In 2018, in occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of Gioacchino Rossini, the International School for Italian Theatre “Giovanni Grasso” and the Italian Institute of Culture will hold Rossini Lab, an Advanced Workshop in Italian Acting, lyrical singing and Interpretation addressed to 15 selected students.
The Workshop is an Advanced Class in Italian Acting, lyrical singing and Interpretation. During their four weeks of training, 15 selected students will study and work closely with professionals of Italian theatre and literature, improving their skills in language and culture, acting, movement, improvisation, lyrical singing, diction, text analysis and interpretation. The school and the workshops will be organized and hosted by the Italian Institute of Culture, located in Downtown Montreal (1200, avenue Dr. Penfield – Montréal, Québec, H3A 1A9).
The training will take place from May 7 to June 1 from 9:30 to 17:30, and the final staging will take place Friday, June 1. In order to be admitted, each candidate must send their application form, a casting picture, a detailed CV and a list of the characters from Rossini you would like to study to the following email: scuolagiovannigrasso@gmail.com. All applications can also be accompanied by video audition showing the applicant’s acting abilities. The video audition can be performed in Italian, French or English, and it can be sent either via YouTube or Vimeo link. The video audition is requested but not required. Once accepted, applicants must contact the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal (cours.iicmontreal@esteri.it) for tuition and fees.
Deadline for the Applications is April 29, 2018.
The selection will be announced shortly after the deadline.