SHARE
 
An Electronic Magazine by Omar Villarreal and Marina Kirac ©
 
Year 5                Number 118           November 30th 2003
          
 5850  SHARERS are reading this issue of SHARE this week

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being SHARED
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Dear SHARERS,
 
It is a real pleasure for both of us to sponsor the Second Annual Conference on Applied Drama and to publish this special issue of SHARE with all the information concerning that event. We are sure that all our SHARERS will profit a lot from participating in the sessions of this Congress not only as a theatre and drama specialist or enthusiast, which they may well be, but also as ordinary classroom teachers that may find innovative ways to enrich their everyday classroom practice.
Our dear friend and SHARER Celia Zubiri is at the helm of this Congress and when there is somebody of her calibre in the organization, we all know what to expect: the highest quality speakers, professionalism and attention to the most minute details to make this a highly academic and enjoyable occasion.
Celia is, without dispute, a pioneer of educational theatre in our medium and an incredibly talented and creative scriptwriter and director. She rightfully deserves all our support and we hope all our SHARERS will join us in wishing her the very best in the second edition of her successful Annual Conference.  
 
Love
Omar and Marina

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Dear SHARERS,

I'm very much pleased to get in touch with you through this means thanks to Omar and Marina's generosity.
I invite you to take part in the SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED DRAMA on February 26, 27 and 28 so as to revive your creativity and imagination just before starting a new school term. I'm fully convinced that we should find time and space for DRAMA. I have already been working with some of the professional lecturers that will be in charge of the different topics since September 2003. At present we are carefully planning this Conference so as to make the most of it. Let's leave improvisations for a drama class context.
Try not to miss this unique opportunity to learn more about this new trend led by the hand of well known theatre directors, dramatists and drama teachers in Argentina, who have been brought together by The Bs. As. Players for your own benefit.

Celia Zubiri
Managing Director
The Bs. As. Players


 
SPONSORED BY
 

 
 
1> GENERAL SCHEDULE
2> TOPICS & LECTURERS
3> REGISTRATION
 
 
1 > GENERAL SCHEDULE
 
FEBRUARY > THURSDAY 26

8 AM > REGISTRATION
9 AM > FIRST SESSION > DRAMA ACROSS THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM > by  JAMES MURRAY
11 AM > COFFEE BREAK
11:30 AM > SECOND SESSION > FROM A FAIRY TALE TO A SCRIPT > by CELIA ZUBIRI
12:30 to 1:30 PM > ESTILOS COREOGRÁFICOS > por JOSSE MUÑOZ
                             (Taller opcional - Cupos limitados) *
2 PM > THIRD SESSION > STAGING THE SCRIPT > by HUGO HALBRICH
3:30 PM > COFFEE BREAK
4 PM > FOURTH SESSION > THEATRE GAMES > by FERNANDO ARMESTO
5 PM > Intermission to prepare the hall for the preview of the play "Master Cat".
6 PM > PLAY: MASTER CAT by THE BS AS PLAYERS. Musical comedy for young learners.
            Optional attendance. Free of charge.
 
*BAR SERVICE: aquellas personas que asistan al taller de Estilos coreográficos y dispongan de 30 minutos para almorzar, tendrán a su disposición el servicio de bar y snacks en el teatro.
 
FEBRUARY > FRIDAY 27

8 AM > REGISTRATION
9 AM > FIFTH SESSION > OBRAS DE TEATRO Y TÍTERES: SU RELACIÓN CON LA EDUCACIÓN POR EL ARTE >
                                         por CARLOS MARTÍNEZ
11 AM > COFFE BREAK
11:30 AM > SIXTH SESSION > ¿QUIÉN QUIERO SER ? LO VIVO EN EL ESCENARIO > por LIC. DORA BIRGIN
12:30 to 1:30 PM > ESTILOS COREOGRÁFICOS > por JOSSE MUÑOZ
                             (Taller opcional - Cupos limitados) *
2 PM > SEVENTH SESSION > STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT ! (Basic steps to set up lights) > by JAMES MURRAY
3:30 PM > COFFEE BREAK
4 PM > EIGHTH SESSION > DRAMA RESOURCES TO ENRICH PLAY READING (The play as literary text) >
                                            by CARLA SABBATINI
5 PM > Intermission to prepare the hall for the preview of the play "Hercules".
6 PM > PLAY: HERCULES by THE BS AS PLAYERS. Musical comedy for students aged 9 to 12.
            Optional attendance. Free of charge.
 
