MetaWORKSHOP:
CORPOREAL MIME
-intensive 25h
October 2021/ 18.–22.10.
Enrollments by the 12th of October, thanks!
KEY WORDS
Corporeal Mime, mime, movement technique, physical theatre.
AIMED FOR
Performing arts professionals and students. This workshop suits beginners and those with previous experience in the artform.
DESCRIPTION
This workshop focuses on deepening the participants’ physical expression and artistic thinking through the study of Corporeal Mime. It provides an inspiring platform for studying Corporeal Mime technique and enriching your skills in physical theatre.
We will explore musicality of movement, physical articulation and counterweights of action. We will make use of improvisation, key Corporeal Mime repertoire pieces and devising of movement material.
CORPOREAL MIME
Corporeal Mime is a poetic and skillful form of physical theatre. At the heart of it is the idea of expressing the whole spectrum of humanity through the body, from concrete work to the abstract realm of dreams and thought. Corporeal Mime was created by the French theatre revolutionary Etienne Decroux (1898-1991).
TEACHER
Reetta Honkakoski is a Physical theatre practitioner and a Corporeal Mime artist from Helsinki. Their style is known for combining universal human themes with emotional intensity and rich physical expression. Reetta’s ensemble show The Desk (Pulpetti) received The Scotsman Fringe First Award at Edinburgh Fringe festival 2019.
Honkakoski specialized in Corporeal Mime for seven years in London, studying at the internationally acclaimed school of Theatre de L’Ange Fou. They were also one of the school’s assistant teachers in 2011-2013.
LANGUAGE
Finnish, English
TIMETABLE
Mon-Fri 18.-22.10.2021, 9.00 - 15.00 (including 1hr lunch break)
PRICE
284€
PARTICIPANTS
Min/max 8
VENUE
The Finnish Actors’ Union Rehearsal Space
Annankatu 31-33 D, entrance E
Helsinki