Grégory Castera (FRA)
Grégory Castera is part of W:
W was born in 2003 out of a project on the conditions of collective verbalisation in an improvisational setting (Bloc, Centre Choréographique, Tours). That work was followed up by another project, in which Joris Lacoste and Jeanne Revel collaborated with Joao Fiadeiro on his method of Composition in Real Time (CND, 2004). It has since evolved on its own.
In practice terms, W has run various hands-on workshops with actors at the Théâtre National de la Colline and les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers. Since 2008, W has developed and performed the Games W, which are formalizations of some aspects of performance.
As for criticism, a discussion group has been meeting every Saturday at the Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers since December 2007 on the subject of W criticism. Starting in October 2008, this group will be open to the public - at the same place and time - as a critical seminar in partnership with the review Art21.
As for theory, W has set up two research seminars: in 2005-2006, at the University of Paris III in collaboration with the Théâtre de la Colline and, in 2007-2008, at the Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, in partnership with the University of Paris 8's Department of Dance and the Masters Stage Directing Program at Paris 10. A first formali-sation of the W theory, the "W Glossary" will be available during year 2009.
