2016 NET—Through the Lookingglass: Developing New Ensemble Work Within an Academic Setting
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2016-06-30

The Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET), in association with Columbia College of Chicago and the League of Chicago Theatres, presents the second event in our multi-year series of national symposia that brings together ensemble artists, practitioners, and educators. This event is livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on May 20—22. In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @NETEnsembles.

This weekend’s programming has been curated for viewing through six core thematic lenses: 1) art + university + community; 2) navigating the academy/industry relationship; 3) movement + physical theatre approaches; 4) cultural pluralism, equity, diversity, and inclusion; 5) technology + innovation; and 6) place.

With growing interest in ensemble scholarship and pedagogy, and an increase in ensemble artists entering academia, today’s “next generation” artists benefit from earlier, more visible, and more frequent access and exposure to ensemble-based training. These opportunities are now offered through numerous universities, colleges, and community youth organizations (as well as directly through professional ensemble companies themselves). 

Through the Lookingglass: Developing New Ensemble Work Within an Academic Setting (archival video coming soon!)
11:30am—1 pm EDT (New York)/10:30 am—12 pm CDT (Chicago)/8:30 am—10 am PDT (Los Angeles)

Presenter: David Kersnar, Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University, Lake Forest College, University of Illinois Chicago, and Roosevelt University; Founding Ensemble Member, Lookingglass Theatre

David Kersnar of Lookingglass Theatre will chronicle and discuss his recent production of 20K Leagues Under the Sea at Lake Forest College as a developmental presentation for a proposed professional production at Lookingglass Theatre Company. Lookingglass has a long tradition of developing work in an academic environment for an eventual professional production. Success of ensemble techniques, text revisions, and tested spectacle technology will be scrutinized. How does this process serve both the professional company and participants at the college?

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