Summer 2022

Program Summary

Total Workshops: 12
Total Hours: 124
Venues: 4
Duration: 5 Weeks

Team members

Founder and Program Director: alaa minawi
Assistant Director and Production Manager: Georges Aboud
Social Media and Communication Manager: Omar Daou
Interns: Fatmeh Mroue, Yara Sadek, Ramy Chahine, Romario Akiki

Workshops
(Workshops are conducted in Arabic)

1. Dress codes for theater play characters
with Bshara Atallah

Brief:
The workshop puts into the light how costume designers/stylists for plays find many different ways to make the characters shine ... (click here for more)

2. Sound for theater

with Ziad moukarzel

Brief:
The workshop how to creatively use sound technology in theater...(click here for more)

3. A Contemporary Dance Workshop
with Ali Chahrour

Brief:
A dance workshop that deals with the techniques of the sequences of movements in (click here for more)

4. The Narrative in Light
with alaa minawi

Brief:
The presence of the light designer in a performance assumes the presence of his/her personal narr.(click here for more)

5. Writing

with Chrystel Khodor

Brief:
The workshop would focus on writing for theater as a political, experimental and collective space ...(click here for more)

6. Theater directing;
a negotiation with the present
with Hashem Adnan

Brief:
Directing involves a sequence of stages that can be constructed and reconstructed a ...(click here for more)

7. Objects, spaces, situations and stories
with Rami Chahine

Brief:
The workshop Working with objects, spaces and relationships ...(click here for more)

8. Let's Play
Introduction to Improvisation
with Ali Dawii

Brief:
The workshop is an introductory course to the basics of improvisational theater. Improvisation, (click here for more)

9. Drag 101

with Hoedy Saad

Brief:
An introduction to the art of drag in all its forms and purposes. Discovering the art of drag from theory through ...(click here for more)

10. Building a Character

with Carole Abboud

Brief:
The workshop will introduce a mix of several acting methods that Carole learned through out her career in addition... (click here for more)

11. Choreography & Research
With Petra Serhal

Brief:
The workshop will be divided into two parts. The first to look at the process of my work in choreography... (click here for more)

12. Stand Up Comedy

With Shaden Fakih

Brief:
This is not a workshop but rather a hosting of Shaden as a guest speaker.... (click here for more)

Curated Lunches

Every Saturday, the school invites a prominent practitioner in the theater and performance arts field in Lebanon to discuss their practice while cooking lunch for them and the workshop participants.
The names of the guests for summer 2022 were:
Marie-elise Youssef Aad from Hemmana Artist house
Josyane Boulus from Monnot Theater
Ahlam Dirani from the Coop initiative
Hagop Derghougassian from Monnot Theater
Location: Mansion

Discussion Sessions
with Anas Younes

Every Sunday during the summer school, Anas Younes Moderates a Discussion Session around various topics related to theater.
Anas Younes is a Theatre practitioner, cultural activist, and puppeteer. Anas joined the Koon team at the beginning of 2020. He produced two applied performances in alternative spaces. He is also working with Laban cultural organization as a development manager on the cultural administration and artistic consultancy levels. Anas graduated from AUL University, majored in drama and literature, and is now finishing his MA in theatre studies at USJ.

Time / Date: Every Sunday 14:00 - 15:00
Location: Barzakh - Hamra main Street

Dates

Every Thursday / Friday evening time and every Saturday/Sunday all day.
09 June till 10 July 2022

Locations

The workshops took place at different venues in Beirut

Mansion - Zoukak El Blat - Beirut Lebanon (Click here to find Mansion on Google Maps)

Studio Laban - Speers, Rooftop of Zico House Building, Beirut Lebanon (Click here to find Laban studio on Google Maps)

Houna Center - Hamra Street - Beirut Lebanon (Click here to find Houna Center on Google Maps)

Ettijahat - Mar Mkhayel Street - Beirut Lebanon (Click here to find Ettijahat on Google Map)

Barzakh Library - Hamra Main Street - Beirut Lebanon (Click here to find Barzakh Library on Google Map)

The Participants of the Summer 2022 Beirut Summer School Program:

Gaelle Al ayle
Myriam Saade
Julien Chaaya
Naseem Al Banna
Claris Hanna
Kinan Hatem
Ahmad Masri
Zeina Mokdad
Sophie Haj Hassan
Rachid Hneinieieh
Asmaa Al Ghrawi
Hannah Yazbeck

$Nassim L Banna is an organ of thought and time fracture. After four years of college that varied between physics, theater, and philosophy, he drew away from academic life into self-education, risking an uncertified life. Reading, acting, writing, organizing, photography, and VJ’ing is how his time breaks and fractures.$

Nassim L Banna