Synetic Theater will convene physical theater artists, designers, administrators, and aficionados in a pay-what-you-will virtual conference. The Madloba Physical Theater Conference programming includes artist and designer workshops, panel discussions for artistic leaders, access to globally-sourced technique-driven classes and informations essions, including workshops with Synetic co-founders and Georgian natives Paata & Irina Tsikurishvili among other industry leaders. Madloba is Georgian for “Thank You.”
I am thrilled to have assisted on programming this event alongside Katherine Dubois. I will be moderating a panel entitled "Remastering Techniques" with a thrilling lineup of all female-identifying physical theatre artistic directors: Dody DiSanto (center for movement theatre), Joan Schirle (Dell'Arte International), Becky Baumwoll (Broken Box Mime Theatre), & Francesca Chilcote (Faction of Fools). I have aided in assembling the lineups for two other panels — "Designers in Conversation" and "Multimedia - Theater of Tomorrow" — featuring Andrew Schneider, Dan Hasse, Sandro Kereselidze, Jared Mezzocchi, Natsu Onoda Power, and Reid Farrington, among others. For the asynchronous workshops, I will be offering a Laban exploration workshop, alongside several former colleagues: Shubhangi Kuchibhotla (Intro to Kathak), Max Beckman (Intro to Balinese Mask), & Malena Pennycook (Intro to Grotowski). Register for the conference here.
