The Alphabeth of the Mime-Poet (Workshop in Wien)

THE ALPHABET OF THE MIME-POET

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
The objective of this workshop is to provide the participants with a clear view of the geometry of the body as a basic tool of the stage manifestation in theatrical context. This geometry is refined by the clarity of gesture, grace of movement and musicality of the act.

STRUCTURE OF THE MATERIAL:

1.TECHNICAL AND PRACTICAL PART
Majority of the time is dedicated to the technical and practical part. Its objective is to offer the basis on which the participants will build their performance in the future.

1.1. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
The fundamental principles in their entity contribute to the corporal training of the mime. They provide the participants with the turning points in acquiring and building awareness of their main tool – their body.

The Neutrality of the Static Body (This is the “blank sheet of paper” which the mime will write on)
Stage Tension of the Body
The Body in Space (The relation between the body and the stage space)
Movement and Stops
Weight – Anti-weight (Relation with gravity)
Dilatation: (Of the gesture - Of the movement -Of the body)
The Fragmentation of the Movement (Clarity of the mime phrase)
Poetic Time

1.2.TECHNIQUES AND EXERCISES
Being in direct connected with the agility of the body, they contribute to the corporal training of the mime in particular.

Conventions of the Character (Attitudes [42 attitudes separated into 7 groups] helping the body to express variety of feelings, emotions, and spiritual states: joy, sadness, rage, jealousy, hypocrisy…)
Five Senses (Hearing, smell, taste, touch, and vision.)
Four Elements (Mimographs representing the elements of Nature: Air, Earth, Water, and Fire.)
Characters (Working with the stance and character in accordance with the activities and reactions of the characters.)
Ruptures and Breaks (Sharp changes that interfere with the general action of the character.)
Metamorphosis (Gradual changes (ascending and descending) interfering with the spiritual or corporal condition of the character.)
Walking (Moving the body into space. It is based on the transcendence of its weight that is a condition for losing balance and at the same time a request for gaining new balance.)
Optical Illusion (“To represent the invisible via visible and the visible via invisible” - М.М.)
Repertoire (Learning fragments or whole etudes develops the interpreting qualities of the participants. )

2.COMPOSITION AND CREATIVE PART
Its objective is to develop the improvisational skills of the participants. At the same time the topics and compositions are selected as supportive of the acquired knowledge. This part includes: working on an attitude, on a poem, on music, working with or without an object, working on or without a topic, etc. This part will be developed at the end of the working day.

ABOUT THE MIME ART
The art of the essential, the art of emotion, surveyed in a body in action, body in counteraction, body in interaction...
The art that, by the means of gestures, attitudes, visual pictures and corporal acts will touch the heart, consciousness and above all, sub-consciousness of the viewer. A viewer who is addicted to the act revealing in front of him. Act that is dependant on the corporal performance of the mime actor and nothing but it. A mime actor who is acting due to the clarity of his gestures, of the optimal tension of his acts, of the musical qualities of his non-verbal phrases. Mime actor who magically creates worlds and spaces, no matter visible or invisible, as from the moment they get life on stage, they remain present for good.

ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS
Meant to serve professionals who need to improve their on stage corporal appearance (mimes, actors, dancers, singers, magicians, musicians, etc.)

TRAINER: Guerassim Dichliev (Gero)

COSTS: 120 Euro

INFOrmation und Kontakt in Wien:
Mariana De Meo
demeomariana@gmail.com
+43 676 3683 058