[Usittne] A few spaces still left in workshops at the KO Festival in Amherst

[Sabrina Hamilton]

We still have a few spaces left in each of the following workshops at 
the Ko Festival of Performance in Amherst, MA.

July 10-15
SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING: Designing from Non-Traditional and Found Materials
with USITT 06 RISING STAR Justin Townsend and Shannon Scrofano of 
Boston's TENT  Ensemble
Theatre can develop from visual, as well as from textual or 
performative beginnings. Students will learn to develop a vocabulary 
for making visually striking theatre that combines materials, 
performers, and actions. Work will be created using an "inside out" 
approach that links image and action from its inception. In this 
work, the economy of means that is often necessary from a budget 
point of view becomes a liberating factor. Using inexpensive, 
non-traditional and found materials, the workshop will culminate with 
an actual design and installation for a live performance - the Ko 
Festival's 15th Anniversary Gala: THE KO KABARET. Open to all theater 
makers.

Also:
July 17-19
RE-IMAGINING OUTREACH: Community Engagement Programming
with Michael Rohd, Artistic Director of Sojourn Theatre
Michael Rohd, author of Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: 
The Hope Is Vital Training Manual, offers a three-day workshop mixing 
case studies of best practices with active exploration of values, 
goals, and strategies for looking at theater and civic engagement. 
How do healthy partnerships and collaborations develop? What's the 
difference between audience development and civic engagement? What 
types of processes support and nurture ethical, mutually beneficial 
projects that reach beyond your walls and intersect with populations 
that may not traditionally be served by your programming? The work 
will focus on project planning, partner-building, and arts-based 
civic dialogue practice.

July 24-29
ACTOR ON THE ROAD: Encountering the Legacy of Grotowski's Polish Theatre Lab
with Kim Mancuso and Kermit Dunkelberg of Pilgrim Theatre
An intensive, practical opportunity for performers, directors and 
other theatre makers to explore Pilgrim Theatre's unique approach to 
performance creation developed through years of work with members of 
the Polish Laboratory Theatre, (Zbigniew Cynkutis, Zygmunt Molik, 
Rena Mirecka, Jerzy Grotowski) and others on the continuum of 
experimental theatre practice. Work will include: physical training 
(presence, impulse, expressivity); vocal training, resonators, group 
sound, approaching text as partner); and generating provocative 
performance material.  The actor is the source. Students will utilize 
body, voice, imagination, experience, sense memory and association to 
seek new forms of creative expression and go beyond their perceived 
limits.   The process will culminate in a brief final presentation. 
Open to all levels of experience.

July 31-August 5
MASK PLAY: A Lecoq Intensive
with Jennie Gilrain, E'cole Lecoq Graduate and Touchstone Ensemble 
member and Mark McKenna  E'cole Lecoq Graduate and Artistic Director 
of Touchstone Theatre
A six day, Lecoq-based intensive on discovering the levels and 
structures of mask play. A mask demands that the actor support it, 
fill it, be led by it.  Pre-conceived ideas will not play. Working 
with a variety of masks and styles, participants will hone 
performance skills such as presence, sensory awareness, spontaneity, 
clarity of gesture, and the ability to motivate, full-bodied physical 
action. This journey into mask play will also address mask-making and 
each student will leave the workshop with an individual maquette - a 
base for customized masks. This rigorous master class is meant for 
the experienced actor but also suitable for any serious student who 
wishes to explore his or her expressive and creative ability.

Workshops will be held from 10 am - 4 pm in Studio II of Webster Hall 
on the Amherst College campus in Amherst, MA. The cost is  $350. 
Discounts are available for early bird registration and for members 
of the Network of Ensemble Theatres, TCG Theatres and Actor's Equity.
Optional room and board are available on the Amherst College campus 
for an additional fee.  For information or to register call (413) 
427-6147 or visit www.kofest.com

BOX OFFICE OPENS SOON for FESTIVAL which includes performances by 
Ralph Lee's Mettawee River Company, a gala anniversary celebration, 
THE KO KABARET with artists from the 1st 14 years of the Festival 
returning to show their latest work, Nicky Paraiso, Pilgrim Theatre, 
Wendy Woodson, and Touchstone Theatre.  See WWW.KOFEST.COM for more 
info!
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