The center
organized more than 50 workshops in addition to several joint projects
with partner organizations in six Arab countries, namely: Jordan, Lebanon,
Egypt, Bahrain, Tunisia,
and Morocco.
The center also supported specialized workshops in the teaching of
music as well as workshops on animation. Trainers came from different
parts of the world: the USA,
Sweden, The UK, Syria, Jordan,
Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia,
Egypt, and France.
More than 500 young artists benefited from these workshops, coming from
different Arab countries including: Jordan,
Egypt, Sudan, Morocco,
Bahrain, Yemen, Syria,
Palestine, Lebanon,
Iraq, and Tunisia.
The diverse backgrounds of these trainees in terms of previous academic
and artistic training as well as cultural and social habits enriched
the workshops with exchanges of experience amongst the participants.
Workshops acheived:
1-Body movement
Conductor: Marianne Horaibi - USA
Al Madina Theater- Lebanon 26/3/2000
2- Body
movement
Conductor: Marianne Horaibi - USA
7th round of the Amman International
Theater Festival-Jordan 28/3/2000
3-Voice
training method
Conductor: Orlanda Cook - UK
7th round of the Amman International
Theater Festival-Jordan 29/3/2000
4- Acting
Conductor: Ezzedein Qannoun - Tunisia
7th round of the Amman International
Theater Festival-Jordan 30/3/2000
5-
Theater Writing
Conductor: Lena Fridell - Sweden
7th round of the Amman International
Theater Festival-Jordan 3/4/2000
6- Stage
sound
Conductor: Charkie Schaloska- Sweden
Gert - Ove Waagstam- Sweden
7th round of the Amman International
Theater Festival-Jordan 5/4/2000
7- New
methods in teaching music
Conductor: Nancy Evans - UK
Arab Center
for Folklore- Lebanon
3/5/2000
8- Voice
training method
Conductor: Orlanda Cook - UK
American University
- Lebanon
6/11/2000
9- Satge
lighting
Conductor: Gert - Ove
Waagstam- Sweden
Al- Jesuits
Center - Alex. /Egypt
7/11/2000
10 -
Theater Critic
Conductor: Dr. Hannan K. Hassan - Syria
Al- Jesuits
Center - Alex. /Egypt
9/11/2000
11 -
Shadow play
Conductors: Dr. Huda Issa - Egypt
Dr. Mona Kino - Lebanon
Al- Jesuits
Center -
El-Minia/Egypt 9/11/2000
12 -
Theater Writing
Conductors: Lena Fridell, Mattias Andersson
& Leo Cullborg - Sweden
8th round of the Amman International Theater Festival-Jordan 5/4/2001
13 -
Dramaturgy
Conductor: Dr. Marie Elias - Syria
8th round of the Amman International Theater Festival-Jordan 5/4/2001
14 -
Voice & Mask
Conductors: Orlanda Cook - England
May Walter - Sweden
8th round of the Amman International Theater Festival-Jordan 5/4/2001
15 - Stage
Lighting
Conductor: Christophe Guillermet - France
8th round of the Amman International Theater Festival-Jordan 7/4/2001
16 -Means
for supporting the leadership & management of the Arab Arts
Institutions
Conductors: Dr. Hala Shukrallah - Egypt
Dr. Ala'a Shukrallah - Egypt
8th round of the Amman International Theater Festival-Jordan 9/4/2001
17 -
Voice training method
Conductor: Orlanda Cook - UK
Al- Jesuits Center - Alex. /Egypt 16/4/2001
18 - Body
movement
Conductor: Marianne Horaibi - USA
Al- Jesuits
Center - Alex. /Egypt
14/6/2001
19 - Body
movement
Conductor: Marianne Horaibi - USA
Culture Department - Bahrain
29/5/2001.
20 -
Scenography
Conductor: Nader Omran - Jordan
Al- Jesuits
Center - Alex. /Egypt
26/6/2001.
21 - Body
movement
Conductor: Marianne Horaibi - USA
Al - Madina Theater - Lebanon
3/7/2001.
