At the SDEA Theatre Arts Conference 2015, DUENDE's founder and artistic director John Britton, presented a workshop and a paper on the principles of Self-With-Others, a psychosocial approach to making work. Self With Others is the heart of John’s work as a teacher, director and performer. He uses this approach to train existing companies, professional performers, students and others in groups and individually.
The first paper, Performance Training: The Next Generation, shares the history of alternative training initiatives (in particular Black Mountain College & Dartington College) and how those histories have helped form John Britton‘s ideas for The Duende School of Ensemble Physical Theatre. Read more HERE.
The second is a shorter version of a lecture John gave at Balettakademien Stockholm in 2013 & 14 – and is about training techniques of presence and liveness. Read more HERE.
Both papers were delivered at the SDEA Theatre Arts Conference 2015 themed ‘Standing Still; Still Standing’ in Singapore, June 2015.