'Presence & Play in Scenework' with Tara and Rance (The Nest Theatre)
za 18 mei
|Cliffordstudio
Tara DeFranciso and Rance Rizzutto are veteran Chicago improvisers who founded the Nest Theater in Columbus, Ohio. Their workshop in Amsterdam will focus on presence inside scenework.
Time & Location
18 mei 2019, 11:00 – 16:00
Cliffordstudio, Cliffordstraat 38, 1051 GV Amsterdam, Netherlands
About the event
Discovery Over Invention - A Joyful Romp into Presence & Play in Scenework
withTara DeFrancisco and Rance Rizzutto
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION (from the instructors):
We will start the day with presence exercises designed to keep you in the moment, implement tools to get you out of your head and stay in the scene you're in, and later focus on creating without demanding of your partner, but collaborating with them to find the new idea born between you. Most of the stagnation of improvisation comes when we, the player, miss what is already happening between us. Rather than leaning desperately on formulas that can work ("pattern", "game", etc.), we should lean instead towards our scene-mate to explore "zero moments" that will only be born when there is alchemy between players. Be ready to work, to think, to explore, to discuss, and play; Connection is what we all want in this artform and…