The Body’s Journey 2010-11

The company Pas de Dieux, co-directed by Leela Alaniz and Won Kim, proposes a year of revitalizing creativity through the rediscovery of the body as a path of research and creation. In addition to the various technical workshops proposed throughout the year, the program also proposes theoretical reflection concerning the attitudes of the actor/dancer immersed in his work, therefore opening the possibility to create with the body, spirit and sentiments as a part of a continual work of self-discovery.

Throughout the 2010-11 year, the company Pas de Dieux will invite renowned artists engaged in the corporeal research for the actor/dancer:

LEELA ALANIZ

Training: Dynamo-Rhythm for Actors/Dancers
The objective of the workshop is to research with the actor/dancer an interior body vibration for each movement, from the vigorous to the subtle. Dynamo/rhythm is a term created by Etienne Decroux to designate the infinite combinations of corporeal designs in conjunction with the speed, the force or the resistance of movements. Beyond the practice of Corporeal Mime, the work researches the possibilities of personal discoveries in order to create unique compositions.

Thomas Leabhart

Corporeal Mime
Counterweights in the study of “The Washerwoman”

* “Back Exercises”
* Technique du Mime Corporel : gammes, contrepoids, dynamo-rythme, figures de style, marches
* Improvisation
* Nouvelles créations

Thomas Leabhart

Corporeal Mime
Counterweights in the study of “The Carpenter”

* “Back Exercises”
* Technique du Mime Corporel : gammes, contrepoids, dynamo-rythme, figures de style, marches
* Improvisation
* Nouvelles créations

Lluis Graells

The Body and the Mask

During the workshop, we will explore the masked characters of the Commedia Dell’Arte through the study of their walks, voices, and energies: Arlequin, Colombine, Dottore, Pantalon, Capitan, Zanni, Brighela. Each of these characters will be the object of a personalized work of each student. In this fixed form, in the “interior”, lies a large creative space that will be uncovered and will permit each actor to create his Arlequin, his Capitan, her Colombine…

Each day, improvisation will take its special place. We will study the codes of acting specific to the Commedia and to the mask, as well as the construction of the storylines. These participants will create the intrigues and mysteries by relying on the physical form and the social functions of their masked characters, based on their proper imagination and their relations tied to the characters.

April 4 to 8

9:30am – 5:30pm monday to friday
35h / 320€
Studio Philippe Genty, Paris

LEELA ALANIZ

Organicity and Structure in the work of the Actor/Dancer

The workshops focus on the encounters of two contemporary techniques for the actor/dancer: the organic research developed by Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba and his collaborators, and that of Corporeal Mime by Etienne Decroux. These techniques have as a point of convergence the same objective of developing the actor/dancer a stage presence and the autonomy as a creator.

The exercises of the organic processes free the energetic flux starting at the level of the spinal column that spreads beyond physicality of body; developing the attention and integration of the physical, emotional, and mental centers.

The Corporeal Mime isolates the different parts of the body, masters the articulations, and plays them with differing speeds, resistances, and designs of corporeal movement. The actor/dancer discovers the possibilities of creating personal compositions.

May 10 to 14

10am – 5pm tuesday to saturday
30h / 280€
Studio Philippe Genty, Paris