AN INVITATION FROM THE ASIAN PEOPLE’S THEATRE FESTIVAL SOCIETY

　

Trainers' Training Workshop for East Asian People's Theatre Workers and Performances in Korea (around 16th July – 20th August 2006)

東亞民眾戲劇導師培訓工作坊及韓國民眾戲劇節

　

WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO HONG KONG PARTICIPANTS TO TAKE PART IN THE AFOREMENTIONED WORKSHOP AND FESTIVAL IN KOREA

Please apply now by sending your CV, contact phone no. and email address to ccdcentre@yahoo.com.hk Deadline for submission 4th April 2006

　

Applicants who are successful in the first round will be informed and asked to attend an interview in the evening of 10th April 2006 at 6th floor, Hong Kong Arts Centre Building, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai.

Who, What & How:

  1. Two young (up to 40 years old) people's/progressive theatre workers from each of the following East Asian cities: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Tokyo (or another Japanese city) will be joining the trainers' training workshop in Korea. The number of Koreans joining will be 5. The workshop will last for 3 weeks and will be modelled after the 1990 workshop held in the same country by the Asian Council for People's Culture. It will be a period of intensive exchange and learning through a participatory shared learning process in a spirit of fraternity and solidarity. The Korean People’s Theatre Association will be responsible for all the internal travelling, food and accommodation. The two Hong Kong participants will be offered returned air plane tickets to Korea and free accommodation and food during their stay in Korea.
  2. It is planned that people’s theatre workers from Korea( Cheng Soik and others), Hong Kong(Mok Chiu Yu), Taiwan (Chungchiao, Lai Shuya), Japan (Sakura Daizo), the Philippines( Ernie Cloma), America (Dan Chumley) and Wales/Brazil (Dan Baron Cohen) will be faciltators of the workshops and will provide input in the learning process. The participants of the workshops are expected to learn from one another and lead some workshops themselves.
  3. The Training will take place at a vacant school in a mountain village 2 hours by bus from Seoul now run as training and rehearsal space by Korean People’s Theatre Association. Air will be fresh but conditions will be spartan. Electricity and hot water however are available. Participants will take turns to manage their meals. The address of the space is 70-842 Jagyeyesulchon, 569 Jagyeri Yonghwamyun, Yeongdonggun Chungcheonbukdo, Korea.
  4. After the three weeks, the workshop participants are expected take part in a small Asian Madang (a series of performances staged for the purpose of exchange and learning) and then participate as performers and viewers of a Korean People’s Theatre Festival. This second part of the learning process will last for about 10 days. The performances will include solos (each person is supposed to have developed one mono act lasting from 15 - 20 minutes with the title "My City" before participating in the trainers' training workshop where he/she will be able to show the piece for critique and comments from their peers and other people in attendance. At the trainers' training workshop, the participants would have explored the essentials in cross cultural collaborations and experimented with creating a cross cultural piece lasting for about 20 minutes which will only be a work in progress but they may also show this at Asia Madang and the subsequent Festival). Participants will be offered free board and food but not any other remunerations. It is also planned that in late August or early September 2006, some of the participants in the workshop will be visiting Hong Kong during which time, the two Hong Kong participants are expected to join in the exchange programme with the visitors in the workshops and performances etc. open to the public

　

Objectives of the Project

1. To train a new generation of people's theatre workers by a process of participatory training/learning with a global perspective who will be part of a strong network of East Asian People's Theatre groups. The young people’s theatre artists are expected to learn and share skills in performances and creating artistic manifestations; to learn and share skills in facilitating people’s theatre workshops; and to learn and share skills in creating works collaboratively in a cross cultural context.

2. To give the young people's theatre artists an opportunity to savour Korean culture, understand Korean society and various cultures and social issues in East Asia.

3. To allow the young people’s theatre workers an opportunity to show their artistic work in progress in little Asia Madang and the Korean People’s Theatre Festival.

4. To allow the young people’s theatre workers to reflect on their own work and to articulate their own future plans including the possibilities of future collaborations with one another.

For more information, kindly email to ccdcentre@yahoo.com.hk or call Mok Chiu Yu on 9800 7169.