22 -
Theater Critic
Conductor: Dr. Hannan K. Hassan- Syria
Al- Jesuits Center - Alex. /Egypt 16/7/2001
23 -
Stage Management
Conductor: Dr. Mona Kino - Lebanon
Al- Jesuits
Center - Alex. /Egypt
13/8/2001
24 -
Dramaturgy
Conductor: Dr. Hannan K. Hassan - Syria
10th round Qerthage International Theater Festival-Tunisia 21/10/2001
25 -
Scenography
Conductor: Nader Omran - Jordan
High Institute for Theater & Cultural Animation- Rabat
/Morocco
29/10/2001.
26-
Alternative Theater Spaces
Conductors: Gert - Ova Waagstam - Sweden &
Tarek Abou Elfetouh - Egypt
9th round of the Amman International Theater Festival - Jordan 26 / 3 /
2002
27-
Commedia Del Arte
Conductor: Stefan Ridell - Sweden
9th round of the Amman International Theater Festival - Jordan
28 / 3 /2002
28-Drama
in Education
Conductor: Wassem Kurdi - Palestine
9th round of the Amman International Theater Festival - Jordan
29 /3 / 2002
29- Stage
Makeup
Conductor: Eva Rizell - Sweden
9th round of the Amman International Theater Festival - Jordan
31/ 3 / 2002
30-
Methods for Teaching music for children
Conductor: Nancy Evans - UK
9th round of the Amman International Theater Festival - Jordan
1 / 4 / 2002
31-
Cartoon Film making
Conductor: Erling Ericsson - Sweden
9th round of the Amman International Theater Festival - Jordan
3 / 4 / 2002
32- Dance
Meeting: A pedagogy for dance In the Arab world
9th round of the Amman International Theater Festival - Jordan 2 / 4 /
2002
33- Play Readings: End product of Theater writing
Conductors: Lena Fridell ,Mattias Andersson & Leo Cullborg - Sweden
9th round of the Amman International Theater Festival -Jordan 4 / 4
/2002
34-
Shadow play
Conductor: Dr. Mona Kino - Lebanon
Al- Jesuits
Center - Alex. /Egypt
22/7/2002
35-How to
organize a cultural event
Conductor: Serene Huleileh & Raed Asfour - Jordan
Arab Resourse Centre for Popular Arts - Lebanon 4/8/2002
36- The
Drama of Sound
Conductor: Nancy Evans – U K
Lebanese American
University, Beirut 29/7/2003.
37-
Lighting Design
Conductor: Judith Greenwood – U K
Lebanese American
University, Beirut 4/8/2003.
38- Voice
Conductor: Yvonne Morley – U K
2003/8/4 Lebanese American University,
Beirut.
39- Story
Telling Techniques
Conductors: Hassan El-Gretely & Vania Exergian - Egypt
Arab Resource Centre for Popular Arts - Lebanon 10/8/2003.
40- Story
Telling Techniques
Conductors: Hassan El-Gretely & Vania Exergian - Egypt
Performing Arts Center – Jordan 17/8/2003.
41-
Improvisation
Conductor: Na’ela Al Trash - Syria
Performing Arts Center – Jordan 3/12/2003.
42-
Documenting performing arts
Conductor: Nabil Butros - Egypt
Performing Arts
Center – Jordan
5/12/2003.
43- Sound
techniques
Conductor: Antoine Gérard - France
10th round of the Amman International Theater Festival –Jordan
11/4/2004.
44-
Documentation & Art Criticism
Conductors: Dr. Hannan K. Hassan - Syria & Nabil Butros - Egypt
10th round of the Amman International Theater Festival –Jordan
12/4/2004 .
45- Diversity
in Learning/Learning societies
Second meeting
16 April, 2004
Jerash – Jordan
Organized by:
The Arab Education Forum
Shikshantar (India)
UNESCO (Headquarters office and Regional office)
The Arab Theatre Training Center
46.Al
Balad Theatre:
This theatre was
established following a workshop on (developing alternative spaces)
organized by the center in cooperation with the Young Arab Theatre Fund
and the Al Fawanees theatre during the Amman International Theatre
Festival in 2002. This workshop aimed at exploring ways in which
existing spaces can be transformed into alternative spaces for the
performing arts. This workshop was conducted by the Swedish expert
Gert-Ova Waagstam and scenographer Tareq Abu El Futouh of the Young
Arab Theatre Fund. Eleven young architects and cultural managers from Jordan participated in this workshop
which selected Versaille cinema, one of the oldest cinema houses in Amman, as a model
for the rehabilitation plan. The three partners in the project managed
to implement the results of the workshop and Al Balad Theatre was
founded under the direct management and supervision of Raed Asfour,
director and scenograph. The Al Balad Theatre was opened on 17 February
2005 with the following objectives:
1.
