The 6th edition of the INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM FOR PERFORMER TRAINING focuses on the relationship between dramaturgy, society, and the body, as it impacts and is influenced by performer training.
Lecture Demonstration Workshop: Working with the Rags of Memory – Updating Tradition in the Global Era at the Academy of Music and Drama University of Gothenburg
Rags of memory is an international performing arts research and high education project directed by Instabili Vaganti. It explores new ways of artistic expression and theatre communication through the interaction with disciplines such as cultural anthropology, visual arts, new media, dance, music and any other artistic form and expression of which human beings have memory. In its 12 years of research in more than 20 countries, Rags of memory has involved performers coming from different parts of the world through its international work sessions and workshops, creating an intercultural and itinerant space for a deep reflection on the role of the performer in this globalized world and on a new dramaturgy of the body as an organic and fluid element of expression, able to convey meanings, social and political messages within this liquid society. In this lecture and demonstration, the two project creators and work leaders will introduce the spectators and the participants to an immersive experience in Rags of memory research, sharing its results, techniques and training elements, short documentary films and fragments of the book recently published. Anna Dora Dorno and Nicola Pianzola will furthermore lead a short practical workshop on the specific training of the project.
INSTABILI VAGANTI EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
Founded in 2004, the company focuses on an experimental research in physical theatre and performing arts. Instabili Vaganti works worldwide producing performances and directing projects collaborating with international artists. Their poetic work is able to overcome the labels and the division between theatre, dance, visual arts, and to communicate strong, emotional, impacting messages. Their performances have been translated in 3 languages and presented in more than 20 countries in Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Latin America and Asia, winning several awards and premiering in important festival such as: FIDAE in Uruguay, NLGX in China, Theatre Olympics in India.