*BAR SERVICE: aquellas personas que asistan al taller de Estilos coreográficos y dispongan de 30 minutos para almorzar, tendrán a su disposición el servicio de bar y snacks en el teatro.
 
FEBRUARY > SATURDAY 28

8 AM > REGISTRATION
9 AM > NINTH SESSION > EL JUEGO TEATRAL. CONFLICTOS DE LA PRÁCTICA. DESDE EL VÍNCULO GRUPAL
                                         A LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL CONOCIMIENTO > por ROBERTO VEGA
11 AM > COFFEE REAK
11:30 AM > PLAY: THE PRETENDERS 2004 by THE BS AS PLAYERS. Comedy for adolescents and adults.
                            Intermediate Level.  Optional attendance. Free of charge.
 

 
2 > TOPICS & LECTURERS

> DRAMA ACROSS THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM by James Murray
We will consider the importance of drama at school , both as a subject in its own right and as a means of motivating and enhancing learning in other curriculum areas. A coherent approach to the teaching and use of drama will be suggested as well as some ways and means of creating successful and exciting theatrical presentations and productions.

JAMES MURRAY
Trained as an actor in NY sponsored by Robert De Niro with Penny Allen and at the HB studio. In the UK at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, thanks to a scholarship by the British Council, where he also performed. In Buenos Aires he studied with María Rivera, Inés Pascual, Carlos Gandolfo and Augusto Fernandes. James has directed over 50 musical shows at different schools in the last 20 years. Performed in films such as "No te Mueras sin Decirme a Donde Vas", "El Sueño de los Heroes", "1000 Boomerangs" and on television: with legendary Tato Bores on Sunday nights. His credits also include performing in several musical shows on Av. Corrientes: record breaking "Broadway 2" , "Blood Brothers" and "Films". He is co-founder and Artistic Director of ART - Actors Repertory Theatre, a professional acting company of theatre in English at the BAC - British Arts Centre, where he has both acted and directed several productions. He has currently directed "Jazz Swing Tap" for Alejandro Romay Producciones receiving 9 nominations for the ACE award, the most awarded musical in the last 10 years!

> FROM A FAIRY TALE TO A SCRIPT by Celia Zubiri
Resourceful tips that will help teachers turn a fairy tale or a story into a play to be staged by their students. There are many theatrical demands to be taken into account when one is involved in the difficult task of becoming a playwright without being one.

CELIA ZUBIRI
Teacher of English, author and theatre director. She has been the director of the drama workshops at Villa Devoto School since 1987. She has lectured on Drama Techniques and Dramatic Activities at Kel Ediciones, ESSARP Centre, A.A.C.I , a large number of schools in Buenos Aires, Salta, Jujuy, Bariloche, Azul, Tandil, Río Cuarto, San Juan, Córdoba, Rosario and Montevideo, Uruguay. She is renowned for the books for children CRAWLING, SKATE, SKI, GOOGIE THE DWARF, GOOGIE AND PEARL, VIRGINIA’S BEST DAY, MOPPY THE MARTIAN, MOPPYLAND AND BESSLAND. She is the author and joint author of around fifty plays for children and adolescents such as BESS THE COW, PIRATES AND TREASURES, MR. GHOST IS BACK, AROUND THE WORLD, THE PRETENDER, TO BE OR NOT TO BE, etc. She has directed a grand total of sixty plays. She has been the Managing Director of THE BS. AS. PLAYERS since she founded it together with Liliana Riera in 1992.

> ESTILOS COREOGRÁFICOS por Josse Muñoz
Debido al gran interés que despertó este taller formativo-recreativo en el First Annual Conference on Applied Drama, hemos decidido incluírlo en la programación del Second Annual Conference on Applied Drama. Esta vez se trabajará en base a otras versiones musicales.
Los Objetivos:
. Orientar al docente en la búsqueda de un estilo coreográfico y su aplicación en una obra teatral.
. Aplicación de pasos básicos que pueden utilizarse en diferentes estilos coreográficos.
. Como reconocer la habilidad en un alumno y ayudarlo a desarrollar su confianza para la correcta aplicación del movimiento.

Dado que la participación será sobre el escenario y de manera activa, se recomienda asistir con ropa cómoda. Los cupos son limitados y quienes deseen participar deberán confirmar su asistencia el día 26/2 en el momento de registrarse. Este mismo taller se dictará tanto el 26/2 como el 27/2.

