India Theatre Programme 4-Week Residency

India Theatre Programme – 4 week residency: Call for Applications
Deadline: 15 Mar 2016
Time of residency: 02 – 31 Jul 2016

From the open call:

The India Theatre Programme is aimed at drama school students, performers, performance-makers (with a minimum of 2-3 years of training or experience in theatre and/or performance), who are interested in expanding the range of methodologies that inform their practice and keen to work across cultural boundaries to explore other systems of performance.

Through an engagement with four traditional forms of Indian theatre – Kudiyattam, Terrakoothu, Kudiyattam drumming, Seraikella Chhau – participants will explore the necessary connection between mind, body and being, and through this exploration, find their own performative truth.

The first three weeks of the programme will be dedicated to learning the various forms, and the final week to creating contemporary pieces based on these learnings.

Participants will also attend multiple performances and lectures curated around the learning needs of the programme.

Applications are now open and will only be considered till 15 March 2016:
– Only complete applications will be considered
– Short-listed candidates will have to take an interview via video conference
– Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and seats will be filled on a first come first serve basis for those selected

Maximum number of participants: 24

Fees:
The fee for this course is Rs 250,000, or approximately USD 3800/€ 3500. This includes:
– Course fees – teaching, field trips, materials, performances, lectures and talks
– Residential Costs – accommodation and meals for the duration of the course.

For more information and application form please visit the organizer’s website.

*NOTE: Hanoi Grapevine merely announces the open calls and cannot help in the application process. For further inquiries, please direct to the organizers.