photo by Andrew Ness
Next event:
MOVEMENT-BASED WORKSHOPS IN LONDON & IN PARIS
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In London:
"THE BODY AS YOUR PARTNER" October 2nd and 3rd (10am to 5pm) Eastbourne House Arts, Bethnal Green, London UK. 020 8983 6134 Collaboration: £85 (£75 early-bird until 21st of September) Focusing on the body as a source of creativity for the performer/deviser, we will give particular attention to freeing movements, clarifying gestures, sustaining action and developing it into a concrete physical attitude, scene or character. The work has its foundations on the “Core Mechanics” and “Seidenstein Method” designed by Ira Seidenstein (iraseid.com). |
À Paris:
"LE MOUVEMENT COMME POINT DE DÉPART" Période: 4 et 5 de November - 10h to 17h Lieux: Studio Bleu (32 rue du Capitaine Marchal 75020 Paris) METRO GAMBETTA Collaboration: 85€ Cet atelier explore le mouvement comme point de départ pour la conception et la création artistique. En partant d'un ensemble d'exercices basés sur le mime corporel, les participants joueront avec des concepts tels que le rythme, l'articulation et le poids pour renforcer les tensions entre les corps dans l'espace, le travail sur la présence, la complicité, la suspension et un moyen concret de transmettre des métaphores à travers de le corps. Nous jouerons à l'intersection entre le mime, le théâtre et la danse. Ce sera aussi l'occasion d'étudier une pièce du répertoire du Mime Corporel. |
The two workshops are open to dancers, actors, choreographers and contemporary circus performers with professional and semi-professional stage experience, who are interested in exploring movement as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to devising and creating.
Reservation by e-mail: vinicius@foolscaptheatre.com / elena.michielin@gmail.com
Elena Michielin works as a physical performer and dancer. She worked with Ira Seidenstein (Cirque du Soleil, Slava Snowshow, Australian Shakespeare Company), as well as collaborated with the dance-theatre company, À Fleur de Peau. She trained at the University of Padua and at Jacques Lecoq School. Credits include: The Improfessionals, Fool’s Cap Theatre, The Factory Theatre and teaching at l'Impro Academy de Paris.
Vini Carvalho travail à l'international comme performer, metteur-en-scene et professeur de mouvement. Il est le directeur artistique de la Cie Fool's Cap Theatre. Au cours des dix dernières années, il a présenté ton travail en Europe, aux États-Unis, au Brésil et en Inde. Il s'est formé par: Théâtre de l'Ange Fou, Thomas Leabhart, Leris Colombaione, Tiche Vianna et Universidade de Campinas. Les crédits pédagogiques incluent l’université East 15 Acting School, l’ecole The Drama School Mumbai, le Physical Fest à Liverpool et Micadanses.
Reservation by e-mail: vinicius@foolscaptheatre.com / elena.michielin@gmail.com
Elena Michielin works as a physical performer and dancer. She worked with Ira Seidenstein (Cirque du Soleil, Slava Snowshow, Australian Shakespeare Company), as well as collaborated with the dance-theatre company, À Fleur de Peau. She trained at the University of Padua and at Jacques Lecoq School. Credits include: The Improfessionals, Fool’s Cap Theatre, The Factory Theatre and teaching at l'Impro Academy de Paris.
Vini Carvalho travail à l'international comme performer, metteur-en-scene et professeur de mouvement. Il est le directeur artistique de la Cie Fool's Cap Theatre. Au cours des dix dernières années, il a présenté ton travail en Europe, aux États-Unis, au Brésil et en Inde. Il s'est formé par: Théâtre de l'Ange Fou, Thomas Leabhart, Leris Colombaione, Tiche Vianna et Universidade de Campinas. Les crédits pédagogiques incluent l’université East 15 Acting School, l’ecole The Drama School Mumbai, le Physical Fest à Liverpool et Micadanses.
...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:
MOVEMENT AS THE STARTING POINT
Physical Fest 2017 photo by Andrew Ness
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This workshop is a journey into Fool's Cap's creative process.
This workshop is open to dancers, actors, choreographers and contemporary circus performers with professional, semi-professional and anyone with a passion for physical expression. We are interested in the practical creative research of movement-based theatre as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to devising and creating. We will depart from the universe of Corporeal Mime to revisit the fundamentals of the performer's work, building up tension between bodies in space, working on presence, complicity, suspension and a concrete way of telling stories through movement. The workshop has been presented at Liverpool Physical Fest, East 15 Acting School, The Drama School Mumbai and at Micadanses (Paris). Key-concepts: devising mechanisms, improvisation, sensibility and simplicity of the physical action, internal rhythm of the performer and collective rhythm, articulation of thought in action, movement in stillness, text and movement. |
CORPOREAL MIME: the world of the metaphors
 Barbara Mangano on the picture
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This workshop is an invitation to the unique universe of Corporeal Mime. Participants are encouraged to develop their physical strength, precision of gesture and presence through a concrete technique based on the moving body. The training features technical exercises, walks, pieces and figures of the repertoire, as well as devising mechanisms based on the technique.
Key-concepts: articulation, dynamo-rhythm, counterweights. Group and private sessions. Payment by donations. Reservation at: vinicius@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. |
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. |
