Workshops Week 2

Student Wisdom: Tracy McDowell Shares her Research!

Chinese fishing nets in Kerala, India

Fyke nets are bag-shaped nets which are held open by hoops. These can be linked together in long chains, and are used to catch eels in rivers. If fyke nets are equipped with wings and leaders, they can also be used in sheltered places in lakes where there is plenty plant life. Hundreds of these nets can be connected into systems where it is not practical to build large traps.

Gill nets

A coracle near the River Tungabhadra, in Hampi India

Participants would like to emphasise to the FAO that artisanal fishermen and women, indigenous people, and traditional fishing communities are people with their own territory, culture and economic activities grounded in fishery related work, and which form the basis of their identity and livelihoods; they have access rights and are entitled to enjoy post harvest benefits, to contribute food to neighbouring areas and to supply external markets.

LATINAMERICAN WORKSHOP ON ARTISANAL FISHING:

ASSERTING RIGHTS, DEFINING RESPONSIBILITIES:

PERSPECTIVES FROM ARTISANAL FISHING AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES ON FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE POLICIES, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, ACCESS TO MARKETS AND AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN LATIN AMERICA

Punta de Tralca Chile, 4 – 8 August 2008

Student Wisdom: Michael Edmond

Hey whats up guys! Wow 2 years in a row what can be better (probably a car). Last year Lord Montague made an awesome apperance upon that stage and we all sold out that show. This year I get a new role Cleon and I am loving it! Honestly over these last two years I have learned so much from Vivia, Kern, and Nat that I have used in real audition situations and this will always stay with me. Well Pericles is coming well, and this all star cast is just AWESOME! We all get along so well and have bonded quite well. Well as I always say my goal is you the audience, and the rest of the cast and I will make Pericles will be the best show this season! See you there!

Student Wisdom: Matt Noll

This is my second year with the Old Globe's Summer Shakespeare Intensive, and this is going to be another exciting summer. This year's Monday classes in the spring and our monologue work are a great addition to the program. We have started thsi week with staging Pericles, and last week we had some special classes with actors Patrick Page and Bruce Turk. I also enjoyed the opportunity of seeing all three shows performing on the Festival Stage this summer (Coriolanus, Twelfth Night and Cyrano). Shakespeare is inspirational and good training ground. I hope to mature into a Renaissance man of sorts, with a career as a performer, voice actor, and using my years of cartooning to also become a storybook artist and video game designer. I am a sophomore at SCPA and hope to return next year to continue my adventures at the Globe. Also, I hope to continue the tradition started by my great-grandfather (Mort Altman), who performed in Galileo years ago at the Globe and was directed by Craig Noel.

One of my favorite pictures was taken at Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon, about three years ago.

Widsom from Pericles a.k.a. Jeff Thomson

My name is Jeff Thomson, and I play Pericles in Pericles. In between memorizing lines, going over blocking, eating lunch, getting some rest on the couch, or crying because the vending machine is out of Snickers, I've realized that I'm willing to take a risk and make myself vulnerable to every person in this cast. You get a feeling of trust, compassion, and that fire for acting that only high school theatre kids who spend more time memorizing scenes than math equations possess. I look foreward to growing as an actor and a person with this cast, simply because I know this. We are all covering each other's back in case something goes wrong, and I can trust that that very odd clump of people covering each other's backs are my family.

Touring the Festival Stage for the First Time!

The First Week

The last week was jam-packed with workshops with wonderful actors from the Summer Shakespeare Festival. Patrick Page (Cyrano/Malvolio) and Bruce Turk (Count de Guiche/Sir Andrew Aguecheek) taught the students about movement, voice techniques and how to be present on stage at any moment.

Meet the Cast of Pericles!!

First Day of the Intensive (Officially)

Today was the first official day of the 2009 Summer Shakespeare Intensive! The cast of Pericles got a chance to meet the staff of The Old Globe and everyone was really excited to see another Intensive get off the ground. The coming week will include workshops with cast members from the Summer Festival, including an Acting Workshop with Patrick Page (Cyrano de Bergerac/Malvolio), a Vocal Workshop with Barbra Wengerd (MFA Student - Novice/Cook/Sister Marthe/Volumnia's Maid/Citizen) and a Viewpoints Workshop with Bruce Turk (Count de Guiche/Sir Andrew Aguecheek).

Everyone got a chance to see ideas for costume and set design as well! More photos to come.