JOSSE MUÑOZ
Director de teatro, coreógrafo y profesor de danza. Es Director Coreográfico de The Bs. As.Players. Ha trabajado como bailarín y asistente en comedias musicales tales como "Sugar", "El Diluvio que viene", "El beso de la mujer araña" y "Cabaret".
En televisión ha trabajado como coreógrafo para los programas de Georgina Barbarrosa, Carmen Barbieri, y Moria Casán.
Ha dirigido obras de teatro tales como "Hormiguela", "La navidad de Hormiguela", "Donde duermen los Duendes", "Amor invisible", entre otras.

> STAGING THE SCRIPT by Hugo Halbrich
What a Director is for, the structure of the script, what scenery and lights are for, creating an ensemble, why and how to block a scene, casting, and the five areas you will inevitably be dealing with when you direct a play.

HUGO HALBRICH
Actor and Theatre Director. In 1973 he got an MA from Connecticut University.
Studied theatre in New York (1976 – 1984) with Harold Clurman, Mitchel Nestor, Raul Julia, Joan Lange and Eric Morris.
He has directed over thirty plays such as "The Importance of Being Earnest", "It Runs in the Family", "Grease", "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off", "A Woman of No Importance", "The Man of Destiny", etc.
He also played important roles in a good number of plays here in Argentina such as "A Dolls’ House", "Hamlet", "Richard II", "All that Jazz", "California Suite", etc.
In New York and San Diego, he also took part in "Macbeth", "The Merchant of Venice", "West Side Story", "The Doctor in Spite of Himself", "Twelfth night",etc.
He is currently the President of the Board of The Suburban Players and Artistic Director of the Actors Repertory Theatre.

> THEATRE GAMES by Fernado Armesto
Participants will be able to discover and play an array of games and that combine theatre, drama and fun!. A brief theoretical background will be given as the starting point to a trip along amazing and entertaining activities professional actors use in their training. See how these activities can make your classes become enjoyable and profitable sources of language learning experiences.

PROFESSOR FERNANDO ARMESTO

Lecturer in the Chairs of "Didactics for EGB 1 and EGB2" and "Practicum" (2nd year) at  Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Head of English at Colegio Belgrano Uno at both Primary and Secondary levels.
Former Lecturer in English Language at Universidad Austral and Universidad del Museo Social Argentino(UMSA).
Former Head of English at Instituto de Educación Integral de Munro.
Since 1996, he has specialized in E.S.P., working in the fields of Hotel Management , Catering and Journalism. Co- author of the resource book "Tourism" published by  Macmillan Heinemann.
He has been engaged in several Drama Clubs and Societies and as a teacher he has worked with Drama with children, adolescents and adults. He has also participated as an actor and assistant director in various plays with "The Buenos Aires Players" and the "Suburban Players".

> OBRAS DE TEATRO Y TÍTERES: SU RELACIÓN CON LA EDUCACIÓN POR EL ARTE por Carlos Martínez
Obras de teatro y títeres: Selecciones – Fines didácticos recreativos – La fantasía, la magia y la imaginación – Rudimentos para escribir una obra – La atención y el interés – Relación títere / titiritero – Los intereses en distintos tipos de público (edades / niños / adolescentes) – Análisis de textos tradicionales – Cuentos colectivos. El símbolo, el texto, distintos lenguajes: La fuerza de los lenguajes no verbales - Lo que dice el cuerpo, el objeto, la voz y la palabra – Coherencias y Contradicciones entre lo verbal y lo no-verbal. Variaciones de un espectáculo: breves ejercicios de manipulación – Incorporación de otras técnicas expresivas – Ritmo de un espectáculo – El espectáculo múltiple y su relación con la educación por el arte – El objeto transicional, el teatro y los títeres.

