DATES
05 -30 August 2024
LOCATION
EDEN, Studio 190 OG
Breite Straße 43
13187 Berlin
INFO & REGISTRATION
arthaus.berlin/arthaus-workshops/summer-school-2024
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Urbanism and Devised Performance : 05 – 09 August 2024
Led by Jelle De Wit
Times: 10.00-16.00 ( inclusive of a 60-minute break ) (some outdoor trips may take place outside regular workshop hours)
Fees: 450€ Early Bird, 500€ regular
During this workshop, you will traverse through different parts of Berlin, both by day and by night. Later, back in the studio, we’ll embark on a transformative journey, turning our experiences of the urban space into performative forms. As a tool we will use a platform made visible on the floor of the studio and create composition work with bodies and materials.
Balinese Mask Play : 10-11 August 2024
Led by Maria Eugenia Blanco
Times: 10.00-17.00 ( inclusive of a 60-minute break )
Fees: 216€ Early Bird, 240€ regular
In Bali it is known that through the mask both extremes, the universal and the individual, can be connected. The workshop will offer an exploration of these beautiful, rich masks, of their dynamics and structures, and how they can enrich your deeper playfulness and aliveness and inform your understanding of different levels of play in life and art.
Storytelling and Puppets: Telling the Stuff of Living : 12-16 August 2024
Led by Cat Gerrard – and with Adi Weinberg
Times: 10.00-16.00 ( inclusive of a 60-minute break )
Fees: 450€ Early Bird, 500€ regular
This workshop is an exploration into the capacious possibilities that story has to offer us and how we might bring them into our bodies, into the space and alive through puppets. With myth and fairytale, paintings and poetry as our starting points, we will work with archetypal movements and images and with the poetic body. We will take the opportunity that puppets offer us: the invitation to make the object into a subject.
Embodied Writing : 17-18 August 2024
Led by Michelle Madsen
Times: 10.00-17.00 ( inclusive of a 60-minute break )
Fees: 216€ Early Bird, 240€ regular
Using aspects of Pochinko clown technique and the embodied poetics of Jacques Lecoq, we will ask how the body can be the author of the unknown, creating new realities in space and on the page. Participants will be guided in solo and group work through movement and visualization to write from the inner microcosm, and then engage with the environment beyond the studio, asking how do we as bodies open ourselves to be written upon?
The Many Masks of the Clown : 19-22 August 2024
Led by Michelle Madsen
Times: 10.00-16.00 ( inclusive of a 60-minute break )
Fees: 360€ Early Bird, 400€ regular
In this laboratory space we will explore the clown state as mask state – a portal to new narratives and expressions. Using the ‘Clown Through Mask’ work of Richard Pochinko, we will touch on different territories which the clown mask opens into – butoh, the bouffon and the grotesque. By harnessing the embodied poetry of the fool in both group and solo work, we will explore what needs to be created to meet the moment – bringing light into the darkness within.
One, Two, Many - Crossroads Between Theatre and Dance : 24-25 August 2024
Led by Valentina Bordenave
Times: 10.00-17.00 ( inclusive of a 60-minute break )
Fees: 216€ Early Bird, 240€ regular
A vigorous, physical and refreshing journey for actors, dancers and other movement performers interested in experiencing the huge potential of movement in theatre. The workshop focuses on physical interaction with a partner and with the group and invites us to improvise and compose in the moment, using the body, the voice, time and space, respecting the uncertainty whilst adapting to constant change. By applying the Unfold method (unfoldmethod.com) throughout the research, we can expect our improvisations to be born from an awakened and more finely tuned state.
Music of the Body - The Art and Ritual of Circle Songs : 26-27 August 2024
Led by Patrick Soul
Times: 10.00-16.00 ( inclusive of a 60-minute break )
Fees: 180€ Early Bird, 200€ regular
In this workshop you will explore the rhythms and musical instincts of your body and mind through movement phrases, vocal explorations and rhythm games, leading to instant group compositions and improvised musical worlds, guided and assisted by the workshop leader. Ranging from free and abstract soundscapes to highly structured rhythmic grooves, the Circle Song experience can cover many territories and infinite moods. Training the mind and body in musical sensitivity, awareness and coordination within oneself and the ensemble is an essential practice for the actor-creator-collaborator.
Mining for Gold - Ways into Devising : 28-30 August 2024
Led by Rachel Karafistan
Times: 10.00-16.00 ( inclusive of a 60-minute break )
Fees: 270€ Early Bird, 300€ regular
Are you eager to transform your research or ideas into a performance? Do you want to better understand how to incorporate movement, text and maybe even song or puppetry into a performance? How can a painting or piece of music unravel the hidden layers of a narrative? Whether you’re a performer seeking embodied expression, a writer looking to breathe life into your stories, or a director craving inspiration; this workshop is designed to equip you with a range of creative ways to make compelling theatre.