Body Creativity

“The person's development is a self-construction that takes place in a relational context. So, the individual only can have self-construction if is subject of an action; but if the action is the dynamic beginning of every development inserted in the world of the communication that gives a meaning.

            In other words, to build a personality, and also the knowledge, the being should act, that is, to assure and to assume the information originating from their interactions and changes personally with the environment.

            And that dynamics of the action is a corporal dynamic, because the individual is not body and soul but an “existential move”, a group of systems of information and of open communications for the world. “

Pierre Vayer

About:

The “expression exercises” aid the traditional education and complement it, in the sense “to liberate” the students of corporal blockages and inhibitions, increasing their corporal knowledge and the control of their actions.

By working the creatively fluidity with the body communication, the expressive work comes to generate more complete human beings, and has been helpful in  the professional development of the students future carreer.

Though movement and improvisation exercises we will explore the body as a tool and provide an introduction into physical characterization using mime exercises, as well as neutral, expressive and character masks. This course is ideal for anyone interested in exploring alternative acting techniques. Perfect for the ambitious, the talented and the fearless!

“What I have listened I have forgotten.

What I have learned I do remember.

What I have done, I know. ”

                                             Lao T se

The Course:

The work is divided in 3 paths:

• Physical Training, coordination and rhythm exercises to improve and stimulate the group’s interaction, encouraging then to  expressive themselves through movement.
• Expression Training, body creativity exercises with masks, moving the body in space and throughout space and different dynamics walks.
• Creative Training, improvising physical using specific themes, music and/or objects. Development and perform of short play.

The Techniques:

We use on the training the folow techniques:

• Corporeal Dramatic Mime
• Scales, dynamo-rhythms, walks, isolation.
• Pantomime
• Illusion and coordination exercises.
• Silent story creation.
• Physical and text dramaturgy
• Development of movement choreography.
• Creation of spoken text in short stories.
• Basic musical perception.
• Rhythm training.
• Mask Training
• Use of neutral, expressive and character mask.
• Expression though masks.

The Classes:

The classes can be done in two levels, beginners and advanced.

And the approach of the training program is different for a group of adults or for a group of youngsters:

For Adults:

 (Over 16 years old)

Beginners course:

This class incorporates improvisational techniques and theatre games as it teaches the process of ensemble building. Students will gain a clear understanding of the theatre, from creating their own script to staging, and performing it. The class fine-tunes the skills of experienced performers and builds a strong foundation for beginning performers.

Advanced course:

Actors in this class will be exposed to many different performance styles and schools of thought. They will have a chance to utilize these techniques as they work on developing scenes and honing their acting skills.

This class will help actors explore the art of acting and gain confidence in auditions.

For Youngsters:

(Groups of 6 to 9 years old, 10 to 12 years old  or 13 to 15 years old)

Beginners course:

This class introduces students to the exploration of the actor’s tools of body, mind, and voice in a group setting. Learning to work together as an ensemble, young actors will create short stories to be performed in class on the last day.

With an emphasis on movement, youngsters will combine drama and tumbling to get their creative engines roaring.

Advanced course:

These ensembles provide young actors with a professional theatrical experience. The participants will focusing on the process of creating an original piece of theatre. This session will culminate in a staged reading, images or scenes from their work. Second session participants will continue to build on the work created in the first session. They will explore character development and staging, as they rehearse their final performance piece Both the workshops and final performances will be open to the public.

About the Classes:

The classes need to have about the same age group, and the number and age can be planned together with the direction, the recommended time for accomplishing each class is 3 hours ideally, a minimum of 2 weekly encounters.

The length of the course needs to be at least three weeks long

Short workshops of one or two encounters can be made, but the approach of the techniques will be reduced.

Also can be made long class plans, ex: six months course, etc.

Depends on the length of the course can be made an “end of course” show.

The course or workshop can be done together with a “how to make a mask” workshop of 2/3 hours made before in a different space.