PLAVO POZORIŠTE
THEATRE LABORATORY

presents

New International program
TWO OPEN WEEKS

July 21 – August 1, 2008. Belgrade

Theatre Laboratory Plavo pozoriste invites professional and semiprofessional actors and directors to spend two weeks in work with us.
Two Open Weeks of Plavo pozoriste is an opportunity to meet with our work through series of events: workshops, meetings, performances, video presentations.
During Two Open Weeks our aim is to show participants our vision of theatre as place of self-researching, place of communication, space of open mind where some important things about the world that surrounds us can be said. In the middle of our attention is a man as a human being. Even the actor is a man, human being, and afterwards an actor. Theatre is a place of human touch with life, not with life’s imitation.

Time-table and description of activities:

• July 21 – August 1: The Dance of Memory (My action and my energy) – a theatre workshop for professional and semiprofessional actors and directors, led by Plavo pozoriste director Nenad Colic and actress Masa Jelic.

During the workshop participants will be introduced to the methodology of work in contemporary theatre through specific work of Plavo pozoriste. The work is aimed at searching for deeper levels of expression and communication, by researching completeness of action of thought, body and voice of a participant and freeing of his/her energy. The workshop consists of introducing of participants into basic principles of actor's training, actor's improvisations and creation of actor's materials, which thematic frame will be defined in the course of the workshop. It is important for participants to know by hart a short text (about 5 sentences) and a song.
The work will be held every day from 11:00 – 17:00 with one hour lunch break from 13:30 – 14:30. On Friday, July 25 and August 1, the work will be held from 11:00 – 13:30 with special program in the afternoon. On Saturday, July 26, the work will be held from 11:00 – 13:30 with free afternoon, and on Sunday, July 27, participants will have a free day.

• July 23, from 17:30 – 19:00 - Video review of Plavo pozoriste performances. Participants will see edited video recordings of several performances of Plavo pozoriste, created from 1999 – 2005.
• July 25, from 14:30 – 17:00 - From Oneself Towards Theatre, meeting with Plavo pozoriste director Nenad Colic and Plavo pozoriste members.
• July 25, 21:00 – 22:00 - The Wizard or Harmonic Cacophony, Plavo pozoriste performance. This is the latest performance of Plavo pozoriste, with a subtitle Demonstration of a theatre language. The performance is based on a famous fairy tale written by L. Frank Baum, «The wizard of Oz», and texts of F. M. Dostoevsky, Virginia Woolf, Hermann Hesse, Oscar Wilde and Marina Cvetaeva. Actors' materials and music materials from different performances of Plavo pozoriste between 1995 and 2006 have been used in this performance.
• July 29, 31, from 17:30 – 19:00 - Video presentations of contemporary theatre performances.
• August 1, from 14:30 – 15:30 – Open doors – During this hour Plavo pozoriste will invite interested audience to see the results of the two-week work in the workshop The Dance of Memory. The audience will consist of people who follow the work of Plavo pozoriste, such as our students and close theatre groups.
• August 1, from 15:30 – 17:00 - Contemporary Theatre – Mind and Technique, meeting with Plavo pozoriste director Nenad Colic.
• August 1, evening – A fair well party.

The work will be held in English.

Participants: 15 professional and semiprofessional actors and directors are invited to join the work. Please fill in the application form and send it to plavopozoriste@yahoo.com. Use the same e-mail address for any questions you might have.

Fee: 250 €.
For participants from East European countries fee is 200 €.
For participants from Serbia fee is 150 €.
The fee should be paid three weeks before beginning of the work on Plavo pozoriste euro account.

Accommodation:
1. Hostel accommodation in single, two and three-bed rooms from 12 € per night without food.
2. Hotel accommodation. ***hotel in a single room with bathroom and breakfast: single room: from 31 €, double room: from 43 €.

Participants themselves will pay the fee, transport, food and accommodation. Plavo pozorište will provide free transportation from the airport/train/bus station to hostel/hotel.

Plavo pozorište will provide you with useful information such list of restaurants, map of the city, guide through Belgrade in English etc.
Please, don’t hesitate to ask if you need some more information.

Contact persons:

Dubravka Vujinovic, pr manager
Tel: +381 64 190 30 64
E-mail: plavopozoriste@yahoo.com, dubravkaplavo@sbb.co.yu

Masa Jelic, actress
Tel: +381 63 88 022 39
E-mail: plavopozoriste@yahoo.com, hirsch@eunet.yu