24-30.6.2023
Horto (Chorto), Pelion, Greece
In the beautiful seaside village of Horto situated on the
natural resort of the peninsula of Pelion, a one week intensive workshop on
devising in theatre and dance will led by Sanja Krsmanovic Tasic.
The results of the workshop will be presented as part of
the Horto Festival on the 29th of June, in the form of a theatre
piece, dealing with the themes of: voices of nature, resurrection, hope searching, genetic
memory and inner landscapes, that will be explored during the workshop.
The Art of Devising workshop is both for directors and
actors with experience, for students, for teachers and creative drama pedagogues or
anyone interested to embark with us on this journey of personal revelations and
development, as this methodology of work is applicable for all ages. It is a
devised theatre and dance workshop that starts from the expression of the body
and voice, by defining an important and personal theme for the participants,
through researching, developing and creating material that will be shaped into
the performance itself, using creative dramaturgy of montage. The level of
skill and knowledge is not essential, as the workshop gives space for individual
expression, but also a space for challenging personal boundaries and
restraints. This multidisciplinary workshop will also include work on creative
writing for the performance, site-specific work and also work with rhythm,
music and song, to be developed in the final presentation/performance.
Different exercise and training will be used for developing the
organic voice and singing as well as work with the body as our instrument of
expression. We will work on generating different materials thus creating a
meaningful and beautiful performance starting from the participants
themselves. We will explore the possibilities of the body, that does not have
to be trained to be able to express itself through movement and dance. Any
movement can become an action in theatre, any action can become dance. The
workshop will dedicate itself to the search of the „dance of the soul“, the
harmonization of the inner world and listening to the whispers of nature, in search
for the clear, true and wondrous expression of each individual.
The six hour daily workshop schedule will allow you enough
time to explore and enjoy the beautiful beaches of Horto and Pelion, and the
natural wonders of the area.
It is necessary to have comfortable clothes that allow
movement, socks or soft shoes for indoor activities, sneakers or hiking shoes for outdoor activities, a big towel or shawl for
lying down on the ground. Please bring a personal object that has a story
behind it.
For more details and information please write to:
uuuartisticutopia@gmail.com
Workshop price: 200 euros
per person, tuition, plus welcome dinner
We
can organize for you transport by car Volos-Horto-Volos: 50 euros per
person (return journey). The distance from Volos to Horto is about 50
km, and you can also use the inter city bus.
Participants
will provide food for themselves in the numerous Greek taverns with
affordable prices, or can cook in the apartments. Horto and Milina (3 km
away) have a number of food shops and bakeries.
More information about Horto and the Festival:
www.horto.net
Theatre director, choreographer, actress, drama and dance
pedagogue, producer. She has been formed as an artist by masters of
contemporary theatre and dance Torgeir Wethal (Odin Teatret, Denmark), Yoshi
Oida (Peter Brook, Japan/France), Gennady Bogdanov (Meyerhold`s Biomehanics,
Russia), Rena Mirecka and Zigmunt Molik (Grotowski, Poland), Carolyn Carson
(USA) , Steven Iannacone (USA), Shiro Daimond (France/Japan), Smiljana Mandukić (Serbia), Mira Sanjina
(Serbia) and many others. As an
acclaimed international expert in the realm of drama/theatre education, devised
theatre and dance, Sanja is the author of an original methodology called
“ecology of the soul”, based on developing creative potentials of each
individual through an artistic process. Together with her theatre group and
individually, she tours performances and conducts workshops around the globe,
also giving lectures and keynotes. A core member, actress and choreographer of
the first Serbian theatre laboratory DAH Teatar for more than two decades, and
the Program Director of Dah Theatre Research Centre (now DAH Theatre Centre for
Culture and Social Change) she was one of the leaders of the International
School for Actors and Directors in Belgrade, for more than ten years. She is one of the founders and artistic
director of Hleb teatar, and the umbrella association for performing arts
Artistic Utopia as well as founder and director of the Children and Youth
Theatre Festival Mater Terra and a dance Festival Days of Smiljana Mandukić,
dedicated to one of the pioneers of contemorary dance in Yugoslavia. She is the
initiator and author of various artistic and education projects, and is
developing new forms in theatre, such as an “essay in movement”, and
documentary dance performance. President of Centre for Drama in Education and
Art-CEDEUM, and the president of the International Association of Drama/Theatre
and Education-IDEA.
