We are very happy to announce the return of Gennady Bogdanov, master of Meyerhold’s Biomechanics for the workshop: Introduction to Meyerhold’s Biomechanics organized by our company Pas de Dieux that will take place:
WORKSHOP:
INTRODUCTION TO MEYERHOLD’S BIOMECHANICS
PARIS
June 9 to 13, 2024
Sunday 9 to Thursday 13 – 10am to 1pm
Total: 15h
Price: 350 €
Special discount for all former students of Pas de Dieux Company and students from French or foreign universities.
Location:
Micadanses – Studio MayB
Studio Noces
20 rue Geoffroy L’Asnier, Studio May B, 75014 Paris
Metro, Saint Paul (ligne 1) or Pont Marie (ligne 7)
For more information, contact Leela Alaniz by email: leela(at)pasdedieux.com
Workshop: Introduction to Meyerhold’s Biomechanics
During the workshop, we will explore the physical techniques of Biomechanics, a plastic play system created by Meyerhold that provides the actor the necessary tools to re-educate his reflexes; collaborating to move away his daily and mechanical movements; to build characters through a psychophysical approach; to play in a state of deeper concentration and thus master the scenic play.
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
- Warm up
- Work on rhythm – the “inner musicality”
- Work on the principles of Biomechanics, according to Meyerhold, natural and fundamental elements of the gesture, such as:
- Otkaz (the refusal): a counter-movement that serves both to prepare the action and to give the signal to the stage partner indicating that the actor is ready to react.
- Pacil (sending): the simultaneous commitment to the action and the action itself.
- Tormos (the brake): the constraint that the actor must simultaneously exercise with the force ahead of the pacil in order to maintain control.
- Totcbka (a point in space, the point at the end of the body sentence) or stoïca (posture). They indicate the culmination of an action at a specific point in space.