NOTE: This event has passed, to read an online version of the presentation, click here: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104599.
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I’m honored to be invited to speak as part of a the Directing Focus Group’s Debut Panel at this year’s ATHE, Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference (online).
Devising Commedia As An Antiracist Practice Through The Artful Token
This presentation will recount some of Jordan Rosin’s key insights from producing and directing an ensemble-devised Contemporary Commedia adaptation of Goldoni’s The Artful Widow with undergraduate students at Virginia Tech, employing a process which combined The Ume Group’s Devising Methodology, Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process, Theatrical Intimacy Education-inspired boundary practices, and Nicole Brewer’s Antiracist Theatre principles. Major insights revolve around opportunities and limitations of Commedia as an antiracist/anti-oppressive practice, as well as the synergies between consent, harm prevention, Liz Lerman’s CRP, Emergent Strategy, and the roles of actor-creator and director-as-facilitator.
The presentation is Saturday, August 7, 12:30 – 2:00pm EDT. Anyone can register to attend the conference, which is chock full of fantastic speakers and timely conversations.
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Jordan Rosin (he & they) is a director/choreographer, actor/creator, and researcher/teacher, specializing in applied & ensemble-devised physical theatres. He is a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of the New York City-based physical theatre ensemble, The Ume Group and a frequent collaborator with the butoh/physical theatre company 連翹奏 Ren Gyo Soh. They hold a BFA in Drama from Syracuse University and an MFA in Ensemble-Based Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte International, where their practice-as-research thesis explored the intersection of Clown & Melodrama. Jordan is a member of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators and winner of their 2019 “Integrated Artist-Scholar” & 2020 “Innovation Fellowship” awards; as well as a member of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education; Playback North America; International Playback Theatre Network; Network of Ensemble Theatres; and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC Associate). From 2019-2021, Jordan was on faculty at Virginia Tech’s School of Performing Arts where he taught Acting & Applied Theatre as a Post-MFA Teaching Fellow in the Dept. of Theatre & Cinema.
www.jordanrosin.net /
@jordanrosin
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