MENTE COLLETTIVA Notice of Admissions to the Workshop - Napoli Teatro Festival Italia

Notice of Admissions to the Workshop
                                   MENTE COLLETTIVA
                           Masterclass for directors, actors,
                         playwrights, set designers, dramaturg
             directed by Eugenio Barba, Lorenzo Gleijeses and Julia Varley

                           Final staging of the rehearsals for the show:
          UNA GIORNATA QUALUNQUE DEL DANZATORE GREGORIO SAMSA
                  directed by Eugenio Barba, Lorenzo Gleijeses and Julia Varley
                                  lights and sound Mirto Baliani
                                project supervisor Manolo Muoio

Introduction
The Fondazione Campania dei Festival, for the upcoming XI edition of Napoli Teatro Festival Italia
2018, set to take place in Napoli from June 8th to July 11th 2018, under the artistic direction of
Ruggero Cappuccio, is giving great importance to the workshop activities dealing with stage art
and performances. The effort is to bring together great masters of theatre with young talents, in
order to generate an exchange of culture and knowledge between distant and diverse realities.

Artistic Project
For this year's edition of the Festival, Eugenio Barba, Lorenzo Gleijeses and Julia Varley will
rehearse for one week the show entitled: UNA GIORNATA QUALUNQUE DEL DANZATORE
GREGORIO SAMSA, together with 25 other participants selected, at the 'NEST - Napoli Est Teatro'.
After attending the rehearsals, participants will gather to question and discuss the daily work
activities. Eugenio Barba and his co-workers will offer suggestions to change and improve, try new
directions. The selected participants are therefore part of this process, and will be introduced to a
new, exclusive and delicate - in a way repetitive - method of work and creation. Those attending
will be required to set forth a specific type of self-discipline; one of quality and observation,
demanding high levels of concentration, in order to sustain the performer, director and all others
involved. This is the only way to avoid a minimising and trivialising of the creative process, to
prevent any external and irrelevant presences.
During rehearsals, new plots and ideas are constantly emerging; some intertwine, others get lost.
Meanwhile, the "collective mind" is moving towards a specific goal: to gain insight and work-out
the dramatic elements that are developing. New solutions are considered; strategies and attempts

to reveal as to where these elements may lead us, and the stories that are triggered. What might
be the best "endings" for them.
The day will start with an hour of training exercises for the actor, followed by a few consecutive
hours of rehearsals. No further specific activities can be set at this time, as the process itself will
suggest and guide the programme of the workshop.
In theatre, we refer to the "collective mind" as a group of people that are motivated and engaged
in a creative process that does not aim exclusively at fixed and standard projects. The "collective
mind", in fact, seeks to blend in different specialized fields, at various levels of experience and
responsibility, in a single set-up process much similar to the ones carried out by the individual
mind when creating or inventing: sudden changes of direction, deviations, the ability to take
advantage of unexpected events and occurrences; a shift between different levels of the organised
thought (pre-expressive, organic drama, narrative drama, space invention and creation, the
musical context/universe ect.). The "collective mind" is balanced out by the effort to programme
and at the same time demolish it's own intentions.
The title of the new show featuring Lorenzo Gleijeses is UNA GIORNATA QUALUNQUE DEL
DANZATORE GREGORIO SAMSA; specific boundaries outline the drama, and there is a clear
starting point: the story of a dancer, living in a universe that suggests themes from the literary
artwork and genius of Franz Kafka.

Workshop Programme

The workshop is free of charge, and will be in Italian language; a total number of 25 participants
will be accepted.
The workshop is scheduled for June 23 to 29, 2018.
At: Teatro NEST Via Bernardino Martirano, 14, 80146 Napoli NA
A final staged performance is in programme for June 29th, 2018; at the Teatro NEST.

PROGRAMME
JUNE 22;
THE SET-UP DAY: set-up will start at 8am, exit from theatre at midnight.

JUNE 23;
- at 3pm - presentation to those dealing with the set-up of the materials of Una giornata
qualunque del danzatore Gregorio Samsa; a presentation of the project and how it came to be,
(from the Progetto 58° Parallelo Nord al danzatore Gregorio Samsa).
Supervised by Lorenzo Gleijeses.

JUNE 24;
- from 11am to 2pm - 1 hour of actor training and read-through of the show Una giornata
qualunque del danzatore Gregorio Samsa.
- from 3pm to 6pm - a presentation of any residual elements and drama materials created for the
show, as well as a focus on the work that will be subject of the masterclass in the following days.
Supervised by Lorenzo Gleijeses.

