Acrobatic dialogue
Duration : 3h par jour x 5 jours
For some time now, we have been hearing about circus dramaturgy. But in order to write the circus, one must also be able to read it, decode it, and understand its system.
This workshop, both physical and participatory, aims to encourage dialogue between acrobats by making their circus discipline "speak" through movement. It will include teamwork workshops, practical exercises, improvisation and discussions.
The themes covered will be:
- Questioning the dramaturgy and writing of circus through its technique
- Open the acrobat to different possible interpretations of the circus technique.
- Deconstructing Circassian language for the discovery of a new physical vocabulary
- To question the gap between the perceived and lived experience of the acrobat and the spectator.
- To observe the birth of possible dialogue in this space between two, between bodies, disciplines and spaces.
The sessions will begin with an in-depth warm-up, in order to open a first inner dialogue. Then, participants will question, explore and deconstruct the prowess by reversing its codes, playing on its rhythms and angles of presentation. The trainer will lead them to deterritorialize the danger that inhabits them, so that the prowess becomes a material, a tool. The aim of this first work is to open the acrobat's inner awareness of the different possible interpretations and then to go to meet the other through the prowess. Then, within improvisation exercises, the participants will create encounters. Based on these encounters, they will analyze the different readings and possible interpretations: both those experienced and those perceived.
Finally, the training proposes a reflection on how to define one's art, which will help circus artists to articulate their artistic approach orally and in writing.
This workshop was given
En Piste - Regroupement national des arts du cirque (Montreal), Contemporary Circus Arts Festival (Toronto), La Gata Circo (Bogota), La Grainerie (Toulouse), La Central del Circ (Barcelona)
