicated to the great Spanish dramatist. The two workshops of each participating school will be presented in writing (each teacher will draw up two pages, in English, 20 copies each, and in French, 20 copies). This presentation includes the teaching and artistic concept of the team leading teacher. Besides the workshops on the said themes, the programme will also include: Courses on Chekhov (8 hours) and Lope de Vega (8 hours) that will deal in depth with the underlying issues in the works of the two great dramatists. Each drama school included in the official programme will be represented by 6 persons (5 students and one teacher); length of stay: 8 days (arrival 18 July, departure 26 July). 9-18 July 2003 SINAIA (Romania), Summer Course on “The application of the Peking Opera in modern spoken drama” organized by the UNESCO Chair of the International Theatre Institute as part of PrumAct 2003 Academic Mobility UNESCO Programme for Theatre. The traditional Chinese opera, with Peking opera as its representative, is an indispensable part of the world cultural heritage and a source of inspiration for many contemporary theatrical artists. Its systematic and delicate artistic forms in terms of singing, recitation, acting and acrobatics (chang, nian, zuo, da), its extreme freedom in terms of time and space and its abundant methods in depicting characters and exposing their inner psychological world were highly appreciated by artistic masters such as Stanislavsky, Brecht, and Grotovsky. The theme of the summer workshop, which mainly consists in three parts, as follows: 1. General introduction of the Peking Opera . The origin of Peking Opera -Esthetic characteristics of Peking Opera o Conventionality of all acting means o Plasticity of the usage of time and space on the stage o Sculpturality of the movement o Symbolism and expressionism - Singing, recitation, dancing and marshal arts, aerobics -Types of the different roles - Music; Make-up, costumes and props; Superb acting skill -Western classics in Peking Opera style The workshop participants will be shown different video tapes of Peking Opera performances with all above-mentioned content. 2. Peking Opera acting and movement training The workshop attendants will learn and practice the following -Peking Opera acting and movement skill: -Gestures movement combination -Long sleeve movement combination -Different types of roles movement combination -Fighting techniques -Feeling and emotion expressing convention 3. The application of the Peking Opera in the modern spoken drama The workshop attendants will do several classic scenes and created scenes in Peking Opera style or combination of the Wrstern drama and Peking Opera style. 60 COURSE hours Professors Fan Yisong and He Yan - Theatre Academy of Shanghai - China - PUBLICATIONS - “ Theatre Studies ”2002 - N°2 & N°3 The second and third issues of this new review published by the UNESCO Chair of the International Theatre Institute were launched during the 29th Congress of ITI in Athens. N°2 focuses on the 4th run of the international theatre school workshops held Sinaia (Romania) in July 2002 by the Chair on the theme of the tragic character as illustrated in Sophocles' Antigone. The publication includes sytheses of the work presented by the participating schools, written by Jean-Henri Drèze and Alain Chevalier (Belgium) of the ITI Theatre Education Committee as well as a report on the 3rd World Conference of Theatre School Directors by Jennifer Walpole. N°3 includes the first results of an international survey on tertiary level theatre education. An analysis of data collected from theatre schools on priorities and practices in the field of actor training. Information : ITI /UNESCO CHAIR, 75-77 Matei VOIEVOD st., 2 Bucarest, Romania ; Tel./ Fax . + 40-21- 252 74 56 ; e-mail : office@unescochair-iti.org " *Theatre Studies " 2001* The first issue of this new journal published by the UNESCO Chair of the International Theatre Institute focusses on the 3rd run of the international workshops of tertiary level theatre schools organized in Sinaia (Romania) in July 2001 by the ITI/UNESCO Chair on the theme of the comic mechanism in Shakespeare. With a preface by André-Louis Périnetti, Secretary General of ITI, the publication contains syntheses of the work presented by schools from Australia, China, Korea, Egypt, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Russia and Romania (2), written by Jean-Henri Drèze (Belgium) and Jennifer Walpole (Australia), together with articles by Corneliu Dumitriu, director of the UNESCO Chair, Jeremy Stockwell from RADA (U.K.) and Calvin McClinton (U.S.A.) In his introduction, Jan Sadlak, Director of the UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education UNESCO-CEPES, states " This journal is a consistent, fresh and high quality cultural product "...".We are offered a journal about theatre that inevitably goes beyond theatre topics. Explicitly and implicitly it is a publication on culture, on education and on training that deals with such aspects as cultural diversity, cultural development and cultural heritage - all issues that are at the heart of UNESCO's mandate in the field of culture and education.... 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7-18 July 2005
SINAIA (Romania) International Workshops of Tertiary Theatre Schools with the UNESCO/ITI Chair “ Theatre and Culture of Civilisations”.
Themes: Molière’s “ Tartuffe”, and Ionesco’s “The Lesson” - both workshops organised with the support of UNESCO, Division of Arts and Cultural Enterprise.