JUNE 25;
- from 11am to 2pm - 1 hour of actor training and read-through of the show Una giornata
qualunque del danzatore Gregorio Samsa; and a first meeting and assembly with Eugenio Barba,
Julia Varley and the participants.
- from 3pm to 6pm - Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley will look at, together with the selected
participants, at the materials and elements to be included for the show. A first confrontation on
these elements will be made.
Supervised by Eugenio Barba, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Julia Varley

JUNE 26/27/28;
- from 11am to 2pm - 1 hour of actor training and read-through of the show Una giornata
qualunque del danzatore Gregorio Samsa; rehearsals with Eugenio Barba.
- from 3pm to 6pm - Eugenio Barba will proceed, in collaboration with other participants, in the
set-up and organisation of new materials; any partial changes of the structure of the show will be
considered; participants will delve into the plot of the drama; Eugenio Barba will then direct any
further and necessary rehearsals and confront with the actors and participants, listening to and
questioning the different suggestions, giving explanations on his work processes and methods.
Supervised by Eugenio Barba, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Julia Varley.

JUNE 29;
An opening to the audience (at this point of the programme, the final result will depend on the
work carried out during the previous days): (approximate activity time: 3pm/7pm)

The admission criteria and procedure, and the documentation to present is the following:
Selections to the workshop are open to:
     Aspiring directors, actors, playwrights, set designers, dramaturg of both sexes, that on April
        6th, 2018, publishing date of the current notice, are at least 18 years of age.

The admission request module must be filled-out in Italian language, and may be found using the
link from the website www.napoliteatrofestival.it - under the section bandi ed avvisi
(announcements and notices).
The admission request module must include the candidate's personal data and the following
documentation:
- an artistic CV résumé in pdf format; (no more than 700 words)
- a motivational letter in pdf format; (no more than 350 words)
- one head portrait and one full-body picture;
- a certification of availability for the days of the workshop indicated;
- a copy of the candidate's ID. (Identification Document);
- a copy of the candidate's "codice fiscale" (National Insurance Number);

The only admission requests that will be taken in consideration are the ones sent exclusively on-
line, before and not after 10am of May 7th, 2018.

Evaluation
The final judgement may not be contested - the directors will decide which candidates to select.

Posting of the results
The directors will provide the Fondazione with a full list of the names of the participants selected
before May 14th, 2018. The Fondazione will take responsibility in publishing the results on it's
own institutional main website.

Certificate
The Fondazione will issue to the chosen participants a final certificate, in proof of having
successfully attended and accomplished the workshop.

LA FONDAZIONE, NEL QUADRO DEGLI OBIETTIVI SOPRAINDICATI,
              È SOGGETTO BENEFICIARIO DI RISORSE DI DERIVAZIONE NAZIONALE E COMUNITARIA ED IN TALE VESTE,
   NELL’AMBITO DELLE AZIONI PREVISTE DAL P.O.C. È SOGGETTO ORGANIZZATORE E GESTORE DEL PROGETTO Napoli Teatro
Festival Italia, per una ricongiunzione organica tra le arti DI CUI ALLA D.G.R. N. 653 del 18/10/2017 RECANTE PIANO OPERATIVO
      COMPLEMENTARE PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI Programmazione 2018 E CONTRATTO DI SERVIZI ACCESSIVO
    SOTTOSCRITTO CON LA REGIONE CAMPANIA DI CUI AL CUP. B68J17000050005 MEDIANTE IL QUALE AMPLIA LA PROPRIA
   OFFERTA SUL TERRITORIO, PROPONENDO IL PRECITATO LABORATORIO IN COSTANZA DEL NAPOLI TEATRO FESTIVAL 2018.
                                                                 *****
                                                        IL PRESENTE “AVVISO”
                       NON COSTITUISCE OFFERTA AL PUBBLICO AI SENSI DELL’ART. 1336 DEL CODICE CIVILE.
AI SOGGETTI PARTECIPANTI E SELEZIONATI NULLA È DOVUTO DALLA FONDAZIONE E DALLE STRUTTURE CITATE NEL CORPO DEL
                                    TESTOANCHE A TITOLO DI RIMBORSO DELLE SPESE SOSTENUTE.
                             LE INFORMAZIONI PRESENTI NEI DOCUMENTI INERENTI LE MANIFESTAZIONI
             DI INTERESSE PERVENUTE SARANNO TRATTATE NEL RISPETTO DEL D.L. 196/2003 (S.M.I.) SULLA PRIVACY.

Naples, April 6th, 2018