Body in space, space in body

Introduction to the Scene Movement and Dramatic Corporate Mime
Leader: Jorge Correa Bethencourt

This workshop offers to the participants the opportunity to explore the possibilities of body and space in ways that it captures specific scene concepts and their physical and concrete applications.

Dramatic corporal mime is a body technique that allows the understanding of the acting body and stage space so that the actor can put his body in the service of his imagination. This approach puts the creativity of the actor in the center of theatrical creativity before the director’s dramaturgy occupies the actor’s field.

Knowing the techniques, as well as in music, multiplies the ability of actors / performers, and helps them to do what they want and not just what they can. In this way, the technique opens the door to much more freedom and imagination, and much more clarity in the performance itself.

Whatever our artistic ambition is on the scene, we must first and foremost be present, and the presence of the performer is manifested through his body. The body is the one wearing the costume that the spectator sees and the voice that the spectator hears. The body is the performance skeleton, like gloves on the hands. The next big challenge is to “make visible invisible” (Etienne Decroux), enabling the actor to present internal processes such as thoughts and emotions with body articulation and movement.

Participants will work on technique, improvisation, composition and repertoire of etudes/pieces/forms that contain the underlying principles of this discipline

On this workshop we will focus on:

• different aspects of the movement such as mobility, design and posture by taking examples of movement representations from other arts such as sculpture, painting and architecture, where a certain limit is the precondition for creation.
• sense of space using movements in space, orientation and geometry as well as the metaphorical use of space on the scene.
• body articulation and the use of dynamics and rhythm that will enable us to clearly “blend the movement” and to develop our mobile statues.
• work with the veil to release body expression.
• stage causality and focus of the performer in solo performances, duets or group performances.
• Ideas of effort and reverse metaphors.
• Use of text and props as dramatic extensions of the body.

Take a comfortable outfit for the workshop in which you can stretch and move freely, warm socks and a bottle of water.