In/scissions 2008 -- 15th-27th September

In/scissions, aurally, incision, a cut in the skin or the flesh, moment of acute perception that draws focus to internal workings, where/when there is no referent, no ‘other’ time or place but here. In-scission, the non-word read graphically, in-to separation, division, or splitting, as in fission, what makes each one one, always singular and particular, critically this and not another.

The Transitional Box

Directed by Vera Erenbourg
Movement Director P.J. Maske
Lighting Designer Fridthjofur Thorsteinsson
Costume consultant Mahela Rostek
Performed by Amanda Castro, Hayley Kasperczyk, Vera Erenbourg
Embassy Studio, 23rd September 7.00 p.m., 8.30 p.m., 24th September 5.00 p.m.

The concept of transition presupposes a process of change from a form or state, style, place to another. I aim to test the transitional potential of performance. As a dimension of time and space detached from the rules and limitations of the everyday life, it provides an environment full of possibilities. I am interested in the collectivity of the performers, the chorus, as a source of creativity and a platform of human and artistic exchange. The Embassy Studio is a multidimensional space, a definite choice. It brings to the exploration the idea of chora, a first space. Its octagonal structure suggests different spatial configurations, movements, perspectives and directions to engage with. Inthis context do the audience become a chorus as well mirroring the ensemble then engaging with the transitional experience?

15th-27th September 2008

Central School of Speech and Drama
Embassy Theatre
Eton Avenue
London NW3 3HY

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For In/scissions 2008


Ana Sánchez-Colberg: Festival Curator, Course Leader Research Degrees

Alexandra Stone: Production Manager

Jessica Hartley: Creative Producer

Amanda Castro/Hayley Kasperczyk : Marketing and Publicity

Joe Fry: Publicity Designer

Mark McCullum: Rehearsal/Venue Coordinator

Vera Erenbourg: Front of House/Box Office

Ken Mizutani/Roberto Puzone: Media Services

Ian Bald: Technical Services

Dr Zachary Dunbar, Dr Jane Munro, Vicky Spanovangelis: Project Mentors

Tony O’Dowd/Robert Gunton: Estates

The festival board and participating artists would like to thank Adam Parker, Sam Cullen, Susan Emmanuel, Jacky Fisher and Peter Bingham for their help and support. Gun Roman, Lena Hammergren of the K-U Board, Ivar Heckscher of the Department of NyCirkus Danshögskolan Stockholm, and the Department of Composition and Conducting, The Royal College of Music, Stockholm for support that made the participation of the visiting Swedish artists possible.