I've decided I am going to take the month of July off from work and spend some time stretching myself creatively. Aside from working on a new play that has been stewing in my head for the past few months, I am going to drive across the country and spend a month training at one of the most prestigious physical theatre schools in the country: Dell'Arte.
"The month-long DAI intensive is based on the actor-training methodology of The Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. The work of the actor-creator arises out of silence, darkness and empty space, moving into ensemble play and the actor’s ability to devise original work for the stage. The training aims towards creation of The Dynamic Theatre, a visceral, actor-centered theatre which crosses stylistic boundaries and informs classic as well as contemporary works, original as well as adapted works. The skillful, dynamic, and easeful use of the performative body/voice is at the core of our curriculum. The goal is an actor whose presence demonstrates an ability to command the time and space of the stage. The DAI Physical Theatre Intensive is appropriate for actors, dancers, directors, teachers and designers.
The 2012 Intensive: The Lab
This year we offer the opportunity to work with the master teachers of DAI in four intensive weeks, each week with a different instructor. Each week an immersion in the area of passionate interest and expertise of each extraordinary teacher. The 2012 DAI Intensive is designed to support and invigorate the work of artists in the theatre. In a retreat-like setting, each week is an encounter with a different master teacher, sharing those aspects of our work that have most sustained and fueled our artistry, the work that engages us most passionately.
We unite around three focal points: the body possessed by a poetic point of view; nature as guide and inspiration; how we focus to say the things that move us.
"Action must always precede analysis. The first step predetermines the ones to follow. Having made the first eccentric motion at your birth, you can now look around. Birth is a matter of territory; identity comes later, through action. Self-awareness in space and time equals presence. (Self-consciousness leads to immobility and is the enemy of presence.) From presence, one can develop the ability to represent."
Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, Dell'Arte Founder
WEEK ONE: MOVED BY….
with Joe Krienke
The relation of movement to images, elements, drama realized through gesture, action and intention; the physical exploration of the ground and the air.
WEEK TWO: THE POWERFUL PRESENCE
with Joan Schirle
With nature as the primary teacher of balance, un-balance; the bouffon as freak of nature, the precarious, the dangerous.
WEEK THREE: CHARACTER & RESILIENCE
with Stephanie Thompson
Always bouncing back, the comic character liberates our affinity for play, a : sense of humor, invention, and resilience.
WEEK FOUR: MAKING WORK
with Ronlin Foreman
Devising in duos, trios, quartets, developing 5 - 8 minute pieces based on the context of Weeks 1 - 3. Style vs. aesthetics: the organic outgrowth of point-of-view."
http://www.dellarte.com/dellarte.aspx?id=244
"The month-long DAI intensive is based on the actor-training methodology of The Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. The work of the actor-creator arises out of silence, darkness and empty space, moving into ensemble play and the actor’s ability to devise original work for the stage. The training aims towards creation of The Dynamic Theatre, a visceral, actor-centered theatre which crosses stylistic boundaries and informs classic as well as contemporary works, original as well as adapted works. The skillful, dynamic, and easeful use of the performative body/voice is at the core of our curriculum. The goal is an actor whose presence demonstrates an ability to command the time and space of the stage. The DAI Physical Theatre Intensive is appropriate for actors, dancers, directors, teachers and designers.
The 2012 Intensive: The Lab
This year we offer the opportunity to work with the master teachers of DAI in four intensive weeks, each week with a different instructor. Each week an immersion in the area of passionate interest and expertise of each extraordinary teacher. The 2012 DAI Intensive is designed to support and invigorate the work of artists in the theatre. In a retreat-like setting, each week is an encounter with a different master teacher, sharing those aspects of our work that have most sustained and fueled our artistry, the work that engages us most passionately.
We unite around three focal points: the body possessed by a poetic point of view; nature as guide and inspiration; how we focus to say the things that move us.
"Action must always precede analysis. The first step predetermines the ones to follow. Having made the first eccentric motion at your birth, you can now look around. Birth is a matter of territory; identity comes later, through action. Self-awareness in space and time equals presence. (Self-consciousness leads to immobility and is the enemy of presence.) From presence, one can develop the ability to represent."
Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, Dell'Arte Founder
WEEK ONE: MOVED BY….
with Joe Krienke
The relation of movement to images, elements, drama realized through gesture, action and intention; the physical exploration of the ground and the air.
WEEK TWO: THE POWERFUL PRESENCE
with Joan Schirle
With nature as the primary teacher of balance, un-balance; the bouffon as freak of nature, the precarious, the dangerous.
WEEK THREE: CHARACTER & RESILIENCE
with Stephanie Thompson
Always bouncing back, the comic character liberates our affinity for play, a : sense of humor, invention, and resilience.
WEEK FOUR: MAKING WORK
with Ronlin Foreman
Devising in duos, trios, quartets, developing 5 - 8 minute pieces based on the context of Weeks 1 - 3. Style vs. aesthetics: the organic outgrowth of point-of-view."
http://www.dellarte.com/dellarte.aspx?id=244