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International Festival of Contemporary Theatre \u201cHomo Novus\u201d<\/a> invites arts professionals and teenagers (14+) interested in the arts to participate in the festival school \u201cAdrift on Avotu Street\u201d led by the artist collective \u201cMammalian Diving Reflex\u201d (Canada), which will take place in Riga during the festival from 31 August to 7 September 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n WHAT WE\u2019RE GOING TO DO<\/strong> WHY WE\u2019RE GOING TO DO IT:<\/strong> YOU SHOULD DO THIS IF:<\/strong><\/p>\n Apply by filling in the form (deadline \u2013 5 Aug): ej.uz\/HN24festivalaskola<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWe will spend a week meeting the people who live, work, walk and roll on Avotu Street. We will ask them questions about their lives and who they think are the most interesting people who live, work, walk and roll on Avotu Street. Then we’ll sit down – sometimes together, sometimes in small groups, sometimes on our own – and come up with at least one idea for a participatory performance involving each and every person we’ve met on Avotu Street. Then we’ll invite the people from Avotu Street and present our ideas to them and to the Homo Novus programmers. And we’ll see if we can get any bites.<\/p>\n
\nFirst of all, we\u2019re doing it because it sounds like a great way to spend a week and get to know a neighborhood. Second, it is a way to gain various skills involved with doing a socially-engaged site-visit to create performance works for a participatory public in collaboration with individuals from a given community. Third, it is a way of meeting people, and trying to think of fun and interesting things to do with them, to share them (the people) with the world.<\/p>\n
\nABOUT THE PROCESS<\/strong>
\nThere will be a virtual meeting in early August (date TBD) to share more about the workshops.
\nIt\u2019s important that participants are available to attend as many days as possible. The workshops run daily from 10am to 6pm (August 31st – September 6th) with some flexibility, but ideally you will be available for the whole workshop on Saturday August 31st and Friday September 6th.
\nSome knowledge of English is required as all the festival school activities are led in English, but we\u2019ll need help with Latvian to talk to the people on Avotu Street.
\nParticipants will be provided with snacks and meals.<\/p>\n