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---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Date: Friday, June 3, 2005 13:33 +0200 From: chris baldwin <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SCUDD] Archaeology and Performance - La Rioja *****SCUDD LIST MAILING****** Please note that clicking 'reply' to this message sends your response to everyone on the list, not simply the sender of this message ******* Contrebia Leukade Performance, Devising and Archaeology 31st July to August 13th 2005 Spiral -- La Rioja have just been awarded a major EU award to develop their work in performance, theatre and archaeology over the next three years. The project will culminate in a outdoor performance in 2007 for an expected audience of 700 to 1000 per night. In August 2005 Spiral is offering an opportunity for 17 participants to develop further the work begun in the summer of 2004. A 12 day workshop run by Spiral and a team of professional archaeologists and restorers will combine a series of workshops on the archaeology of Contrebia with the development of devised theatre performance. The Project Site: Outside the remote village of Aguilar del Rio Alhama, La Rioja, are located the remains of an Iberian Celtic defensive city Contrebia Leukade. Probably the most important site in Celtic Spain this mountain location has been undergoing extensive excavation over the last decade. Gradually a superb and surprising story is being revealed making archaeologists and historians rethink the early history of Spain. Over the past two years, alongside this team of archaeologists, Spiral has been working on a series of theatre programmes, workshops and performances which brings together the stories emerging from Contrebia Leukade with the potential of the site as performance space. In the summer of 2004 an international workshop event took place in which theatre participants from around Europe spent a week researching Contrebia Leukade and devising a piece of devised theatre. Throughout 2004-5 a series of professional performances have been developed at the excavation itself and in the nearby Centro de Interpretation. In August 2005 Spiral is offering an opportunity for 17 participants to develop further the work begun in the summer of 2004. A 12 day workshop run by Spiral and a team of professional archaeologists and restorers will combine a series of workshops on the archaeology of Contrebia with the development of devised theatre performance. The project will begin on Sunday 31st July with a supper and welcoming event. The next day ( Monday 1 August ) will be spent in a theatre workshop run by Chris Baldwin, director of Spiral and Fernando Barcebal, director of NAQUE Spain, followed by a day investigating the archaeology of the site led by Jose Antonio Vera, director of excavations at Contrebia Leukade. Subsequent days will be dedicated to either theatre practice or archaeological practice and include participation in excavation, pottery restoration and opportunities to learn more about the complex history of the Celts and Romans at Contrebia Leukade. These activities will be complimented by a series of theatre workshops exploring approaches to theatre devising, object manipulation and story development using Contrebia as a starting point. Evenings are dedicated to visits to local places of interest and outstanding natural beauty or simply relaxing and having a drink and a meal under the stars. The final evening of the workshop will take place at Contrebia Leukade where, with the use of flare like torches to light up the excavation, an evening of storytelling and theatre will be presented to the public. Further details: A team of six theatre practitioners and archaeologists are running the project led by Chris Baldwin (visiting professor at Rose Bruford College) and Jose Antonio Vega (Chair in Archaeology, University of Zaragoza) . · Dates: 31st July to 13th August (13 nights) · Cost: 750 Euros or 550 GBP's per person. Price includes workshop participation, accommodation and food (please see additional points below) · A team of five theatre and archaeology specialists will lead the project. · Meals include lunch and supper apart from two evenings where we will visit local villages and eat supper in simple bars or restaurants. Breakfast also excluded. · Accommodation is based on two people sharing one room in either a Casa Rural (rural hotel) or a series of village houses rented especially for the project. · Travel to Aguilar del Rio Alhama. We are happy to help you plan your journey to this remote and spectacular setting. Getting to the village by public transport is possible (bus service) although the trip needs planning carefully. Flights from the UK: Flights from Stanstead to Zaragoza ( www.ryanair.com ) are daily and extremely reasonably priced. Zaragoza to Aguilar is approximately 1.5 hours by car. Flights to Madrid and Bilbao (www.easyjet.com) are also daily and inexpensive. Travel time by car to the village is approximately 3 hours from both cities. Please feel free to contact us at Spiral for any further advice. · Participation in the project is determined by Curriculum Vitae. Spiral reserves the right to decline a request to participate. For more details visit: http://www.tallerspiral.com or email us at: [log in to unmask] ______________ To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit www.scudd.org.uk/list ______________ ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- ---------------------- Dr A A Piccini Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television University of Bristol Cantocks Close, Woodland Road Bristol BS8 1UP T: +44 0117 954 5472 E: [log in to unmask]