Jul 10
last day to depart if traveling from the Western Hemisphere
Jul 11
last day to arrive into Sofia
-To avoid jet lag for the start of the program, as well as to explore Sofia, it is suggested that participants traveling from outside of the Balkans arrive at least a few days earlier. Options for various levels of affordable, centrally-located accommodations will be suggested.
Jul 12
9:00, bus departs from Sofia
Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila (10th. century)
enter Greece
Thessaloniki check-in
Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki
opening dinner
Jul 13
9:00, bus departs for Delphi
ruins of Pella and museum
ruins of Vergina, grave of Philip II
Delphi check-in
Jul 14
sites of Delphi
12:30, bus departs for Athens
sites of Thebes
sites of Cadmea
Athens, check-in
lecture
Jul 15
Acropolis of Athens and Plaka
15:30, bus departs for Piraeus
travel to Samos by boat (overnight)
Jul 16
8:30, boat departs for Kusadası
enter Turkey by boat
Kusadası beach
sites of Ephesus
Selcuk check-in
TBA, evening
Jul 17
9:00, bus departs for Bergama
sites of Pergamon
sites of Asklepion
sites of Assos
Troy check-in
Jul 18
sites of Troy
11:00, bus departs for Bursa
17:00, boat departs for Istanbul
Istanbul check-in
Jul 19
sites of Istanbul/ruins of Constantinople
lecture, Bosphorus University
RITL/BU dinner
Jul 20
Istanbul
13:00, bus departs for Kardzhali
reenter Bulgaria
Kardzhali check-in
Jul 21
Tatul and Perperikon
Zlatograd
arrive into Smolyan
Smolyan check-in
RITL/RDT Dinner
Jul 22
Smolyan & Rhodopi Dramatichen Theatre walking tours
seminars and process preparations
auditions
Jul 23-28
9:00-12:00
-Physically-demanding storytelling techniques and roots of performance
-Professional Residency Project rehearsals
13:30-15:00 and 15:30-17:00
-Tradition-based theatre-making techniques
-Theatre-making
-Professional Residency Project rehearsals
19:00-22:30
-rehearsals
Jul 29
10:00
-lecture/workshop/seminar/reading
14:30-18:00
-rehearsals
20:00
-Lamb or Calf (or student) Roast with Gaida
Jul 30
off
Jul 30-Aug 3
9:00-12:00
-Physically-demanding storytelling techniques and roots of performance
-Professional Residency Project rehearsals
13:30-15:00 and 15:30-17:00
-Tradition-based theatre-making techniques
-Theatre-making
-Professional Residency Project rehearsals
19:00-22:30
-rehearsals
Aug 4
10:00
-lecture/workshop/seminar/reading
14:30-18:00
-rehearsals
20:00
-BBQ
Aug 5
Devil’s Throat Cave, Trigrad
Aug 6-Aug 9
9:00-12:00
-Physically-demanding storytelling techniques and roots of performance
-Professional Residency Project rehearsals
13:30-15:00 M-F and 15:30-17:00
-Tradition-based theatre-making techniques
-Theatre-making
-Professional Residency Project rehearsals
19:00-22:30
-rehearsals
Aug 10
9:00-12:00
-Physically-demanding storytelling techniques and roots of performance
-Professional Residency Project rehearsals
13:30-15:00 and 15:30-17:00
-Tradition-based theatre-making techniques
-Theatre-making
-Professional Residency Project rehearsals
19:00
-performances at the RDT
Aug 11
rehearsals & performances at the RDT
reception with dinner to follow
Aug 12
bus departs for Plovdiv
Bachkovo Monastery (11th. century)
Plovdiv, check-in
Old Town and Ancient Amphitheater
Plovdiv Dramatichen Theatre walking tour
rehearsals at the PDT
Aug 13
rehearsals & performances at the PDT
reception-RITL/PDT dinner to follow
Aug 14
morning, bus departs for Sofia
-Participants will be free to leave from either Plovdiv or Sofia on Aug 14. If traveling from Sofia, departures should not be scheduled for earlier than 18:00. In most cases, departures will have to occur on Aug 15. Options for various levels of affordable, centrally-located accommodations will be suggested.
CORE TRAINING CURRICULUM
Morning Performance Workshop with Theatre Anthropology – 9:00-12:00, Monday-Friday
Physically-demanding storytelling techniques and roots of performance: Training in and juxtaposition of physically-demanding techniques and concurrent discussions of the roots, impetuses, and developments of Performance.
Afternoon Performance Workshop – 13:30-15:00 or 15:30-17:30, Monday-Friday
Tradition-based theatre-making techniques: Intensive training in tradition-influenced performance techniques.
Theatre-Making Workshop – 13:30-15:00 or 15:30-17:00, Monday-Friday
Without an established text as a map, participants are guided through the process of creating short pieces of theatre, as they react to the chosen narratives and related works of art, music, architecture, etc., and pull from their new understanding of the forms explored throughout the RITL.
Independent Projects – 19:00-22:30, Monday-Friday and 14:30-18:00, Saturday
Students are assigned to work as performers on pieces-in-progress with professional artists-in-residence, advanced directing students, returning participants, and faculty.
Special Topics: lectures/workshops/seminars/readings – 10:00, Saturday
One-time introductory workshops conducted by visiting and resident artists, e.g., explorations of emerging digital technologies within the performing arts (physically interactive media environments and new relationships between author, performer, and audience), traditional and modern approaches to puppetry/object-based performance, creating one-player performances, as well as conversations related to the ongoing investigations of the chosen narratives, the application of parallels, theatre anthropology, rebuilding narratives, the history of collaboration, the fusion of theatrical forms, etc.