A/ Aims of the Workshops

The UNESCO/ITI Chair’s international workshops for Tertiary Theatre Schools are an essential component of the International Theatre Institute’s mission, as well as of ITI ‘s Framework Agreement with UNESCO.
Activities conducted throughout the workshops include:

1/ Contributing to “exchanging information, ideas and teaching methods in the field of dramatic art”

2/Contributing to “improving actor training” by facilitating encounters between young performing artists and their teachers, enabling them to show work developed under a common theme, to debate together and to learn from one another.

3/ Gathering within an international workshop, and around a common theme, young artists at the beginning of their careers, to help them understand, appreciate and dialogue with others.

4/Enabling participants to experiment the links which bring together artists beyond their differences, and on the basis of a shared artistic and professional identity, to build deep and durable friendships between artists of different countries.

5/Getting schools from different countries to work on major theatre forms (tragedy, comedy) and on the works of great universal dramatists from different languages and cultures – Shakespeare, Molière, Chekov, Lope de Vega.

6/ Approaching French playwriting through work on “The Tartuffe” by Molière and “The Lesson” by Ionesco.

7/ Preparing the Theatre Schools Festival which will take place in Manila, (The Philippines), during the 31st ITI World Congress in May-June 2006.

B/ Historical and geographic context

For decades, theatre training has been one of ITI’s priorities. ITI has a long-standing tradition of training workshops, and especially international workshops which gather together young performing arts professionals from different countries to work on a common theme.

Following a resolution voted at the 26th ITI World Congress, the UNESCO/ITI Chair “Theatre and Culture of Civilisations” was established in 1998 by UNESCO and the International Theatre Institute within UNESCO’s UNITWIN framework.

Under the direction of Professor Corneliu Dumitriu – appointed by the ITI Executive Council – the Chair is guided by the decisions of the World Conference on Directors of Tertiary Theatre Schools, which takes place every two years, and it also collaborates closely with the ITI General Secretariat and Theatre Education Committee, as well as with the ITI network of National Centres and Cooperating Members. The Chair Headquarters, which are supported by a grant from the Romanian government, is located in Bucharest, at the National University of Theatre and Cinema II Caragiale.

The aims of the Chair are to offer a means of coordinating research, documentation and publication activities in the field of theatrical and cinematographic training, organising workshops, festivals and international productions with schools and theatre academies, and to act as a post-university training centre and meeting-point between students and theatre teachers from different countries.
Training performing arts teachers is one of the Chair’s priorities.

Since the establishment of the Chair in 1998, approximately 50 countries have participated in the activities organised with the framework of PrumAct ( UNESCO Programme for Academic Mobility in Theatre), amongst which were the following:
-    International workshops for Tertiary Theatre Schools (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
-    World Conference of Tertiary Theatre Schools Directors (1999, 2001, 2005; the 4th edition shall take place in the Philippines during the 31st ITI World Congress in 2006)
-    Directing workshops (2003)
-    International Theatre Schools Festivals: Athens (Greece, 2002), Tampico (Mexico, 2004) (The next festival will take place in Manilla during the 31st ITI Congress in 2006 in the Philippines).

Four issues of the Chair’s publication “ Theatre Studies” were published between 2001 and 2004, as well as CD-ROM sets presenting the results of the International Workshops of Theatre Schools.

These documents are an important source of information on the Chair’s activities and on their role in artistic education and are made available to theatre schools as learning tools.

The Chair is based in Europe, but it is currently developing partnerships and regional training programmes in the following areas:
ASIA: New Delhi (India), Tehran (Iran)
AFRICA: Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
LATIN AMERICA: Lima (Peru)
NORTH AMERICA: Montreal (Quebec).

