ALATetc LAB Report, Issue #1

t h e L A B R E P O R T. . .

Dear Friends,

Spring is upon us! What a momentous time to be alive, to bear witness and be a part of history. In spite of the troubled economy, we forge on and push through the troubling times certain that the only thing we are promised is change and that this down turn will eventually swing upward again. We keep on creating, reaching towards our dreams and turning to each other, to our larger communities for encouragement and support.

We at ALAT have been hard at work continuing to clarify the company’s mission, building our website, and organizing workshops. We hope to be incorporated this spring. After a decade and a half of quiet work we are officially launching this company!

We are asking for your support as we build towards a very exiting 2010 beginning with A Call to Action this coming Sunday March 22nd 2-4pm and culminating with a two-week master workshop and work-demonstration with Roberta Carreri of the Odin Teatret whose work is the impetus for our company’s existence.

This truly is a momentous time for us and we hope that you will join us. Scroll down for a summary of ALAT workshops and events or visit our blog for more information…

t h e L A B R E P O R T. . .

ALAT to do in New York

Sunday March 22nd 2009

A CALL TO ACTION!

2-4pm @ Dance Theatre Etcetera

480 Van Brunt Street, Suite 203, Red Hook Brooklyn, NY 11231

Participate in the activities of the last hour of our scene study class, learn more about the company, how you may lend your support or
become a member!

March 8th-May 24th 2009

WORKING WITH TEXT
AN OPEN SERIES OF LABORATORY SESSIONS
FOCUSING ON SCENES AND MONOLOGUES

with
VERNICE MILLER
ALATetc Artistic Director
and
ALATetc Vocal Coach Audrey Pernell

Select Sundays 11am - 3pm
at Dance Theatre Etcetera
480 Van Brunt Street, Suite 203
Red Hook Brooklyn, NY 11231

$350 for 8 Weeks
($325 if paid in advance of first session. Payment plans available)
Checks payable to Soraya Broukhim, Registrar
(917) 622-6798 sorayabnyc@gmail.com

Spaces Available, Please join us!
To register…t h e L A B R E P O R T

March 28th & 29th 2009

THE PRIMITIVE VOICE
AN INTENSIVE VOICE WORKSHOP WITH

JEAN-RENÉ TOUSSAINT
founder and director of Stemwerk International Centre for the Voice, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands

10am - 5pm at SITI Company
520 8th Avenue, Suite 310, New York City

$250 for 12 Hours of Training

$200 if (a) you pay by March 14th or
(b) will be attending the Pantheatre workshop in May in Montreal/New York.
Payment plans available

Checks payable to Audrey Pernell, Registrar
814-404-4187 / audrey.pernell@gmail.com

Spaces Available, Please join us!
To register…t h e L A B R E P O R T

January 2010

ROBERTA CARRERI
of the Odin Teatret, Denmark

TRACES IN THE SNOW
A work-demonstration
Revealing the secret art of the performer

TO BE FOLLOWED BY A 2-WEEK MASTER WORKSHOP

Limited Spaces Available!

Ask about interviews!


RED TENT FABRIK/THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM
A Workshop Performance Presentation
Directed by
VERNICE MILLER
ALATetc Artistic Director

A dramatic response to Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent…
Exploring the common rituals between the three religions born of Abraham;
Christianity, Judaism and Islam
Incorporating songs, dances and shared text


ALAT to do in Miami

March 13th-20th 2009

JOANN MARIA YARROW
Artistic Director Teatro Prometeo
The only Spanish language theater conservatory in the U.S.

Presents
The Sacred Actor
A VOICE AND MOVEMENT WORKSHOP

with
VERNICE MILLER
ALATetc Artistic Director
and
ALATetc Vocal Coach Audrey Pernell


Full!

ALAT to do in Israel


Summer 2009

NEIL DAVID SEIBEL
Director of Performance Studies Auburn University Montgomery

Is the recipient of a Faculty Research Grant from
Auburn University
To research historical and cultural source material in
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv


And Coming Soon!!!

Dates and location To Be Announced…

ALAT ACTOR TRAINING WORKSHOP

with
VERNICE MILLER
ALATetc Artistic Director
and
ALATetc Vocal Coach Audrey Pernell

New York City


READING ALAT

Our ongoing Reading Series…

New York City

ALAT Scene Study Workshop with Vernice Miller

WORKING WITH TEXT: AN OPEN SERIES OF LABORATORY SESSIONS
with Vernice Miller

March 8th-May 24th 2009

Sundays 11am - 3pm @ Dance Theatre Etcetera
480 Van Brunt Street, Suite 203 Red Hook Brooklyn, NY 11231
(see map below)



Photography © SeBiArt

$350 for 8 Weeks ($325 if paid in advance of first session. Payment plans available)

In performance, the performer’s presence both physical and mental is distinct from that of daily life. The flow of energy which characterizes our daily behavior is excited and altered. Tapping into traditional and experimental theater techniques ALAT’s approach to naturalistic text begins with awakening the performer’s presence. The work is a fusion of Meisner, Stanislavski, Grotowski and Odin inspired actor trainings. The lab will offer scene study and monologue work and the structure of each session will incorporate an hour of physical and vocal warm-ups. Participants should be prepared to move by wearing comfortable clothing.

Vernice Miller is an international theatre artist who has spent the last two decades exploring the common threads between east and west actor training and its application to contemporary theater practices in America. She is an educator, writer, director and award winning actor who among others has studied with Ryszard Cieslack, Jacques Chwat, and Jerzy Grotowski of the Polish Laboratory Theater. Ms. Miller has been most influenced by her work with Roberta Carreri of the Odin Teatret in Denmark, and with Maggie Flannigan for Meisner technique in New York City. She currently teaches at Rutgers University and also for Epic Theatre Ensemble at Bard High School Early College. In 1995 Ms. Miller founded ALAT with Joann Maria Yarrow as an opportunity to explore their ideas on actor training.

For further information go to our website at www.alatetc.org and see the blog page
Or
contact Soraya Broukhim (917) 622-6798 sorayabnyc@gmail.com



In lieu of auditions participants will be eligible for ALATetc benefits such as: (a) $50 discount for the Voice Intensive Workshop with French artist Jean-René Toussaint, founder and director of Stemwerk International Center for the Voice in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) March 28th and 29th (b) inclusion in the January 2010 Master Workshop with Roberta Carreri of the Odin Teatret, Denmark (c) consideration to be cast in the upcoming ALAT production Red Tent Fabrik:The Children of Abraham (d) and to be considered for ALAT membership.

Laboratory is a magic word: it doesn’t mean anything precise, and one doesn’t know what lies behind it…It is a meeting place where [artists] from different countries experiment and take their first steps into the no man’s land of their professions. -Jerzy Grotowski



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