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Dynamix
Performance as Action Workshops: A Butterfly in the Head Project
On
Wednesday evenings Gateshead’s Dynamix Skatepark & Performance Centre is
opening up their space to host a skills development, ideas testing and creation
session.
These sessions will develop theatre performance skills with a
physical emphasis, skills in physical disciplines such as aerial circus,
wall-trampoline, ground-based acrobatics & balance, dance, as well as music
and song skills, digital art/film, and develop a performance language which is
the voice of an activist mind-set.
The 2
main aims of the sessions are;
· To
bridge the gap between theatre/music performers and people coming from
intensely physical practices like circus skills, dance, parkour, skate/bmx and
dance, so that we can create a performance language which combines physical
skills with story and meaning. There are
actors who have not had the opportunity to develop their physical skills and
the opportunities for performance that they offer. There are people who practice physical skills
who might not have considered how these could be used in a performance setting,
and might not have the performance skills or experience.
· To
develop a performance language which emerges out of consciousness and
understanding of some of the issues which face us today, inspired social
justice, activism, and telling the stories and amplifying the voices which
often go unheard.
Engaging
with audiences who are not ‘typical’ theatre goers.
Who is
it for?
·
People with some training, background, and
experience of performance OR
·
People who have dedicated themselves to developing
physical skills such as Aerial Circus, acrobatics, breakdance, parkour,
capoeira, dance, martial arts, skate, bmx etc
OR
·
People who are from a music, digital art or film
background
·
People who are curious about how theatre and
performance can be used as a tool in social justice, challenging, questioning,
proposing, inspiring, creating change..
The
details: Sessions run from 6-9pm on
Wednesdays 3 times a month. The venue is
Dynamix Indoor Skatepark and Performance Centre, Albany Rd Junction, A184,
Gateshead, NE8 3AT (watch out, the post code often sends people past our
building into the industrial estate when put into a sat nav). Sessions cost £10 per person, (people who are
unwaged, or might otherwise have difficulty paying this can pay £3 or what they
can afford to contribute).
Contact:
Rosa Stourac McCreery on Tel: 07964212929 rosa@dynamixskatepark.com
You can see more details on the following facebook pages:
The New Tools or Art as a Weapon of Mass Construction https://www.facebook.com/groups/445042519003955/
What do
you get? Professional Development Training in Performance skills with
a physical approach. This is drawn from
influences such as: the teaching of Jacques Lecoq, neutral mask, mime, ensemble
working, Commedia dell’arte, theatrical-clown, buffon, forum theatre and
theatre of the oppressed techniques.
Skills
training in the following areas:
· Aerial
Circus
· Wall
Trampoline
· Ground-based
balance, movement and acrobatics
· Dance
· Music,
rhythm and song-writing
You can
choose to specialise in one or a few of these various skills, or try all of
them.
The
session will usually follow this structure:
1 hour of performance skills
training
1 hour of skills training (from
the list above)
1 hour of inspiration and
development: drawing on the research and inspiration of other examples of art
as activism, resistance movements, people’s champions, freedom fighters. An opportunity to start developing material
and performance ideas, collaborate with others, test out ideas and work that
you are developing with an audience of ‘critical friends’.
Who
is involved?
The
process has been conceived by, and will be facilitated by Rosa Stourac
McCreery. Rosa is a
performer, facilitator and director, clown doctor, and co-director of Dynamix
Extreme CIC. She studied theatre at
Jacques Lecoq International Theatre school, Paris, and has studied forum
theatre in Paris and
with Cardboard Citizens in London. She has worked in Spain, Italy, France, Tunisia, South
Africa, Malawi, Ghana, Senegal, Canada, Zimbabwe, Ireland, and
around the UK. She has used theatre and performance skills
to work with some of the most marginalised people, from Street Children in Ghana, Senegal and Zimbabwe, to
some of the most deprived communities in the UK. She has been involved in developing Dynamix
alongside Rico Jakk, since 2007: working without funding, with a social
enterprise model, to involve local people in the transformation of derelict
buildings and wasted resources, to create facilities and services which are not
available elsewhere, and which serve to develop and support people who are
under-represented and lacking in opportunities.
A
number of other artists and practitioners will also contribute to the process,
from musicians and song-writers, to aerialists and digital/film artists.
This is
currently an un-funded project, supported by Dynamix Extreme CIC. The first phase will serve as a pilot with
the potential to seek further support and resources to enable the project to
continue and develop.
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