Schools participating in the 2005 workshops:
    ASIA                         Shanghaï Theatre Academy CHINA
    CENTRAL ASIA      Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Teheran, (IRAN)
    LATIN AMERICA     Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramatico – Lima (PERU)
    NORTH AMERICA   Autopoïesis, Ecole d’Art Feldenkreis Montréal (CANADA – QUEBEC)
                                       CEGEP St Hyacinthe, CANADA-QUEBEC
    EUROPE          Institut des Arts de Diffusion:(BELGIUM)
                            National University of Theatre Kyiv I.K. Karpenko – Kary: (UKRAINE)
                            Faculty of Dramatc Arts, University of IASI (ROMANIA)
                           Faculty of Dramatic Arts – University of Belgrade (SERBIA & MONTENEGRO)
(For further information on the work of the above schools (segments in French or English) and access to supplementary documents ( in French, English or Spanish) concerning the 2005 workshops of the ITI/UNESCO Chair, please consult : http://www.iti-worldwide.org/docs/public/05_ac_chair_2.doc   )

The aim is to have schools from different countries prepare and present work on main theatre forms and on the works of universal playwrights from different cultures and languages. Thus, a study on comedy through Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 2001 was followed in 2002 by work on tragedy through Sophocle’s “Antigone”. In 2003 and 2004 the selected works were “The Seagull” by Chekov and “Fuenteovejuna” by Lope de Vega.
Playwrights have been also chosen according to the location of the Theatre Schools Festival, which is held every 2 years by the Chair during the biennial ITI World Congresses. For example, “Antigone” was chosen in 2002 for the Athens Schools Festival and “Fuentaovejuna” in 2004 for the Tampico Festival.
In 2005 the international theatre workshops will be held on the themes “The Tartuffe” by Molière and “The Lesson” by Eugene Ionesco.

A dozen schools, the majority of which have presented their work in the 2004 and 2005 workshops will take part in the Chair’s Theatre Schools' Festival which to be held in the Philippines in May/June 2006 during the upcoming ITI World Congress, as it happened in Athens in 2002 and Tampico in 2004.
Two schools in the Philippines will also be selected by the Philippines Centre of ITI to participate in the festival.
To ensure equitable geographic representation, as far as possible at least one school per region will be included - (Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa)

Workshops - teaching methods :

Workshop groups are composed of 4 students and one teacher.
Several official observers – teachers and students – will also attend the sessions.

Preparation
Before going to Sinaia, each school chooses, studies and directs fragments of at least one of the two works proposed, in order to present them to the other schools and observers.
(Alternatively the school may prepare a short performance based o the chosen work).

Introduction
A/ as an introduction, each workshop leader will present to the other schools in Sinaia a synopsis briefly describing the educational and artistic approach of the school as well as the dramatic and aesthetic approach adopted by the group.

B/ A description/demonstration of the educational techniques and exercises used in preparing the performance can also follow.

Performance
Each school has 35 minutes to present their production. Each performance is filmed for the purposes of editing a training CD-ROM.

Debate
Each performance is followed by a debate between the actors, the teacher and the audience (other schools ad observers), on the teaching and/or dramatic/artistic approaches used.

As in the past, demonstration sessions as well as informal encounters shall be offered by the schools to allow them to exchange knowledge and different learning techniques.

This year, two additional classes shall be given and open to all participants:

- Antique Greek Theatre, by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, Bakakou Vassia, Bekri Magdallene (Greece)
-Japanese Theatre, by Sayoko Shirotani (Japan).
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SINAIA (Romania) 1st International Teaching Laboratory for the training of young teachers in Higher Education Institutions organized by the ITI UNESCO Chair of Theatre in the framework of PrumAct 2003, Academic Mobility UNESCO Programme for Theatre
The ITI-UNESCO Chair intends to promote by means of international postgraduate courses the teaching of a number of outstanding Drama Schools from all over the world and, in this way, to initiate a regular Teacher Training Programme for young teachers of higher education theatre institutions.
In 2003, the structure of the “International Theatre Teaching Laboratory” is mainly based on the experience of the St. Petersburg Theatre Arts State Academy (Russia), which is illustrated by means of 16 courses given by Prof. Veniamin Filshtinsky, on a number of themes. (Printed teaching aids will be supplied to every participant). Additionally to these courses included in the actual 2003 programme, the ITI-UNESCO Chair will invite renowned theatre teachers from all over the world to give lectures and to coordinate demonstration workshops during the first Theatre Teaching International Laboratory.
60 COURSE hours (prof. Veniamin Filshtinsky - Russia) and 20 course hours given by guest teachers.

