The Mediterranean: Stage of Culture
Monday July 15—Wednesday July 24, 2019 at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon
In its inaugural year, DLM was launched on Monday July 15 at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and closed on July 24, 2019. Hosted by the AUB Theater Initiative and Fine Arts and Art History Department, this first edition brought together 17 emerging and mid-career stage directors from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Greece, Jordan, Lithuania, Serbia, Mexico and Russia in a fascinating 10 days program that included workshops, shared sessions, rehearsals and discussions with major guest artists from around the Mediterranean.
LAB PARTICIPANTS
Antoniou, Manolis Canada
Bouziouri, Martha Greece
Burton, Ronn USA
Cosic, Miljana Russia
Doria, Sandy USA
Ghoussaini, Noelle USA
Idressi, Mohammad Jordan
Klimaite, Monika Lithuania
Miloud, Dalila France
Parsons Lord, Penelope Australia
Pichler, Leonie Germany
Quinn, Jennifer Canada
Soutou, Phaedra Greece
Van Dyck, Paul Canada
Vasiljevic, Srda USA
Coordinator: Basma Baydoun
Assistant Coordinator: Abdallah Kaddoura
DLM Associate Members: Doyle Avant, Raffi Feghali, Robert Myers
Shared Sessions by Participants
From Field to Stage: Ethics and Tools of Contemporary Documentary Theatre Making by Martha Bouziouri
Artistic Investigation by Petra Leonie Pichler
Closeness and Remoteness: Utilizing Personal Narrative for Public Discourse by Sandy Doria
Embodied Installations: What is our Shape? by Noelle Ghoussaini
Le Bouffon by Penelope Parsons Lord
The Greek Chorus as a Rehearsal/Dramaturgical/Storytelling Device by Manolis Antoniou
The Alba Technique by Ronn Burton
Theatre for One, Made by Many by Srda Vasiljevic
Kokology by Miljana Cosic
Release Technique by Phaedra Soutou
Workshops and Sessions by Guest Artists
The MedLabies: A Personal Look by Raffi Feghali
Body and Text in Contemporary Ritual Performance by Dimitris Tsiamis and Eleni Chatzigeorgiou
The Agrupacion Senor Serrano Method by Alex Serrano and Pau Palacios
Teatro Lucido by Wendy Moira Santoro
Combat Butterflies: Intervention by Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolo
Towards Arab Dramaturgies Second Symposium with Roger Assaf, Marie Elias, and Aliya Khalidi
For more on the above, click here to download DLM 2019 File
Special Thanks
Nadia Cheikh, AUB FAS Dean
Adiba Jebara, Fine Arts and Art History
Hiba Hamade, Student Affairs
Halim Azar, Tech. Student Affairs
Michel Melhem, Janitorial Services
Anis Abdallah, Groundskeeping
Christine Youakim, Performer
Joyce Abou Jaoude, Performer
Hammana Artist House
Atelier Assaf
Joseph Azar, I.T Services
Tarek Daw ,Tech. Student Affairs
Razan Harb, I.T Services
Fady Ghorayed, Protection
Tamara Maatouk, Film