International Performing Arts Lab
February 22 - 27, 2010
Leitring bei Leibnitz, Austria
The workshop is open to drama teachers, social workers, trainers, facilitators and educators who are interested in including theatre training exercises as one of the teaching tools in the arsenal and to use theatre as a training methodology in the classroom. Social workers and trainers working with people, and anybody else who is interested in working children or adults can be a part of this workshop. The workshop will concentrate on theatre as a training tool and will cover various theatre methodologies which participants will be guided in developing.
The Lab is the excellent opportunity to get new creative inspiration in practical work with colleagues from different countries and to find interesting ideas valuable both for daily group work and realization of special creative projects.
The workshop programme includes intensive practical training, lectures and discussions.
Each day begins with morning warm-up which combines breathing, movement and imagination. It helps participants to wake up and to prepare for the intensive practical work during the day.
Practical sessions develop in the form of various exercises which progress from simple to compound. Gradually the group is proceeding to group improvisations and structures.
Every day is setting advanced creative tasks, developing the preceding steps. Through the system of consecutive exercises the group is growing common language and trust, ability to collaborate and create together.
Participants will explore:
- Potential body possibilities.
- Relaxation and awareness of the body through movement.
- Practical investigation of spontaneity.
- Awareness and spontaneity in movement.
- Psychological gesture.
- Transition from individual improvisation to spontaneous collective interaction.
- Methods impelling the group to spontaneous collective creative process.
- Possibilities of nonverbal communication.
- Emotional content and will in action.
- Space and time.
- Voice and movement.
- Composition in the space.
- Building the structure.
- Structural improvisation.
REGISTRATION
To apply for participation, candidates should send a brief letter of motivation stating the Lab dates and CV/résumé with photo to drama@iugte.com
The organizes can help participants to organize accommodation and meals during the Lab in Leitring bei Leibnitz.
More details: http://www.iugte.com/projects/training.php