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Currently
running three courses a year:
| 2 courses - 6 days in length |
1 course - 12 days in length |
Full Course Description
The course will explore The Alexander
Technique, Yoga, breathing, movement and meditation
as a way of developing sensory awareness, focus,
stillness, presence and sensitivity to other
actors. This daily practice will help us to gain
insight
into Zeami’s ideas on acting and theatre,
and establish a way to apply them during the rehearsal
and eventual workshop presentation of his plays.
Through this approach we will be concerned with
cultivating inner life and deepening a commitment
to working from the inside out. Creative empowerment
happens when the mind and heart opens and connects
to the inner movement of the play.
The Noh plays are concentrated stories which combine
subtle transitions with moments of extraordinary
intensity and life-changing transformations in
character. These short plays lend themselves to
concentrated character study and moment to moment
changes are naturally related to the entire journey
of the character. Through repetition and careful
analysis this journey is clarified and a deep sense
of meaning and responsiveness is cultivated in
the actor. External action underpinned by a rich
inner life combines together in a complete response
to a role.
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