Summer 2023

WORKSHOPS

Anatomy of The Character
with Cyrine Gannoun
This workshop invites participants to explore the anatomical structure of their body in order to best compose the different characters .

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Contemporary Dance Workshop
with Ali Chahrour
A dance workshop that deals with the techniques of the sequences of movements.

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Let's Play Introduction to Improvisation
with Ali Dawi
The workshop is an introductory course to the basics of improvisational theater. Improvisation, in theatre, is the playing of dramatic scenes without written dialogue.

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The Narrative in Light
with alaa minawi
The presence of the light designer in a performance assumes the presence of his/her personal narrative. This workshop involves a series attempts to achieve that.

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Drama Therapy for Personal Growth
Zeina Daccache
Drama Therapy is the intentional use of drama and/or theater processes to achieve therapeutic goals. It combines the aims and techniques of drama .

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Mime and More
with Marielise Ad
Placing the body at the center of the work, the sessions will invite the participants to visit their inner worlds and the connection with a partner.

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Cultural Management
Cyrine Gannoun
Cyrine provided this workshop in order to highlight the interest of such a specialization in the setting up of cultural projects .

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Yoga and Practical Application
Hisham Nasr
The workshop approaches the subject of yoga from two aspects, the theoretical aspect (dialogue / lecture / presentation)

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Sound for theater
Wth Ziad moukarzel
The workshop how to creatively use sound technology in theater.

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Objects and Spaces
with Rami Chahine
Realizing the sensitive nuances of meaning communicated by the setup of a space. Creating stories from the objects and spaces that surround us.

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Theater directing; a negotiation with the present
with Hashem Adnan
Directing involves a sequence of stages that can be constructed and reconstructed.

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Rhythm & Observations
Badih Abou Chakra
Starting with simple observations from our daily life, how to dive in the characters rhythm, body and soul.

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Technical Lights
with Mohamad Farhat
Introduce the participant to the technical side of light design (Electricity, Dimmers, and more).

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Drag 101
with Hoedy Saad
An introduction to the art of drag in all its forms and purposes. Discovering the art of drag from theory through execution covering makeup, outfits, music ...

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A Journey in Exploring Voice
 Khaled Omran
The workshop revolves around our relationship with our bodies and how we deal with them as a tool for expression, especially our human voices and their wide spaces...

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Exploring Inner Landscapes
Eric Deniaud
With an increased awareness of our body and of our senses as a starting point, the workshop will lead us to explore and perceive.

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Discussion Sessions
with Anas Younes
Every Sunday during the summer school, Anas Younes moderated a discussion session around various topics related to theater.
The topics were related to the workshops that the participants took throughout the week. It was a moment to look back and reflect on them.

Curated Lunches
Every Saturday, the school invited a prominent practitioner in the theater and performance arts field, ,sometimes from outside the field, to discuss their practice while cooking lunch for the workshop participants.
The names of the guests for the curated lunches:
Sahar Assaf
Farah Wardani
Lary BouSafi
Alaa Minawi

Sharing Practices
A residency with Petra Serhal and GN | MC
With the support of the Spanish Embassy in Lebanon, the Beirut summer school is proud to announce the launching of a new residency program under the name "Sharing Practices", where an artist/collective from Lebanon undergoes a 10 days residency with an artist/collective from outside Lebanon. They meet and explore their practices, work methods, and views. It is a way to grow seeds that might lead to a collaboration.
For Summer 2023, the Beirut Summer School is glad to invite the multidisciplinary artist Petra Serhal from Lebanon to meet the choreographer and dancers Guy Nader and Maria Campos who make the ensemble GN | MC form Spain and do a the residency together.

The participants of the summer school will meet Petra, Guy, and Maria in three occasions; at the start of the residency, in the middle, and at the end of it. In these meetings, the artists will discuss what they aim to reach and how they developed their explorations.

By the end of the residency, Petra and Gn|MC would do a presentation to the public.
The rehearsals and presentation would take place in Houna Center Beirut.