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RIS BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF ART
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Ruamrudee International School is proud to introduce the RIS Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Programme, which invites professional artists from around the world to work closely with our students and staff in various forms of the performing and film arts.
RIS is the first international school in Bangkok to launch such a program, which offers a truly extraordinary opportunity for our students to gain exposure to the expertise and creative energy of internationally renowned artists, dramatists and filmmakers.
In January, RIS welcomes award-winning filmmaker Simao Cayatte, who joins us on the heels of presenting his short film A Viagem (The Trip) at the Cannes International Film Festival. During his residency at RIS, Simao will be working on an original film; collaborating with students to produce a short-film festival at RIS; and leading professional development workshops for teachers in the areas of filmmaking and scriptwriting.
Following the film festival, RIS welcomes improv and sports theater actor/director Kevin Gillese. Kevin’s residency coincides with the Southeastern Asian Student Activities Conference (SEASAC), which RIS will be hosting this year for over 150 international school students from across the region. Kevin will be leading workshops on improvisation, stand-up comedy and sports theater, as well as working with teachers from across the disciplines.
AiR will conclude for the school year with a series of workshops led by actress/director Georgia Munnion. Georgia will introduce students to a variety of theatrical forms that tap into physical communication and expression, including masks, clowning, movement and mime. |
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Artist Biographies |
SIMÃO CAYATTE |
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Actor and film director Simao Cayatte studied theater at Goldsmiths University in London, UK, and earned his Masters in Film at the University of Columbia in NY. He worked intensively as an actor in Portugal before writing and directing the short film A Viagem (The Trip), which was inspired by a short story by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen. The film was selected for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers workshop in collaboration with Columbia University for original soundtrack composition, and was recently screened for the Official Selection of the 64th Edition of Cannes Film Festival in the Cinéfondation competition. The film also won the National Board of Review Award Grant and was selected with Honors at the Columbia University Film Festival. |
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KEVIN GILLESE |
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As a teenager, Kevin launched his career in improvisation with the Rapid Fire Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied Theatre and Creative Writing at the University of Alberta, and took the Post-Graduate Comedy Writing and Performance program at Humber College in Toronto. He is half of the comedy duo “Scratch,” which has toured Canada, Europe and Australia. He has served as Associate Artistic Director and Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre, where he launched the company’s YouTube project and became an international touring presence. He is currently the Artistic Director of Dad's Garage Theatre in Atlanta. |
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GEORGIA MUNNION |
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Trained at Rose Bruford College, Georgia currently works as a freelance theatre practitioner and as co-director of Coruscate Theatre. She also runs the ‘Open Doors’ theatre group, works as a Senior Youth Theatre Tutor for the Mansfield Palace Theatre, and is involved in two amateur theatre groups in Nottinghamshire. |
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