HAMLET / #SEPELABA research workshop with Pierpaolo SepeTHE RESEARCHWords are never enough to describe feelings. Words are just an approximation of our language; they are incapable of giving back the value to a sensation or to an emotional state.
Most of the times our body fills the void of meaning left back from our words. It is capable of defining and revealing what words try to hide because of their fears. In theatre, if the actor’s body is missing of control or if there is a delay in the…See More

Social norms, conventions, etiquette and rules create an environment that shapes our physicality and relation to the body – that is, our “body view”. The way we walk, run, dance, touch ourselves and each other is culturally determined but so deeply ingrained that we readily identify with it and say “this is the way I am”. We don’t remember or seem not to remember that from birth we are exposed to intense training that never really ends, and our behaviour is a way of conforming to the prevailing…See More

Movement improvisation strategies for an experiential approach to the 4 natural elements in order to set “magical” intentions for the New Year, expand our personal movement vocabulary and develop performance presence. Dance practice connects us to our bodies and to the world around us through physical sensation. In dance we use awareness, repetition, intention, intuition, imagination and structure to alter the reality both within and outside of ourselves. Any dance practice or performance can…See More

Workshop zu Angst vor der Angst Angst und Märchen sind das Thema dieses Workshops, der auf der besonderen Pädagogik „Die Fünf Sinne des Schauspielers“ vom italienischen Teatro del Lemming basiert. Wir untersuchen die Beziehung zwischen Ängsten und Volkserzählungen in unserem heutigen Leben. Märchen wurden eine lange Zeit vom Erwachsenen für Erwachsene erzählt. Nur in jüngster Zeit wurden sie von den düsteren und gewalttätigen Elementen bereinigt und dienen heute meistens der Unterhaltung der…See More

STRIPPED WORKS - Festival für zeitgenössische TheaterpraktikenSchicht für Schicht „entkleiden“ sich die Künstler*innen und gewähren Zugang zu ihren kreativen und künstlerischen Prozessen. Ausgangspunkt bilden die Aufführungen - die verhüllte Arbeit. Anschließend, in den mit den einzelnen Aufführungen verbundenen Workshops, wird diese Hülle analysiert, dekonstruiert und auseinandergenommen – der kreative Prozess wird bis aufs Mark enthüllt.Stripped Works (Enthüllte Arbeiten) ist ein Festival für…See More

What is my own mask? What makes me free? How do I create a new character far enough from myself to be different and close enough to express myself? This workshop will be a theatrical approach to creation through Balinese masks. We will explore these ideas through two avenues: 1. From the body to the mask. 2. From the mask to the body. There is an inner exploration first, to recognize the body as it is at the present moment. Then we will break that moment in the creation of something new.…See More

The language of Gaga offers a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body, providing a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, and agility while lightening the senses and imagination.Gaga raises awareness of physical weaknesses, awakens numb areas, exposes physical fixations, and offers ways for their elimination by expanding the palette of available movement options and exploring a wide range of textures.The work improves…See More

“When I was a child my mother used to tell me, that I am a citizen of the world. Of course I believed her, she was my mother. But the older I got, the more I understood that this is only my mother’s dream. Borders exist – for somebody more, for the luckiest less. Their lines and rules sometimes change, but they do exist.”Intime Fremde is dedicated to a reflection over the idea of border, identity, the concept of nation, country of origin, to the encounter/collision of different anatomies such…See More

The workshop will focus on different aspects of the dancing body. What is dance? How can we build a body for dancing? What is body? What is a Spirit? We will go through 1-hour yoga based warm up followed by 1- hour of strengthening exercises. After a short pause, we will treat themes like passive movement, internal movement, density of the body, intensions, relation with time and space, personal body and common body, selective attention. The last part will be dedicated to dancing exercises,…See More

“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”“Macbeth and his consequences” is a new project I am working on where not only actors but also dancers and directors are invited to work together in order to create and explore “Macbeth” and its battle.  The participants will be the real protagonists with their creative path and their active participation. We will explore this ancient and well known play in a uncommon way, where words won’t be our first instrument but our last or maybe we won’t need them…See More