***Applicants will then be selected. Only selected applicants may purchase a ticket.
About:
This workshop is open for actors, dancers and performers exploring the physical and acting skills of Mask Performance. The participants will be expose to a deep study of the mask dimension of contemporary theatre.
The workshop approaches the basic elements involved in Mask Performance such as:
The spirit of play and celebration
Human archetypes, caught in situations that range from tragic to comic
The architecture of gestures
Structure at the service of metamorphosis
Improvisation
Movement technique
Musicality, timing, space
Interaction and direct contact with the audience
Everyday stories through human passions
The activity will be directed in English. Work sessions can be translated in French, Italian and Spanish.
Paige Allerton is an international performing artist and anthropologist born in Canada.
She is Artistic Director of Manifesto Poetico and Editor of the Laboratory’s research. She directs the company’s department of Anthropology and Content Creation, and the project The Poetics of Survival.