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The Hemispheric EncUentro is
coming to town
June 20-27(Montreal)
Want to join in some
radical beautiful
processional theater
to celebrate?
HELLO! Great
Small Works, a visual theater collective (with branches in New York City,
Montreal and Cambridge), calling:
GSW: Can we join forces at the 2014 Encuentro in Montreal?
YOU
(Marvelous Montreal): What is this
all about?
GSW: Great Small Works and Alejandro Benítez from Facto
Teatro in Mexico City will be hosting a processional theater workshop daily
from 9-11 am at the Encuentro June 22-27.
We are thrilled to be part of the amazing brain trust gathering for this
convocation.
Marvelous
Montreal: Where do we fit in?
GSW: The processional theater workshop will build
towards a spectacular performance in public space with the accompaniment of a
brass band. In
5 sessions -- we’ll learn about parade history, politics and aesthetics, read
through a performance script and amend it with your stories, add translations,
choose performance locations, learn songs, work with puppets, make scenic
elements, dress up, and rehearse in a calm ecstatic fashion. On day 6 (June 27)
we will perform our show in public space with accompaniment by Montreal’s
Chaotic Insurrection Ensemble and friends.
We
are dearly hoping to collaborate in interesting ways.
The “Hemispheric Casserole”
procession
is centered on a giant scroll map of the American continent.
We want to reflect on
the popular anti-austerity push-backs we are seeing in NYC, Mexico and
Montreal. The narrative of the piece was adapted from a story by I.L. Peretz,
called
The
Transmigration of a Melody.
In our retelling of the
story, the audience is led through a hemispheric transmigration of a melody,
the melody in our case being the music of the “casserole,” the public sonic
performance of banging on pots and pans.
Learn an Uruguayan murga by Araca La Cana, remix Quebec favorite Libérez-nous des libéraux and more.
PLEASE JOIN US!!!!!
Location: Concordia University, Grey Nuns building
(GN-M101), street address 1185 St. Mathieu
Performance Date: 27 June. Morning
rehearsal/setup. Performance
4-6PM, beginning at Hotel Gouverneur, ending at Square Viger
Contact/Questions: Trudi Cohen, trudico@gmail.com,
for Great Small Works
