Performance date: Saturday, June 23, at TBD locations in Crystal City and Washington DC Age range: 12-19 Tuition: $210 per student Maximum number: 20 Teachers: Joe Carlson and Elena Velasco Description: Street Theatre Intensive takes the teens back to the roots of performance. Throughout world history, practitioners of the dramatic arts have found creative ways of stimulating public spaces by engaging audiences in alternative venues and forms. Whether performing as a cultural service for all, or to supplement the artist income, these brave souls have brought the wonder of drama and element of surprise into the public sphere. From commedia troupes in Italy and France, to the pageant plays of medieval Europe, from Flash Mobs to The Forum Theater of San Paolo, Brazil, street theater is a vital and exciting means of honing one’s skills as an actor, generative artist, and pro-active member of the community. This one-week intensive course will immerse Teen Artists in the history, techniques, purposes, and power of theatre actions in public spaces; culminating in silent vignettes, mime shows, lazzis, clown routines, parades, or pageants that travel from Crystal City to Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. Led by senior Synetic teachers, Teen artists will train in the Synetic style, attend a lecture from the Founding Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili, immerse into street theater culture, create devised performances, and put it all together as they connect with the roots and tradition of theaters not made from“brick and stone.”