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SUMMER SCHOOL
The fourth edition of the annual intensive summer workshop, led by the D’Epog ensemble and director Lucia Repašská, focused on the fundamental dramaturgical principles and strategies of devised theatre, including concept development, context, composition, interpretation, and the use of ready-made objects. The workshop’s guest instructor was Sodja Lotker, a renowned theatre teacher and dramaturge.
The workshop offered participants a unique opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the D’Epog ensemble’s creative processes. Under the individual guidance of the instructors, participants explored the fundamentals of performer training and experienced the process of shaping meaning—from the emergence of a psycho-physical impulse to the realization of a fixed action. This hands-on approach not only provides a thorough introduction to the ensemble’s work but also serves as the ideal pathway for establishing long-term collaborative relationships.
Sodja Zupanc Lotker
Teaches graduate courses in Directing at the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts, Theatre Faculty (DAMU) in Prague and she is simultaneously active as a dramaturge of independent theatre, dance and site-specific projects (she collaborated with the Farm in the Cave theatre company, Cristina Maldonaldo, Lotte van den Berg, the TAAT project and Wojtek Ziemilski). In the years 2008–2015 she worked as the art director of Prague Quadrennial, having curated numerous exhibitions and events since 1999 in collaboration with artists such as Claudie Bosse, Arpad Schilling, Sciatas Rafaello Sanzio, Brett Bailey. While she was its director, the PQ festival was awarded the prestigious EFFE 2015/16 label. In the capacity of curator she participated, among others, in the exhibitions The Extreme Costume (PQ2011) and live installations Intersection: Intimacy and Spectacle (PQ2011) and Tribes (costumes in public space, PQ2015). In addition to lectures given at a number of international symposia, she taught, among others, at Columbia University, Yale School of Drama and Royal Central School of Speech. Since 2014 she has been a member of the editorial boards of Theatre and Performance Design Journal and Performance Research Journal published by Routledge.