workshops - École Internationale de ThÉÂtre Jacques Lecoq

ÉCOLE INTERNATIONALE DE THÉÂTRE
JACQUES LECOQ
WORKSHOPS
APRIL
JULY
SEPTEMBER
2015
www.ecole-jacqueslecoq.com
APRIL
INTRODUCTION TO PLAYING
From 31 March to 4 April
Teachers : Anne Astolfe – Paola Rizza
This workshop proposes a discovery of the Lecoq School’s
approach to theatrical play.
It will be a journey that leads from psychological replay - the
observation of life, its rhythms and dynamics and silences from
which speech springs – through to the event of the Neutral Mask,
which raises and structures play whilst seizing the poetic
dimension of life.
The workshop will explore this through Improvisation classes,
accompanied by Movement Classes dealing with physical
Preparation and Movement Analysis.
This workshop is for beginners (From 18 years old) intersted
in a first approach to the school’s teaching.
The classes are given in French
10 am to 12.30 am – 2 pm to 4.30 pm / 25h / 500€
JULY
PLAY AND MASKS
From 27 to 31 July
Teachers: Paola Rizza - Eric Nesci
Playing masks is an essential foundation in the life of an actor.
The mask enlarges, shapes and defines the actor’s play whilst
clarifying the dramatic themes engaged.
The mask imposes a transposition of life that carries the actor
beyond the everyday, raising the level of play by shaping the
body’s movements and gestures.
During the workshop we will play with different types of masks.
The neutral mask, larval masks, expressive masks, utilitarian
masks, and «American» latex masks.
This workshop nourishes the capacity of the actor to bring to life
masks, revealing their humanity.
The workshop is composed of physical preparation, movement
classes and improvisation classes.
The classes are given in French
10 to 12.30 am – 2 to 4.30 pm / 25h /500€
SEPTEMBER
THE MOVEMENT OF TEXTS
From 1st to 5 September
Teachers: Susana Lastreto et Jason Turner
The movement of texts: Chekhov, Pinter.
The question for the actor and director is always the same: where
and how to start working with a text?
This workshop proposes to play texts by exploring their movement
and space. This will nourish the play of situations, shape
characters and suggest spatial relations and dynamics through
an approach that doesn’t start from an exclusively psychological
view.
The text moves, it proposes a space. Characters move, both
impelled by others, and as active agents, in a reciprocal play of
dynamic, moving forces. They are pushed and pulled; and push
and pull each other, themselves and the space around them.
The actor’s body, its dynamics and spatial relations, is at the heart
of this approach of finding the movement, space and meaning of
texts.
We will work on Modern Classics: Chekhov’s The Seagull and
scenes from Harold Pinter.
The workshop will include warm ups, movement preparation,
improvisation and group work.
The classes are given in French
10 to 12.30 am – 2 to 4.30 pm / 25h / 500€
SEPTEMBER
Clown and Burlesque : PLAYING COMEDY
From 7 to 11 September
Teachers: Paola Rizza and Jos Houben
Exploring the territory of comedy and laughter comes at the end of
the student’s journey at lecoq’s school. At this end point, the Red
Nose, the smallest mask in the world, mirrors and contrasts to the
Neutral Mask, the biggest mask, discovered at the beginning of
their journey.
In the territory of comedy, that gets bigger as the world becomes
tougher, we will focus on clown and slapstick.
We will look for the clown’s condition, which frees the actors
to play on their own idiosyncrasies and weaknesses, placing the
public in a superior position so that they can laugh at their shared
humanity
We will search for: being caught between the naiveté of childhood and the emotional gravity of adulthood; the attempt to find
a fragile and brief balance in unbalance; the unceasing conflict
between ourselves and the world.
This will be our way in to the universe of comedy and gags, where
laughter is provoked by imbalance, falls, mis-timing, accidents
and the multiple mistakes and errors that humanity in heir to.
A minimum of two years experiences is require
The classes are given in French
10.30 am to 1 pm – 2.30 to 5 pm / 25h / 500€
SEPTEMBER
A PEDAGOGY JOURNEY
From 7 to 12 September
Teachers : Paola Rizza and Jason Turner
This workshop provides a chance to re-revisit the Lecoq’s
School’s journey from the first to second year, looking for the «
permanencies » that found school’s teaching.
We will explore the two paths of movement analysis and improvisation in Lecoq’s pedagogical approach to play and creation.
We will lead the journey whist being open the possibilities of
zigzags, ricochets and rebounds following the questions and provocations that the journey throws up in the participants.
The workshop is designed for former students of the school who
wish to deepen their understanding of the fundamental motors in
the school’s pedagogy. It is also open to theatre professionals who
have already confronted Lecoq’s pedagogy in other contexts and
have an interest in teaching.
There will be movement and improvisation classes each day.
There will also be time for discussion and some of Lecoq’s filmed
classes will be screened.
The classes are given in French
9 to 11.30 am – 1 to 3.30 pm / 30h / 600€
APPLICATION
Send a CV and a photo by post or email:
[email protected]
Tariff (including enrolment):
- Introduction to Playing: 500€
- Play and Masks: 500€
- The Movement of Texts: 500€
- Playing Comedy: 500€
- A Pedagogy Journey: 600€
Payment: deposit of 200€ upon acceptation of your application
(not reimbursed in case of cancellation).
Balance to be paid at the latest one week before the beginning of
the workshop.
No special clothes needed. We recommend comfortable, plain,
dark clothing and flexible gym shoes.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Lignes de métro 4, 8, 9; stations:
Strasbourg St Denis / Château d’Eau / Bonne Nouvelle.
Lignes de bus : 20, 38, 39, 47, 48.
CONTACT
École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq
57, rue du Faubourg Saint Denis
FR - 75010 Paris
Tel.: 00 33 1 47 70 44 78
Email : [email protected]
Internet : www.ecole-jacqueslecoq.com