CARLOS ADRIÁN MARTÍNEZ
Autor y director de más de veinte obras de teatro tales como: " HISTORIAS DEL ESPEJO " (Teatro y Títeres), "JUEGOS DE CAFE" (unipersonal para adultos) y " EL MONTE ERA UNA FIESTA " (Teatro y Títeres).
Recibió premios y distinciones entre los que se encuentran: 1º Premio Escenografía - Festival de Teatro de R. Ceballos - CBA – 1970; Premio " Juana Sujo " (Crítica Especializada) mejor obra teatral para adultos; elegido Representante de Capital Federal para la 1a FIESTA NACIONAL DEL TITERE, Dirección Nacional de Teatro - Cultura Nación - Bs. As. 1996.
Es autor de libros como "El Molinete" (Ed. Colihue); "Títeres para todos" (Libros del Quirquincho).
Realizó videos, películas de cortometraje y participó en programas de t.v abierta como autor, titiritero y actor.
Ha tenido participación activa como jurado en festivales y selección de elencos a lo largo de todo el país tales como: selección de titiriteros para el Grupo de Titiriteros del Teatro Gral. San Martín, Buenos Aires, 1996; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL TEATRO - Miembro del Jurado de Evaluación de proyectos de teatro y títeres para todo el país, años: 1998/99/2000; ha sido nombrado Secretario del Jurado de Calificación de Proyectos del Instituto Nacional del Teatro – 2002-2003.
Tiene una larga trayectoria como docente dictando cursos para profesionales, docentes y titiriteros a lo largo de todo el país y en el exterior: fundador del Taller de Títeres de Tepito (Zona Marginal) D.F.México – 1975; fundador del Taller Integral Infantil - Teatro Cultural del Parque Nacional Bogotá -Colombia – 1975; Curso de Títeres a Docentes - Dir. de Cult. Municipalidad de San Isidro - Bs. As. – 1980; panelista - 4º Encuentro de Títeres y Educación - Curitiba - Brasil –1987; fundador y docente del "Taller de Experimentación con objetos y muñecos", Universidad del Salvador - Bs. As. – 1989; "Taller experimental de muñecos y objetos" - Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas (UBA) - 1997 - Bs. As; docente en Taller para Titiriteros profesionales en Mendoza, en el marco de la Muestra Provincial de Títeres 2001 – Ciudad de Mendoza – 2001; curso privado a titiriteros y profesionales de distintas áreas – Museo Argentino del Títere, Bs. As. 2002.
Actualmente es Miembro de la Comisión Directiva de la ASAMBLEA ARGENTINA DE TITIRITEROS (Nacional) y de la UNIMA METROPOLITANA (Bs.As).
Es coordinador y docente de los talleres de expresión artística de la Fundación C & A.

> ¿Quién quiero ser? Lo vivo en el escenario por Dora Birgin.
¿Qué es ser adolescente?
Es una vicisitud definida por la cultura y la historia.
Es un momento vital, un período de transición hacia la adultez.
Es un momento de vacío, falta de proyecto, formas de violencia.
Es un ser vulnerable, que siente tiene que volver a nacer, independizarse, insertarse en un medio social y económico
Ser adolescente significa la vacilación del edificio de la infancia, la construcción de una identidad.
Es necesario que el adolescente tenga vínculos primarios que le ofrezcan sostén, apuntalamiento para ir despegándose de esa etapa ya conocida para ingresar a otra nueva, su familia es quien otorga el pase a la autonomía.
El alejamiento del sostén parental no es una pérdida, es una mirada profunda, critica, idealizada o no de aquellos que le ofrecieron
los primeros ladrillos para construir su edificio, el que deberá sostener, cuidar, recrear,cambiar día a día según lo que él determine y necesite.
¿Cómo buscar esa identidad? ¿podría el teatro ofrecerle esos modelos, ese espacio para su búsqueda , sus ideales?
¿Qué lugar juega la familia en esa búsqueda? ¿qué lugar jugó la familia, ese núcleo en el cual el joven nació, crece, vive y hoy quiere dejar en búsqueda de su propia identidad? ¿Podría el teatro ayudarlo a cubrir un lugar vacante, llenar un hueco, un espacio que esta vacante?

DORA BIRGIN
Lic. En Psicología (U.B.A.)
Miembro del equipo de oncología del Hospital Tornú.
Miembro de la Sociedad de Psicología Medica Psicoanálisis y Medicina Psicosomatica de AMA (Asociación Médica Argentina)
Ha presentado sus charlas en:
.1993 - JORNADAS SOBRE SEXUALIDAD, Viña del Mar, Chile.
.1999 – ASOCIACIÓN ARGENTINA DE PSIQUIATRÍA.
.Fundación Argentina de Diagnóstico Médico
2001 – Ciclo vital de la familia.
2002 – El trance de la infancia a la adolescencia y su familia.
2003 – El porque de la enfermedad.

