[rsc] Re: DC/MD Folks: Amnesty International Human Rights Arts Festival
- From: "Melanie St. Ours" <melaniest.ours@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:40:50 -0400
All that you need to do is show up! It will be wonderful to see both of you.
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Laura Schandelmeier <
laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Melanie,
>
> Thanks so much for your e-mail. We had no idea that this festival was
> going on! We would love to sign up for your workshop on Sunday. Can we do
> this through you or must we go to the web site?
>
>
> Looking forward,
>
> Laura and Stephen
>
>
> On 4/18/10 9:24 PM, "Melanie St. Ours" <melaniest.ours@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dear RSC,
>
> I'm very much looking forward to seeing many of you in Atlanta!
>
> If you live in MD/DC and have some time next weekend, please come check out
> the Amnesty International Human Rights Arts Festival, happening in downtown
> Silver Spring. Marietta Hedges, a new ROOTS member, will be presenting, as
> will I---not to mention scores of other artists from a wide variety of
> disciplines. All events are free and open to the public. Check out the full
> festival program here: http://www.humanrightsartfestival.com/
>
> The announcement for the workshop I'm giving is below. It's given in
> conjunction with my current project, *How to be a Human*, a devised play
> built through inter-generational collaboration and dialogue. Check out our
> blog at http://www.forhumansbyhumans.wordpress.com .
>
> Please forward this to any local artists, change-makers, or community
> member who might like to come play with us on Sunday.
>
>
> Workshop Title: Our Histories: Story-gathering and Performance
>
> Time: Sunday, April 25 from 2:30-4pm
>
> Location: Dance Recital Studio (2nd Floor), Montgomery College Performing
> Arts Center
>
> Workshop Description: As artists, activists, and peace-builders, how do we
> cultivate oral histories of resistance, learn from our elders, and
> celebrate our identities? Using community-based theater and oral history
> processes, this workshop will create space for participants to learn
> theater and oral history techniques for use in community settings and to
> have a deep experience of the power of collectively co-creating original
> theater. Techniques to be used will include story circles, interview,
> Theater of the Oppressed, and group devising, culminating in new pieces of
> theatrical expression to be shared with the group. The workshop is given
> in conjunction with a larger playbuilding process that is currently
> ongoing in the Northwest One neighborhood of Washington DC entitled *How
> to be a Human* that will be presented at the Capital Fringe Festival
> 2010. There is space for up to 25 participants. Free and open to the
> public.
>
>
>
>
>
> ---
>
> Laura Schandelmeier & Stephen Clapp
> Co-Artistic Directors
> Dance Box Theater, Inc.
> 3311 Rhode Island Avenue, #305
> Mount Rainier, MD 20712
>
> http://www.danceboxtheater.org
> (301) 779-6383
>
> laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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