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Urban Research Theater, New York City, Jan.-Feb., 2006

Ben Spatz writes:

Urban Researh Theater

New York City, Jan.–Feb. 2006


The Urban Research Theater is an institute for practical research in physical and vocal craft. Performance artists, practitioners of traditional forms, and other interested parties are invited to enter into specific lines of inquiry with the human body and voice. The use of props, notebooks, spoken language and other technologies will be strictly limited. This work can be a kind of active meditation, focused on balancing precision with spontaneity. We will practice stretches, exertions, repetitions, precise movement structures, and song fragments as tools for developing quality in awareness.

Winter Work Session: Call for Participants
New York City, January-February 2006

Flyer: http://www.junkriver.org/winter.pdf
Website: http://www.junkriver.org/
Contact: urt@junkriver.orgLEADERSHIP: Ben Spatz has directed multiple theater projects in New York City and Poland, ranging in duration from two weeks to six months. He recently returned from two years in Poland, where he was an apprentice at the Centre for Theatre Practices Gardzienice and a Fulbright fellow at the Centre for the Study of Jerzy Grotowski's Work and for Cultural and Theatrical Research. In the United States he has worked with the Cornerstone Theater Company, Cirque Boom, North American Cultural Laboratory, and This is a Science Project. For more information, see website.

COMMITMENT: The work session will run for seven weeks in January and February of 2006. There will be a regular schedule of approximately twenty hours per week, four hours per day, five days per week. This schedule is most appropriate for people working 9-5 jobs, who do not have any other other outside commitments.

LOCATION AND FEE: We will work in a clean, accessible studio space in Manhattan. A fee of $300 will be used to cover space rental and organizational costs. There is one full scholarship available.

APPLICATION: Five to seven participants will be accepted. To apply, send a letter of interest and resume to the address above by December 18, 2005. No background in theater is required, but participants should have some experience with song or movement. Preference will be given to those who are potentially interested in continuing after February.