Description
Singing Body- workshop on devising in physical theatre
A one-week residential workshop facilitated by Sanja Krsmanović Tasić from Hleb Teatar, Belgrade, Serbia.
About the workshop:
The title of the workshop is inspired by the working process demonstration (lecture performance) created and performed all over the world, from Mongolia to the the US, by Sanja Krsmanovic Tasic, for over nine years (2001-2010) called „Singing Body, Dancing Voice“. The starting point for the demonstration and the title was the sentence by Maredith Monk, a reknown artist in the realm of music and performing art, where she says: “I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where the theater becomes cinema.”
The work in contemporary theatre based on devising and creating performances from the actors materials and montaging them into a whole, meaningful piece, could be connected with cinema that also uses the method of montage. The workshop „Singing Body“ will explore the possibilities and limits of the bodies of the participants, as well as their voices, as the „mirrors of their soul“.
It will be a special meeting on the sacred ground of artistic creation where everyone will have the possiblity to express and contribute to the process. This year’s workshop will include techniques of Qi Gong, work with objects as well as techniques of creative writing. The workshop is based on movement and physicality, but respects the ability of each individual participant.
The theme of the performance/presentation that will be performed at the end of this process will be revealed during the process.
About the facilitator:
Sanja Krsmanović Tasić is a performing artist, theatre director, choreographer, dance and drama teacher. The founder and artistic director of the Hleb Teatar and Artistic Utopia Association. Formerly an actress of the DAH Theatre and program director of educational projects of the DAH Theatre Research Centre. She is curently the president of IDEA-International Drama/Theatre and Education Association. She has been working as a drama and dance/movement teacher since 1984. She is an author and producer of numerous educational and artistic programmes & projects. Part of her pedagogical work has been also dedicated to creating art with disabled dancers and actors. She has led drama and dance workshops in Serbia and abroad (Europe, USA, UK, New Zealand, Mongolia, Cuba).
Since 2011 she has been developing new forms of performance described as “theatrical essays” with variation of “essays in movement”, and in 2014 she started developing the concept of “The Ecology of Soul” as part of the Festival “Mater Terra” that she has founded.
As an artist she creates work that is on the border line of activism and art, dealing with subjects that are important politically and socially. She believes that through art transformation and healing can be achieved.
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Open to participants with and without experience in the realm of performing arts, including dancers, actors, theatre directors, students, drama teachers, all who are interested in learning new skills and techniques that will enrich their professional life and contribute to their own development and growth. This one-week workshop will focus on development of different performing arts skills and practices, mastering the process of “devising” in theatre and dance drawing upon the individual creative potential within the group.
About the place:
In the Open Space Centre, Czech Republic. Open Space is a non-for-profit educational & cultural centre located 15 minutes from Prague airport and 25 min from Prague in the quaint village of Trpoměchy near Slaný. Originally built as a gymnasium in 1920’s by Sokol, a fraternal organisation promoting the old-Greek ideal of a bodily, moral and spiritual whole, the recently reconstructed building offers a large workspace, kitchen, sauna and cozy attic bedrooms.
full board (3 meals a day, snacks, coffee/tea)
dormitory/hostel-style lodging in shared rooms with 2-4 people in one room and shared bathrooms, bedding and towels included
The dates:
Monday 12th August from 5pm till Sunday 18th August 1 pm.
COST
€ 320
The price includes accommodation & meals.
INFORMATION & QUERIES:
Contact the organizer: Pavel Bednar, tel: +420602322947, [email protected]
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Feedback from participants of Sanja’s previous workshops in the Open Space:
“Absolutely professional, exceptionally personal and warm-hearted approach.”
“Sanja is an experienced actress and director, but most of all a wonderful human being. I appreciated her sharing this experience with us as well as her own unique approach to acting and directing. Her workshop facilitation was genuinely pleasant which made me feel safe to experiment.“
“What I like about her approach is that even the so called warming-up activities are not just single-purpose but linked, directly or indirectly, with all other activities. Everything is interconnected with the level gradually increasing so we can develop and cultivate all that has been created and thus never feel stuck.”
“These few days spent with warm-hearted Sanja and all those wonderful people will forever stay in my memory. It was very intensive, very deep and yet such a great fun.”