SINAIA (Romania), 1st International Stage Directing Course
Organized by the ITI/UNESCO Chair as part of the PrumAct 2003 programme. Eugène Ionesco and Samuel Beckett are the themes to be focused on for the production of a full theatre show (stage directing, stage design sketch, poster and programme book);
The project includes directing lectures on the two dramatists' works and a great director's advice on the full production of a theatre show out of the 5 plays selected:
"The Chairs", "The Lesson", "Frenzy for Two or More" (Eugène Ionesco); "Waiting for Godot"; "Endgame" (Samuel Beckett).
French is the working language for the Programme on Eugène Ionesco (French-speaking programme), whereas English is the working language of the Programme on Samuel Beckett (English-speaking Programme).
Six working teams at the most, selected by order of registration and made up of one stage director and two actors, will be accepted to take part in the first run of the Directing Course. Each team should be recommended by a tertiary level drama school, a professional theatre and the Ministry of Culture or the National Centre of the International Theatre Institute.
The course and production programme will be co-ordinated by Cãtãlina Buzoianu, professor and stage director, who is the Executive Coordinator of the Department for Workshops and Festivals of the ITI-UNESCO Chair.
The first run of the International Directing Course will be completed by the presentation of 4 to 6 premières produced by the 6 working teams accepted.
The participation fees for each person accepted to the Directing Course is USD 1 700, Cost of participation USD 5 100 participation fee for a stage director and two actors x 19 days: accommodation at hotel and restaurant meals lunch and dinner, 15 course hours, 48 stage rehearsal hours, assisted by an electrician, a stage designer and a literary secretary, publishing 500 posters and 500 programme books.

18-26 July 2003
SINAIA (Romania), 5th run of the International Workshops of Drama Schools, part of the PrumAct 2003 Academic Mobility UNESCO Programme for Theatre.
During the workshops in Sinaia, an international Jury will select three drama schools from Europe, two from Asia, and Australia, two from Northern America, two from South America and one school from the Middle East and Africa, to take part in the World Festival of Drama Schools to be organised in March 2004, at Tampico, Mexico. There will also be two schools selected ex officio, and which will represent the host country (TOTAL: 12 participating schools).
The 5th run of the International Workshops of Drama Schools is focused on two compulsory themes (35 minutes for each theme):
- Chekhov (The Seagull) and Lope de Vega (Fuenteovejuna). The second theme represents also the theme of a minifestival to be organized in Mexico and dedicated to the great Spanish dramatist.
The two workshops of each participating school will be presented in writing (each teacher will draw up two pages, in English, 20 copies each, and in French, 20 copies). This presentation includes the teaching and artistic concept of the team leading teacher.
Besides the workshops on the said themes, the programme will also include:
Courses on Chekhov (8 hours) and Lope de Vega (8 hours) that will deal in depth with the underlying issues in the works of the two great dramatists.
Each drama school included in the official programme will be represented by 6 persons (5 students and one teacher); length of stay: 8 days (arrival 18 July, departure 26 July).

9-18 July 2003
SINAIA (Romania), Summer Course on “The application of the Peking Opera in modern spoken drama” organized by the UNESCO Chair of the International Theatre Institute as part of PrumAct 2003 Academic Mobility UNESCO Programme for Theatre.
The traditional Chinese opera, with Peking opera as its representative, is an indispensable part of the world cultural heritage and a source of inspiration for many contemporary theatrical artists.
Its systematic and delicate artistic forms in terms of singing, recitation, acting and acrobatics (chang, nian, zuo, da), its extreme freedom in terms of time and space and its abundant methods in depicting characters and exposing their inner psychological world were highly appreciated by artistic masters such as Stanislavsky, Brecht, and Grotovsky.
The theme of the summer workshop, which mainly consists in three parts, as follows:
1. General introduction of the Peking Opera .
The origin of Peking Opera
-Esthetic characteristics of Peking Opera
o Conventionality of all acting means
o Plasticity of the usage of time and space on the stage
o Sculpturality of the movement
o Symbolism and expressionism
- Singing, recitation, dancing and marshal arts, aerobics
-Types of the different roles
- Music; Make-up, costumes and props; Superb acting skill
-Western classics in Peking Opera style
The workshop participants will be shown different video tapes of Peking Opera performances with all above-mentioned content.
2. Peking Opera acting and movement training
The workshop attendants will learn and practice the following
-Peking Opera acting and movement skill:
-Gestures movement combination
-Long sleeve movement combination
-Different types of roles movement combination
-Fighting techniques
-Feeling and emotion expressing convention
3. The application of the Peking Opera in the modern spoken drama
The workshop attendants will do several classic scenes and created scenes
in Peking Opera style or combination of the Wrstern drama and
Peking Opera style. 60 COURSE hours
Professors Fan Yisong and He Yan - Theatre Academy of Shanghai - China

ITI/UNESCO CHAIR OF THEATRE