Category: 2012
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Session One: The Symbolists & The Futurists
by Gwethalyn The first few moments of the first session are always accompanied by a certain amount of incredulity from my unrelentingly skeptical brain. Is it really possible that we have all gathered here to do this work that I so love? Have we really managed to make this work again? For 24 (TWENTYFOUR!) years…
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It’s Workshop Time!
By Gwethalyn So it has come again, workshop time. The best time. I find myself once again engaged in two weeks of a surreal existence where my time is split between periods of extremely intense creative and artistic stimulation for myself and those I am teaching and periods of answering phones and paying the bills…
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Schedule of Meetings
If you are uncertain about MXTW, then please feel free to come to one of our early sessions and try it out for yourself. If you are interested in participating, but already know you will have to miss some of these sessions, please contact director Gwethalyn Williams at lys@ku.edu or 785-550-1312 to discuss possible options for your participation. Usually…
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MHS Recruiting
Gweth and I had a great time talking and playing theater games at Manhattan High School today. It was wonderful to see all the kids: both familiar and new. Felix (as always) had something great to say about the workshop: His first 5 reasons for doing the workshop: “It’s cool, it’s cool, it’s cool, it’s…
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Recruiting
Gweth, Josh, Megan, Chad, and I met at the Manhattan Arts Center today to talk with kids who are interested in the workshop this year about recruitment and to play some MXTW games. We did a lot of the basic stuff: walking through the space, different qualities of walking, shaping, shaping in groups of 2,…
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2012 Whole Company Session Schedule
2012 Whole Company Schedule: All sessions are at the Manhattan Arts Center Session I — Sat, May 12, 3:00-6:00 Session II — Sun, May 13, 3:00-6:00 Session III — Tues, May 15, 3:45-6:45 Session IV – Thurs, May 17, 3:45-6:45 Session V — Sat, May 19, 6:00-9:00 Session VI – Tues, May 22, 3:45-6:45 Session…
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The 2012 Reader
Rachilde: “The Transparent Doll,” “Pleasure,” & “The Painted Woman” F. T. Marinetti: “The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism” Giacomo Balla: “Disconcerted States of Mind” Paolo Buzzi: “the Futurist Prize” & “3nomial Voices Whirlpool Destruction” Francesco Gaugiullo: “Detonation” Remo Chiti: “Words” Fortunato Depero: “Colors” Guglielmo Jannelli & Luciano Nicastro: “Synthesis of Syntheses” Oskar Kokoschka: “Murderer The…
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Applications for Summer 2012 Experimental Theater Workshop being accepted now!
3 WAYS TO APPLY ONLINE [googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheet/embeddedform” query=”formkey=dF93U1NaOENlUlFoaGprTERTTjRVWUE6MQ” width=”760″ height=”1187″ /] EMAIL: our Director Gwethalyn Williams at lys@gmail.com with the following info: name, address, phone number, email, age, year in school last completed, interests, and abilities. As well as a description of a performance you have done. This can be anything you have…