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Visitor from Overseas
For many years now there has been a growing
link between the NTS and France’s École Nationale
Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre
(ENSATT) in Lyon. This semester the partnership became stronger
with a visit by Julien Duprat, a graduate of ENSATT’s Lighting
Program. "It was a desire to discover another way of working,
and to meet other people who do theatre, that brought me here,"
he said. "Since I arrived in January, I have met only friendly
and curious people. I find that the training here is very versatile,
while in France, it is pretty specific." This difference,
says Duprat, permits each person to benefit from the experience
of the other: "I’m able to work on aspects that we’d
only touched on in France, like set construction, and I got to
share my knowledge with my colleagues."
ENSATT trains actors, set designers,
costume designers, lighting and sound designers, stage managers
and administrators for the theatre.
Travelling
Workshops
This spring, due to a fruitful
partnership with the National Arts Centre, students and professors
in the Ottawa region had a chance to learn all about the design
and managerial aspects of the theatre. At the beginning of March,
the Directors of the School’s English and French Technical
Production Programs, Norberts J. Muncs and Michel Gosselin, the
Director of the Scenography Program, Guido Tondino, and alumni
Xavier Forget and Carolyn Murdoch offered special free workshops
for the public. This was a chance for the School to branch out
and acquaint future generations of students with the work the
School does.
Alumni
and Professors Honoured
The
Soirée des Masques took place on February 3rd
— a theatre award ceremony that confers prizes on plays,
productions, performers, designers and companies from across Quebec.
Many of the School’s alumni and professors were recognized
for their outstanding achievement, among them, actress Rosemary
Dunsmore, who won the Best Actress Award for the Centaur Theatre
production of Wit.
The School
congratulates all the winners, including: Marc Prescott, Wajdi
Mouawad, Mérédith Caron, Guy Simard, Benoît
Brière, Normand Chaurette, René Richard Cyr, Évelyne
Gélinas, Renaud Paradis, Daniel Roussel, Guy Nadon, Claude
Accolas, Angelo Barsetti, Olivier Choinière, and all the
others who worked on the award-winning productions. Bravo!
What
Goes Around Comes Around
The Alumni
Bursary Fund has surpassed the $100,000 mark ($102,395 as of February
12th)! More than 11% of school graduates contributed
to the fund this year. This fund has helped over 20 students in
need since its creation in 1986. On behalf of the young up-and-coming
artists who received these funds, a big thank you!
To learn more
about ways to financially support the school, please contact the
School's Director of Developpement, Yvette Ghattas, at 514.842.7954,
extension 141.
Pauline
McGibbon (1910 - 2001)
The Honourable Pauline McGibbon died
on December 14th after a lengthy illness. It was in
her living room, in 1958, that the first meeting to discuss the
establishment of a national theatre school in Canada was held.
Pauline McGibbon was one of the driving forces in the group of
15 Canadian theatre lovers, along with senior advisor Michel Saint-Denis,
who made that dream a reality. Two years later, in 1960, the National
Theatre School of Canada was founded. She was also the first and
only woman to become President of the School’s Board of Governors
and remained a staunch friend and supporter of the School until
the time of her death. The School’s Bursary Fund for Ontario
students, established in 1995, is named in her honour.
A true pioneer, Pauline McGibbon held
an important place in the arenas of politics, art and business.
She was also the first woman to fill the following wide-ranging
positions: Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Chancellor of the University
of Toronto, President of the Canadian Conference of the Arts,
and Director of four major Canadian companies: George Weston,
IBM, Imasco and Mercedes Benz.
Pauline McGibbon was a vibrant, exceptional
woman, committed and generous. She will be fondly remembered and
missed.
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