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Previous Residents:
2005
Brendan McCall is a
movement artist based in New York City. He became aware of ACCEA/NPAK
artist residency program through Zach Poff (2002 Residency Program).
Zack and Brendan have been collaborating on new work together for the
past couple of years. Along with a sound artist (NB Aldrich) they
created a 35 minute intermedia solo performance piece, "Kick in the
Eye," which has been presented in Vermont, New York, Maine, and
California since October of 2004. They traveled to the Polli Talu Arts
Center in Estonia this in spring of 2005 for 2 weeks, to have
concentrated time to develop new work as a cross-disciplinary team.
McCall is currently in the world-premiere of Kelly Stuart's play "The
Life of Spiders," which runs through April 11th. In addition to acting,
He performs aerial silk trapeze. In addition to developing new work of
his own, he will dance in a new all-male choreography by Alexandra
Beller (formerly of Bill T. Jones Dance Company) in late April, and
co-direct the Shri Yoga Teacher Training Program in New York. He has
taught dance, movement, and physical theater at various institutions in
the past 10 years, including New York University (1996-2001), the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (2000-02), Holderness Theater Company
(1998-2003), Bennington College (2002-03), and the Yale School of Drama
(2002-present). He has also been a returning Master Teacher to various
dance programs in Stockholm, Sweden for the past 2 years.
In Armenia he foresaw and accomplished a rich opportunity, concentrating
on developing more of his own work, as well as having possibilities to
share and dialogue with local artists during the period of the
residency.
BLACK BOX
By Gagik Ghazareh*
Black Box is the
unknown which is forced upon us as the boundary of truth. To know beyond
it means being at the center of a dead alley, where the high-rise towers
of contemporary civilization collapse. Today the Black Box is the
wrapping by which planet earth has been attractively wrapped and put on
the market at cheap price. In the Black Box everything is done in the
name of the Black Box. By making man self-centered the Black Box
deprives him from collective self. It imposes sick feelings of loss of
identity. In the Black Box the self is the Black Box itself.
Work with Brendan McCall was a wonderful opportunity for not only
appreciating the mind-set of the artists of the American theater, but
also getting to know an American per se.
Human communication and mutual social interest are at the foundation of
our theater and are basic tenets of its productions.
I can say with pleasure that Brendan McCall became “NPAK” Theater
Company’s first international member. Working with him was drenched with
high level of professionalism and genuine immediacy.
As a result, the English and Armenian language joint production
simultaneous with outpour of human anxiety became very delicate and
accessible.
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Gagik Ghazareh is Coordinator of Theater and Cinema Department at ACCEA/NPAK |
