Actor Training in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective
(6-part web series)๐๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 21๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ: A Gl๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ P๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ is a six-part series hosted by Dr Peter Zazzali, Program Leader of BA(Hons) Acting at LASALLE College of the Arts. Featuring conversations with some of the foremost trainers across four continents, each week a new guest joins Peter in unpacking subjects ranging from the cultural and political to the professional and pedagogical.
Series Overview:
๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ: ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป – ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐; ๐จ๐ฆ๐ | โInnovation and Entrepreneurism in Training the 21st Century Actorโ
Conversation with Travis Preston, Dean, Theatre School as well as Artistic Director, CalArts Center for New Performance at the California Institute of the Arts, USA. Travis speaks about Innovation and entrepreneurism in training the 21st century actor, something that has become especially pressing in the aftermath of COVID-19.
๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ: ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ – ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐๐; ๐๐จ๐ฆ | โTraining Actors in Contemporary Australiaโ
Conversation with Glenda Linscott, Senior Lecturer, Head of Acting, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Glenda shares about approaches to training actors in contemporary Australia and talks about how conservatoire training has had to adapt in the wake of COVID-19.
๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ 3: ๐ง. ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป – ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ; ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ | โInterculturalism and Training the Performing Artist: A Singaporean Perspectiveโ
Conversation with T. Sasitharan, co-founder and director of the Intercultural Theatre Institute, Singapore. Sasi sheds light into the Singaporean perspective of interculturalism and training the performing artist.
๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฐ: ๐๐ฟ. ๐ง๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ – ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ; ๐จ๐ | โTowards a Radical Politics of Actor Trainingโ
Conversation with Dr Tom Cornford from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Tom addresses matters of diversity, inclusion, and social justice in contemporary actor training.
๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฑ (๐๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐. ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ & ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ . ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐; ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐) | โNegotiating Western Praxis in Asia: Training at Ateneo de Manila Universityโ
Conversation with Dr Tom Cornford from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Tom addresses matters of diversity, inclusion, and social justice in contemporary actor training.
๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ (๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ – ๐ง๐ผ๐ถ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ: ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น; ๐ก๐ญ) | โTraining in New Zealand: A Bicultural Approachโ
Conversation with Heather Timms from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. Heather shares insights into the bicultural approach of actor training in New Zealand, whereby western and Mฤori epistemologies and pedagogies are integrated.