photo by Andrew Ness
...a journey through movement, the unveiling poetry of everyday life, making the ordinary extraordinary.
We focus on:
- developing physicality capable of conveying meaning through the body;
- simplicity, essence and precision of gesture, where the minimum can express the most;
- work with the internal rhythm and sensibility of the performer to create a truthful physical score in any style of performance;
- work with pre-expression to build 'presence' and prepare the body for the action.
Fool's Cap offers:
- workshops and masterclasses
- coaching
- mentoring
- classes for groups
- private coaching
We focus on:
- developing physicality capable of conveying meaning through the body;
- simplicity, essence and precision of gesture, where the minimum can express the most;
- work with the internal rhythm and sensibility of the performer to create a truthful physical score in any style of performance;
- work with pre-expression to build 'presence' and prepare the body for the action.
Fool's Cap offers:
- workshops and masterclasses
- coaching
- mentoring
- classes for groups
- private coaching
Workshops and masterclasses:
CORPOREAL MIME: the world of the metaphors
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workshop with Vinicius Carvalho (Fool's Cap Theatre)
Open to dancers, choreographers, actors and contemporary circus performers, who are interested in exploring movement as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to devising and creating, this workshop will focus on the repertoire and choreographic work of the unique world of corporeal mime. Departing from the repertoire reconstructed by the latest assistants of Etienne Decroux (Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum), participants will have the chance to enlarge their own movement repertoire and to take it further into their own creations. Corporeal mime is the bridge between theatre and dance. It’s the precursor of physical theatre. As we work on the material, participants will develop their physical strength and precision in their work, building the idea of a body which thinks in movement!, giving birth to metaphors. Key-concepts: articulation, dynamo-rhythm, counterweights. Reservation at: contact@foolscaptheatre.com Corporeal Mime, also known as Modern Mime, is a technique and an art-form. It was designed by Etienne Decroux (1898-1991) who dedicated his life-career researching and developing not only a technique for the actor, but an independent art-form, which was called “the art of the thinking body”. Having its own vocabulary and repertoire, Corporeal Mime is universal because it’s based on physical expression. It enables the performer to portray humans behaviour from its most practical aspects to the most abstract and spiritual ones. Corporeal Mime continues evolving, passing through generations and influencing the world of the performing arts. |
MOVEMENT AS THE STARTING POINT
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This workshop explores movement as the starting point for devising and creating. Departing from a series of concepts based on the world of corporeal mime, we will play with elements that are common ground in movement-based performances, such as rhythm, articulation and weight to build up tension between bodies in space, work on presence, complicity, suspension and on concrete ways of transmitting metaphors through the body. We will play at the intersection between mime, dance and theatre. It will also be an opportunity to study a piece from the repertoire of corporeal mime. This workshop is open to dancers, choreographers, actors and contemporary circus performers, who are interested in exploring movement as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to devising and creating. |
THE WEIGHT OF A THOUGHT
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In our daily lives we are constantly dealing with the weight of material things and the weight of our own bodies; simple activities such as walking is nothing more than a constant transport of our weight forward. In this way, our weight is revealed as our own body.
What happens, however, when we start thinking of the weight of a thought? The weight of a feeling? Or the weight of a situation or a relationship? This one-day masterclass will be an immersion into the concept of weight as a physical element for devising; we will work technically with the weight of our own bodies in space, in relation to others and to objects, in order to let emerge something very human about our existence. We will depart from corporeal mime technique to give shape to the physicality on stage and play at the intersection theatre-dance-physical theatre. The masterclass is open to dancers, choreographers, actors and contemporary circus performers, who are interested in exploring movement as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to devising and creating. |
PRE-EXPRESSIVE TRAINING
 photo by Matt Hodgkin
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Pre-expression is an essential part of the work of the performer. It's his work-out.
This workshop looks at this stage of preparation. Working with the neutral mask, chorus, sticks, rope and group improvisations, participants will understand quality of energy and physicality, playing with the space, focus, articulation and precision of gesture, as well as listening, sincere relationship with the audience and presence. Key-concepts: essence of action, complicity with the audience, presence, focus, immediate physical response, awareness of movement. |
COACHING / DIRECTING:
Les Foules
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Movement coaching for The Resources of Quinola by Les Foules (UK)
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PRIVATE COACHING:
photo by Matt Hodgkin
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Bespoken classes and training for actors and performers wanting to improve their physicality on stage. |