> DRAMA RESOURCES TO ENRICH PLAY READING (The play as literary text) by Carla Sabbatini
Drama offers a range of conventions, structures and processes that provide opportunities for strengthening and deepening our work. Since we, as teachers, struggle to understand the world of Drama as a means of helping young people to learn and develop, we should bear this clearly in mind when approaching the study of a play in a literary context.
Like other art-forms, drama uses symbols as a means of shaping and crafting and expressing feelings and ideas, and our students are involved as both spectator and participant, both in exploration and performance – even within the imaginary performance we can recreate in the classroom! Therefore, it is essential to ensure a wide range of opportunities for our students to exercise flexibility and sensitivity to these roles they are to play when plunging into the experience of studying Drama as a literary genre.
To make the experience of teaching a play as a literary work an active exploration of a text and its meanings, we shall look into some examples of activities suitable for a range of ages, interests and levels of complexity in approaching this process. The selection of resources is intended to look at varieties of form that might be experienced as part of the more comprehensive art-process of communicating and interpreting meaning through Drama.


CARLA SABBATINI
She is a graduate from Instituto Superior del Profesorado St. Catherine’s for Secondary and Higher Education, specialised in British and American Literature, and currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Education. Has been teaching Literature for ten years, training students for international examinations (IGCSE, AICE, A-Level and IB) in bilingual schools such as St. Catherine’s Moorlands (1998-2002). She works as a full - time teacher of English at St. Andrew’s Scots School since February 2003.
As an active member of The Suburban Players (1993-2000), she acquired "hands-on" experience on several aspects of theatrical production. Ran Drama workshops for former school students in 1999 and 2000, one of which was rounded off with a hilarious musical show written and produced by the "company" itself. This was a springboard for four more yearly school workshops leading to productions she directed, involving around 150 students on each occasion. These combined interests in Literature and Drama have been put into practice in her lessons in the classroom, approaching the teaching of plays with a more wholesome awareness of the nature of the genre.

> EL JUEGO TEATRAL. CONFLICTOS DE LA PRÁCTICA. DESDE EL VÍNCULO GRUPAL A LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL CONOCIMIENTO por Roberto Vega.
Los asistentes se organizan en subgrupos. Cada subgrupo propondrá una situación conflictiva, de la práctica del docente que aplica el teatro como actividad específica o recurso didáctico, acentuando en el vínculo o en la contrucción del conocimiento.
El grupo total elegirá dos de ellas para dramatizar, luego se reflexiona sobre las posibles soluciones.


ROBERTO VEGA
Dirigió más de cuarenta espectáculos teatrales.
Fue presidente del Centro Argentino de Teatro para la Infancia y la Juventud; presidente de la Asociación Argentina de Educadores por las Artes y secretario general de la Asociación Argentina de Literatura para la Infancia y la Juventud. Coordinó el Programa de Teatro Popular y Animación de Base del Consejo de Educación de Adultos de América Latina.
Actualmente es asesor en el programa Cultura en la Escuela de la Dirección General de Cultura y Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
Es autor de "Teatro en la Educación" (Ed. Plus Ultra); "El Teatro en la Comunidad" (Espacio Editorial); "Escuela. Teatro y construcción del conocimiento" (Ed. Santillana); "Pequeño Explorador" (Ed. Ameghino); "Expresión Popular. Práctica Teatral en América Latina" (Ed. Paulina. Co-Autor); "El juego Teatral, Aporte a la transformación educativa" (Ed. GEEMA); "El Nosequé" (Ed. GEEMA).


3 > REGISTRATION
 
1) The Bs. As. Players > Montevideo 850, Ciudad de Buenos Aires > Mon to Fri 10 AM to 5 PM <
2) Form on Internet: www.thebsasplayers.com
3) Fax: (54-11) 4812-5307 / 4814-5455
 
FEE
> October 20 to December 19: $70
> January 26 to February 20: $90
> February 21 to February 26: $110
(Special discounts for groups)
 
PAYMENT
1) By cash or cheque at our headquarters.
2) Deposit at any branch of Banco Rio: Cuenta especial en pesos n° 003047/8 - Suc. 187
    Titular: Celia Zubiri.

THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT WE DO AND ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS CONFERENCE 
        
If you want to know about the general organization, fees, time table and enrolment, please, visit our site: www.thebsasplayers.com

The Bs. As. Players
Montevideo 850 (1019) >Ciudad de Buenos Aires <
Tel / Fax: (54-11) 4812-5307 > 4814-5455
thebap@arnet.com.ar  >   thebap@thebsasplayers.com