Dell'Arte International's Annual Rural Residency Performance

Blue Lake’s world-renowned Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre will again send members of their Professional Training Program (PTP) and First Year MFA (M1) students to Table Bluff for ten days of workshops, community building and performance, including classroom collaborations with Loleta Public Schools. The culmination of a year’s worth of study in Dell’Arte’s unique pedagogy, the ‘Rural Residency’ will take place May 20-30, 2019, in the area at and around the Wiyot Tribal Headquarters (1000 Wiyot Drive, Loleta, CA 95551). The week and a half of workshops and community service concludes with the creation of a final theatrical event on Wednesday, May 29 at 2:30 PM, inspired by the students’ time and work in the community. This celebration of Table Bluff is free of charge and open to all community members who would like to participate.

Dell’Arte’s 2019 Rural Residency consists of thirteen student actor-creators from Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Italy, Canada, and the United States who have been studying and training in Blue Lake, CA, for the past year. The Residency, now in its thirteenth year, allows for artistic e\ngagement and cultural exchange among Dell’Arte’s first year students, as well as educational opportunities for both community elders and children in mask making, dance, creative movement, juggling, watercolor painting, shadow puppetry and more. For more information, visit www.dellarte.com.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Tuesday, May 21:

After School Program: 4:00-6:00 PM: Watercolor Painting and Mask Making

Wednesday, May 22:

After School Program: 2:00-6:00 PM: Acrobatics and Juggling

Elders: 12:00-1:00 PM: Bingo; 1:00-2:00 PM: Movement for Adults

Thursday, May 23:

After School Program: 4:00-6:00 PM: Singing and Musical Instruments Making

Friday, May 24:

After School Program: 4:00-6:00 PM: Games for Conflict Resolution and Theatre and Improv Games

Elders: 12:00-1:00 PM: Bingo; 1:00-2:00 PM: Open Exploration (Elder’s Choice)

Tuesday, May 28:

All Ages: 7:00-8:00 PM: Yoga

Wednesday, May 29:

All Ages: 2:30 PM: Final Performance - A Celebration of Table Bluff, featuring the Dell'Arte Ensemble and Community Members

All workshops take place at the Wiyot Tribal Headquarters (1000 Wiyot Drive, Loleta, CA 95551). Workshop schedule is subject to change.

About Dell’Arte International: Dell’Arte International is the North American center for theatre training, research, and performance of the actor-creator. They are a committed community of artists who model and share in a sustained ensemble artistic practice. One of Dell’Arte’s deepest values is engendering the relationship between art and place, artist and community. They are a committed community of artists who for over 35 years have modeled and shared a sustained ensemble practice. Dell’Arte consists of a professional, international touring ensemble, the Dell’Arte Company; the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, offering a one-year certificate program and an accredited MFA in Ensemble-based Physical Theatre, the first of its kind in the world; and the annual summer Mad River Festival.

About the Wiyot Tribe and Table Bluff Reservation: Wiyot people have lived in the Humboldt Bay region for thousands of years. The North Coast of California is rich with abundant terrestrial, riverine, estuarine, and marine resources. 

Wiyot people lived in permanent villages along the waterways which also served as travel and trade routes. Seasonal camps were made on the tribal lands and prairies, and mountainous regions provided berries, acorns, pine nuts, wild game, and basketry materials. 

The mission of the Wiyot Tribe is to exercise our tribal rights and promote our common welfare, to establish the supreme law of the Tribe, to provide for and protect our sovereign right to exercise self-government pursuant to our own laws, to protect and develop our lands and resources, and to promote and safeguard our aboriginal rights as Wiyot people.

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