Hello friends-
I hope everyone is doing well in these crazy times. I wanted to let
everyone know about a new program Shakespeare at Winedale is rolling out as
part of the anniversary celebrations - "A Hundred Merry Tales (or More) of
Winedale"
We just announced this on our Facebook page, but I thought I'd share the
info below, since I'm hoping y'all might be interested in participating.
Let me know what questions you have!
All the best,
Liz
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“...that I had my good wit out of the 'Hundred Merry Tales’ — well this was
Signior Benedick that said so.”
Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing, 2.1
In his annual Camp Shakespeare email this spring, Doc wrote:
"This might be a good time to take turns telling stories to one another as
we travel together during this suffering, following the ten in the
Decameron during the plague of 1348. Or share with one another ‘journey'
stories of our own. Shakespeare’s imagination was alive during the plague
years. We need to keep that spirit going and ours!”
In that spirit, we are launching “A Hundred Merry Tales (or More) of
Winedale.” We are inviting anyone who has a personal connection to Winedale
— as a player, student, patron, local resident, employee, you name it — to
contribute a short video of you telling a story of a favorite Winedale
“journey” or moment. It could be about Winedale the place, or your times at
Winedale as a student, really any story that has Winedale as its center or
setting, since the journey out to Winedale is the beginning of a lifelong
love for all of us.
The invitation to tell stories has been a key theme to the reunion season
this year, and we’d love to build an online “virtual Barn” where we can
gather to share and hear stories of playing, working, and experiencing rich
moments of life at Winedale. This is also a way of gathering stories to
permanently archive them.
The stories can be filmed in any way you feel would best help tell the
story. We are suggesting a five-minute limit. They could be a short as 30
seconds! The stories will be posted online for everyone to enjoy.
Interested? Email Liz at lfisher(a)austin.utexas.edu for instructions on how
to upload your video today!
Dance
“The Winter’s Tale”
By Marina Harss
In this ballet, the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon—the man who brought
“An American in Paris” to Broadway—manages to turn one of Shakespeare’s
most difficult plays into a taut piece of dance theatre. Jealousy,
brutality, exile, false identity, death, and a return to life are depicted
through stylized choreography that captures, with bracing clarity, the
mental state of each character. Even Shakespeare’s language—for example,
his description of the spiderlike poison of jealousy—finds its way into the
fabric of the dancing. This darkness is leavened by a second act full of
ecstatic faux-folk dances, set to music performed onstage by a
Balkan-influenced band. Starting on May 1, London’s Royal Ballet will
broadcast a 2014 production of the work, starring Edward Watson—the
company’s resident antihero—and Lauren Cuthbertson, on its YouTube channel.
Lift paint or two to the old guy!
Doc
Jim (Doc) Ayres
Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas
Founding Director, Shakespeare at Winedale and Camp Shakespeare
Director of Mission, Camp Shakespeare
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