Many shows and more: the Prose Season and Other Paths of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation also cares about introducing young people to the multiple activities revolving around staging a show. This year too, based on the positive feedback from past years, the Foundation is launching a selection process to participate in the lighting and sound design courses included in the Theatre Workshop project and conducted by expert staff from the Foundation itself.
The courses are aimed at young people aged 17 or older (including those who will turn 17 by the end of 2025). To participate, candidates must submit their curriculum vitae containing any previous experiences and studies, along with a motivational letter, by completing the appropriate form included in the announcement no later than 12 noon on Friday, April 18. Following the selection based on the submitted documents and letters, the results of the application process will be announced on Wednesday, May 7. The courses do not require any registration fees and will begin on Tuesday, June 3.
Both courses, at the end of which a certificate of attendance will be issued, will provide theoretical elements of the basic criteria, methodology, and terminology, followed by practical tests with the chief electrician and chief sound engineer of the Donizetti Theater. There will be a common introductory meeting for both courses; afterwards, each course will take place over four intensive days where the theoretical and practical foundations of the disciplines will be laid. Participants in the lighting design course will also have the opportunity to gain direct experience at Claypaky, an internationally renowned brand in the professional lighting systems sector: the day includes a visit to the company’s museum and production area, as well as a technical session.
The sound design course students will instead visit the 1901 Factory recording studio in Alzano Lombardo, a creative space dedicated to music and performing arts and a meeting place for artists and professionals. Both courses will conclude with the experience of recording a live band on the stage of the Donizetti Theater.
“The lighting and sound design courses, along with those of the Young Project, represent a fundamental part of our activity, integrating with all our performance offerings,” specifies Maria Grazia Panigada, Artistic Director of the Prose Season and Other Paths of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation, “They constitute the educational component and are important to us because we feel the duty to give young people the opportunity to learn about theatre professions and to approach this world so that they can be part of it in the future. Personally, I am grateful to all those who make this project possible by engaging their professionalism and showing an educational focus.”
For more information: email: info@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org
