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The body's journey
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 2009-10 year, the company Pas de Dieux will invite several renowned artists engaged in the corporeal research for the actor/dancer:

Gilberto Icle
From movement to the theater stage: techniques derived from figures of Brazilian popular culture
January 11 to 15, 2010

objectifs

This workshop concentrates on the study of movement as the principle means to which the actor can present himself on stage. It requires developing the figures and characteristics of certain legends of the South of Brazil such as the Salamanca do Jarau (a Moorish princess); Anhangá-Pitã (a demon created from the natural surroundings); the Boitatá (an enormous and mythical serpent). These figures are represented in the physical training exercises of rhythm, energy and movement. Then, these techniques are applied to trick the senses and to avoid the clichés. From the study of these figures, the actor can, through an organic process, discover the possibility of creating personal compositions that will be worked in their dimensions of the fine arts, the body and semantics. The work’s objective is to experiment the entire range of expressive possibilities of the actor and of the dancer for the stage. It is aimed to build a personal repertory inspired from certain elements of the diversity of Brazilian culture. The goal is to utilize these studies for other creative approaches of the contemporary performance art.

program

Preparation Exercises
Exercises of working with the possibilities of the spinal column
South Brazilian tap dancing (Chula)

Exercises of physical training (unblocking and composition)
Study of the figure of Salamanca do Jarau : walks, rhythm, movement
Study of the figure of Anhangá-Pitã : walks, rhythm, movement
Study of the figure of Boitatá : walks, rhythm, movement

Exercises of Stage Presence
Transformation of elements: characteristics, design, use of legs, use of hands
Study of Semantics
Improvisation and Compositions; individual and collective

biography

Actor and director Brazilian, Masters in the Performing Arts with a thesis concerning the approach of the improvisation in the training of actor, and a PhD with a thesis concerning the extra-daily conscience of the actor. Gilberto Icle finished his studies at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul where he is currently professor in the Program of Studies in Education of 3th cycle. There, he directs of pupils of the Master and Doctorate levels. In addition, he is the editor of an important Brazilian review, Educação & Realidade. He is also the author of several books, Teatro e construção de conhecimento (Theater and construction of knowledge), O ator como xamã (the actor as shaman), Pedagogia popular como cuidado si (Theatrical Pedagogy as a concern in itself). In 1992 he founded the UTA – Work Factory for the actor - Center for Research and the theatrical creation where he presents various shows and organizes courses in Brazil as well as in other countries. Its research concerns the actor’s work and Theater teaching in general, but more specifically, the stage presence though the use of the body. The work of Gilberto Icle is distinguished for staging the elements of Brazilian popular culture as a center of the theatrical approach to creation.

practical info

From movement to the theater stage: techniques derived from figures of Brazilian popular culture
January 11 to 15, 2010

9h30 -13h monday to friday
35h / 180€
Studio Philippe Genty, Paris 11ème
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