During the year, the Company Fool's Cap / Vinicius Carvalho offers various choreographic workshops for the purpose of research and creation.
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AND JAMS
CONTACT IMPROVISATION DANCE WORKSHOP FOR DUO AND TRIO
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FOR ALL LEVELS We have been exploring the question of the duo in our choreographic creations and research for several years. We often identify three essential elements : - listening - sharing - the game (the relationship) |
A floor-work is followed by a game in pairs based on the gaze, the extension of the movement, the prevention and the accentuation of the contact of the body on the ground. Then, each duo develops a choreographic sequence based on instructions while keeping the freshness of improvisation and play. Finally, a third person is invited to join (and disrupt) the duo.
JAMs CONTACT IMPROVISATION
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Information, fee and booking mandatory by email contact@foolscaptheatre.com Fee: 7€ (+5€ adhesion to the Association scène hybride) |
Training and research with Fool's Cap
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The weekend will be divided into two moments: the morning will be dedicated to training for professionals and semi-professionals, and the afternoon to choreographic exploration in the company's universe, open to all.
For the morning training, Vinicius Carvalho will re-access the tools and concepts of his training in body mime for a new approach in his current research on body weight transfer. Dedicated to professionals and semi-professionals of dance, physical theater, circus and mime, the training will be based on technical elements developed by Etienne Decroux on counterweight and weight transfer adapted by the choreographer Vinicius Carvalho for his creations. We will go through individual choreographic sequences, in duets or in groups, ending with an experimental approach of using these techniques in the creation. For the afternoon's choreographic research, we will begin with a sequence on the floor to connect the body to the earth and to breathing, to warm up the joints, to enter into a dynamic of spiral movements and to reach a state of letting go. From this state, we will enter into a moment of choreographic composition and improvisation based on the given elements. Open to all, this step will be based on the notions of momentum/impulsion and weight transfer as elements of choreographic creation. Participants will work in duets, individually and also in groups. The work will end with a moment of sharing the created extracts. The workshop is open to professional and semi-professional dancers, actors, choreographers, performers and circus artists. |
Workshop choreographic composition (the weight of the body as a creative source)
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This workshop is based on the concepts of momentum, sharing and transfer of the body weight as sources of creation.
The session begins with a choreographic sequence on the ground to connect the body to the earth and to breathing, warming the joints, entering a dynamic of spiral movements and reaching a state of letting go. Then, the work develops on the notions of momentum / impulse, weight transfer and fall as essential elements in choreographic creation in duo and in group. The workshop is open to professional and semi-professional dancers, actors, choreographers, performers and circus artists. |
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This workshop explores movement as the source of devising in physical theatre. It investigates a creative path in which intention is built from an immediate physical response, the meaning is revelled as the body moves. Departing from a series of movement concepts based on rhythm, articulation of the body, weight transfer and energy, we deepen our awareness of choreography, score composition and devising in group, duos and individually.
The workshop is open to performers, actors, dancers, choreographers, circus performers, from professional or semi-professional backgrounds who are interested in exploring movement as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to devising and creating. |
These jams will happen in a self-managed manner, there won't be any guide or teacher. For beginners, it is advisable to come once to watch and participate slowly. Any form of participation is welcome and this practice is, above all, welcoming.
We invite all those who are passionate about movement, dance, encounter, connection through listening, weight exchange.
We invite all those who are passionate about movement, dance, encounter, connection through listening, weight exchange.
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We start from a simple principle: to place yourself in space.
This action implies a choice, a decision, a point of view and a perspective. The act of "placing yourself" sets up the possibility of meeting and relating to others either in agreement or in opposition. This first and political action gives birth to all others in a danced dialogue of causes and consequences. Inspired by the six viewpoint technique, the session begins with a joyful warm-up on collective movement in space and group listening. Then, improvisations based on instructions on: space, form, time, emotion, movement and history. The workshop is open to performers, actors, dancers, choreographers, circus performers, from professional or semi-professional backgrounds who are interested in exploring space and movement as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to devising and creating. |
THE PHYSICAL ACTOR AND HIS METAPHORICAL WORLD
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This workshop focuses on the repertoire and choreographic work of the unique world of corporeal mime. Participants have the opportunity 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 are able to develop their physical strength and precision in their work, building the idea of a body which thinks in movement. |
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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-EXPRESSION TRAINING
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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
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.
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