4-8.5.15/OFFESTIVAL
WORKSHOP
The aim of the workshop is to familiarize participants with tools of vocabulary creation and choreographic composition. The tools I use are resumed in “S.T.A.R.” (Space, Tension, Articulation, and Rhythm : tempo & duration).
Participants are introduced to these concepts through improvisations, one element at a time. The aim of the improvisations is to access different points of the creative process, or to guide participants out of comfort zones and habitual movement ideas in order for them to discover a habitat of extremes. Awareness is brought to the body’s desire to experience its furthest capacities of expression and therefore a shift away from a judgemental and controlling mind towards an evaluating and responsive one.
Once participants possess this state, which is simultaneously subjective and objective, they are aware of their own development and that of everyone on stage. They may start to work with instant composition and assume the responsibility of creator, performer, director, and dramaturge simultaneously. Understanding these tools allows performers to communicate more accurately the unpredictable world which humanity encompasses.
The participants will work individually, in pairs and in groups. The workshop is open to all levels and to anyone interested in performing arts.