Provide new
performance spaces for various contemporary arts (theatre, dance,
cinema, music, visual arts) to host Jordanian, Arab, and international
artists.
2.
Develop
the relationship with the community through the establishment of a
multi-purpose cultural center.
3.
Provide
spaces for rehearsals and workshops for young artists.
4.
Open new
channels of communication and cooperation with various art
organizations in the Arab world and abroad through the presentation of
performances from different countries all year round.
5.
Provide
a space for young artists to present their artistic work and
experimentation in the field of theatre, dance, and music.
6.
Provide
specialized programs for children.
7.
Organize
festivals and events.
For over one year and a half the ATTC was the host organization for the
theatre until it was founded as a non profit company in Jordan
with a board consisting of 12 artists and business people and
professionals from the Jordanian civil society.
47.Contemporary
dance workshop
Conductors: Gekidan Kaitaisha dance
company - Japan
Amman
- Jordan
10/4/2005
48
.
Alternative Video Archives Workshop
Conductor: Toni Serra – Spain
Amman - Jordan
14/7/2005
49 .Cooperation
with the Arab Education Forum in the founding meeting of
“Safar” fund:
The ATTC cooperated with the
Arab Education Forum to organize the founding meeting for “Safar:
Arab youth mobility fund”. The cooperation with the Arab
Education Forum has been ongoing for several years on a variety of
themes. This recent project that the Arab Education Forum is embarking
on represents a milestone in our cooperation. The “Safar”
fund aims to assist Arab youth who have their own community initiatives
to travel within the Arab world and take part in apprenticeships,
internships, training workshops, and meetings that will enhance their
understanding of their work and develop cross-country interaction and
dialogue between Arab youth. The founding meeting organized in July
2005 was the culmination of 5 months of e-mail exchanges and
discussions on the project. The founding committee consisted of 25
young people from 8 different Arab countries, including Hussein Rifai
from ATTC. The project was
launched in October 2005 and the applications are currently online on
the AEF website (www.almoultaqa.com)
or the “ Safar “ website (www.safarfund.org).
The ATTC
cooperated with the International Association for creativity and training/
Alexandria-Gothenberg and the creative forum for independent theatre
groups in Europe and the Mediterranean
in the organization of the following workshops:
50
.Improvisation
Workshop
Conductor:Naila Al Atrach/ Syria
The Creative Forum for Independent Theater: Europe -Mediterranean
Alex – Egypt
8/2/2006
51
.
Theatre Production Management Workshop
Conductor:Rola Kobeissi/ Lebanon
The Creative Forum for Independent Theater: Europe -Mediterranean
Alex – Egypt
8/2/2006
52
.Sound Design
Conductor:Bashar Shammout / Palestine
The Creative Forum for Independent Theater: Europe -Mediterranean
Alex – Egypt
8/2/2006
53 . Scenography
Conductor:Hassan Choubassi / Lebanon.
The Creative Forum for Independent Theater :Europe -Mediterranean
Alex – Egypt
8/2/2006
54 . Drama in Education
Conductor:Samar Dudin / Jordan.
I-ACT
Alex – Egypt
16/12/2006
55 . Drama Therapy
Conductor:Zeina Dakash /Lebanon.
Al Madina Theater
Beirut
-Lebanon
25/2/2007
56 .
Open Spaces Scenography
Conductor:Naji Sorrati /Lebanon.
High Institute for
Theatre
Damascus
-Syria
31/3/2007
57 .Drama
Therapy Workshop
Conductor:Zeina Dakash /Lebanon.
Janana Summer Camp
Bramanah
-Lebanon
20/8/2007
58 .Improvisation
Conductor: Na’ela Al Trash - Syria
Aselah -
Morocco
8/9/2007
59 .
Voice training
Conductor:Paula Brandt /
Sweden.
High Institute for
Theatre
Damascus
-Syria
17/11/2007 .
