Advanced Physical Theatre Lab
In this laboratory, we use the technique of corporeal mime both as a tool and as an end in itself. Through various exercises and proposals, the body deepens its understanding of the language of dramatic corporeal mime and its relation to creation. This course also offers a cross-disciplinary space featuring object work and physical training.
Course Objectives
This physical theatre laboratory aims to reconcile rigour and pleasure through the demanding work of corporeal mime. To reach further, each student will have a personalised objective, and we will delve into the following technical and creative aspects:
Corporeal Mime training
Technique and repertoire: We will review the fundamental tools of corporeal mime and, this term, we will revisit the piece “The Newspaper”, among other figures.
Improvisation and creation: As we cannot understand corporeal mime without its most creative component, we will continue relating technical concepts to improvisation, and finally, we will enter a creation-laboratory revolving around the poetics of verbs with the intention of holding an open showing of the work.
Transversal Enrichment: guest blocks
During the term, there will be two blocks with a guest teacher to delve into the following:
WORKING WITH OBJECTS (with Pau Garcia, 2nd & 4th February)
A playful capsule introducing object theatre and puppetry, where play and creation are the starting point. We will explore the link between body and object through movement, rhythm, and presence, awakening creativity and the pleasure of playing on stage.
PHYSICALITY AND PLAY (with Neilor Moreno, 2nd, 4th & 9th March)
This capsule proposes to expand the expressive capacity of the body through the conscious investigation of movement, action, and gesture. Through dynamics based on imagination, play, and practical inquiry, the aim is to develop a body that is available, sensitive, and creative. The work combines technical principles with an experimental approach, allowing each participant to discover new ways of inhabiting, communicating, and transforming their own movement.
Training methodology - Class structure
During the physical theatre laboratory, working guidelines are proposed so that each participant can improve their corporal language, develop their repertoire and acquire tools that enable rich creative work in the formal, spatial and emotional spheres.
All classes in the laboratory begin with a physical and sensitive warm-up; following this, the class focuses on specific exercises to perfect the technique and continues with the analysis and study of figures and/or repertoire pieces. Finally, the technical guidelines are applied to creative exercises or new improvisation themes are offered.
Teachers
Laia Campamà
Physical theatre actress, certified and specialised in dramatic corporeal mime at MOVEO. She has complemented her training with acrobatics at the Rogelio Rivel School, contemporary dance with Cesc Gelabert, flying low with Raquel Morales, puppet animation with Cero en Conducta and María Castillo, respectively, among others.
She is currently a member of the Moveo Company, performing in ‘Conseqüencies’, and also of the Diógenes theatre company, based on physical and visual theatre, with which she is touring the show Folie à Deux. Her previous work includes Pau Miró's show Búfalos, performed at the Valle Inclán in Madrid, her participation as an actress in the micro-theatre at the Espacio de Creación Arsénico, and the founding of the FOKIT Festival in Trivandrum, India, aimed at creating a space for contemporary dance and theatre creations. Since 2023, Laia has been a lecturer on the Moveo Diploma course and is responsible for creative training at the Moveo Centre.Pau Gracia:
Pau Garcia is a physical actor, stage creator, and musician, with a diploma in Dramatic Corporeal Mime from MOVEO. He is a co-founder of the La Diógenes company, technical director of Zero en Conducta, and merges his skills in mime, dance (hip-hop, contemporary), and object animation.Neilo Moreno:
He is a physical training teacher for the Moveo Diploma Course, a member of Cia Moveo, and his main work focus is the conscious investigation of movement, action, and gesture. Through dynamics based on imagination and play, he seeks to develop the body's expressive capacity, cultivating an available, sensitive, and creative performer.
Practical Information
The course takes place at the Moveo Centre
C/ Joan d’Àustria, 95-97, 1r 3a
08018 Barcelona
Marina (L1) o Bogatell (L4)
Enrolment
PHYSICAL THEATRE LABORATORY – REQUIREMENTS:
Training at the Moveo Centre:
- You must have completed at least one year of the Diploma Course in Physical Theatre at the Moveo Centre.
- Or have completed or be currently enrolled in any of the terms of the Creative Training at the Moveo Centre.
- Have completed the 1st term Advanced Training
External training in physical theatre:
- Applicants who have completed physical theatre training at other schools or institutions are also eligible for advanced training.
This course is a required course.
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