Rooftop Productions
Physical Theatre

Actor Training Through Physical Theatre

20 Jan – 17 Mar 2015

We Draman Black Box Theatre

2 hours 30 minutes

There are two major schools of thought in actor training, focusing on either the psychological process, or on physical technique. Practitioners of physical theatre place an emphasis on the latter, but this physical engagement often leads to a heightened emotional responsiveness, and improves the performer’s ability to project (rather than simply experience) a character’s psychology.

“Physical theatre” developed out of a revolutionary re-evaluation of the theatrical form in Europe, and intensive investigation into the expressive potential of the actor’s body. Jerzy Grotowski, Antonin Artaud, Jacques Lecoq, and more recently Complicite, DV8 and Frantic Assembly have developed the form and refined training methodologies for their actors that carry over to all genres of performance. Led by a theatre professional from London now working in Hong Kong, these workshops will enhance your physical expressivity and explore new ways into exploring a role from the outside in, using the body to its full potential to act and interact. Through exercises and explorations into movement, musicality and ensemble performance, participants will come to understand more about their own body, and learn how to apply movement techniques and physical theatre actor training methodologies.

Course Details

Dates: 20/1, 27/1, 3/2, 10/2, 24/2, 3/3, 10/3, 17/3/2015 (Tuesdays, 8 sessions) Time: 8:00-10:30pm Venue: We Draman Studio (3/F, Cheong Tai Industrial Building, 16 Tai Yau Street, San Po Kong) Fee: $1,800 Quota: 14 Target: This course is aimed at people with previous performance experience Tutor: Ivor Houlker This programme is conducted in English, with basic Cantonese translation available on request. Discount 1: Full time students - $300 off (fee: $1,300)* Discount 2: Former students will get a10% discount* *These discounts may not be used together.

Course Content

  • Grotowski , Barba, Gardzienice – working with the body, mutuality, voice and musicality
  • Lecoq, Suzuki– mask, chorus, ensemble
  • Meyerhold, Commedia dell’Arte, Stanislavski – physical approaches to character

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Dates & Tickets

Dates

20 Jan 2015
Tue
27 Jan 2015
Tue
3 Feb 2015
Tue
10 Feb 2015
Tue
24 Feb 2015
Tue
3 Mar 2015
Tue
10 Mar 2015
Tue
17 Mar 2015
Tue
12:00

Duration

2 hours 30 minutes

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Venue

We Draman Black Box Theatre

3/F, Cheong Tai Industrial Building, Tai Yau St, San Po Kong

 We Draman Black Box Theatre
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Getting there

5 minutes from Diamond Hill Station, Exit C2.

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