Open Session: Devising and Democracy
Monday 23 November
7.00 - 9.00pm
What does it mean to truly collaboratively create in theatre? How do we keep systems of oppression, biases, and hierarchies out of the rehearsal room?
Director Julia Locascio will lead a workshop on nonhierarchical rehearsal room practice drawing from the artistic tools of Brecht, Pina Bausch, Kneehigh, Anne Bogart and the SITI Company, Gecko, and New York physical devising companies including The Wooster Group, Witness Relocation, Theatre Mitu, and The TEAM, and the social justice tools of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training and We See You White American Theatre (www.weseeyouwat.com).
Participants will explore and excavate assumptions around the creation of new work, the creation of rehearsal room cultures, and how we communicate with an audience. We will trace the direct line from craft -- how artistic decisions are made in (often less than) generative spaces -- to communication (and the frequent violence therein) to culture, and how those charged with the task of imagining our collective future can do so bravely and better.
This session will touch on oppression and identity conflict of all kinds but has a special focus on white fragility (attn: white directors) and antiracism.
Directors, actors, stage managers, producers, and creatives of all backgrounds are welcome.
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Closed captions will be available for this session via Otter AI and details on how to use this will be provided on the day.
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Zoom details will be emailed to you before the session.
Open Session is an initiative for directors, designers or producers on the Genesis Network to run a one-off session, discussion, or initiative.
This is a peer-led session that is not curated by the Young Vic.