GreenRoom Master Class: “Polygram Soluble” an intensive exploration into
PUPPETRY, PHYSICAL & OBJECT THEATRE
Mon 27 April – Fri 1 May 2009
10am – 2.30pm each day with ½ hour meal break
Adelaide Festival Centre, Rehearsal Room 2
Cost: $180 GreenRoom member
$280 non-GreenRoom member
Facilitated by: The Pooka Puppet Company
Designed for ages 18 to 30
This 5 day intensive workshop will provide students with the
physical, emotional and theoretical principles behind Puppetry,
Physical, & Object Theatre.
Firstly Ninian Donald, Pooka's Movement Director, will guide
students through extensive body movement exercises concentrating
on physical isolation, co-ordination, expression and communication,
setting each student up with the foundation skills underlining all
forms of Puppetry & Physical Theatre.
Then Lachlan Haig, Artistic Director of Pooka, will explore in depth
how this bodywork translates to the art form of puppetry and object
theatre using carefully selected exercises drawn from the
masterclass of French Director Philippe Genty and Mary Underwood,
as well as the practical techniques and principles behind all forms of
object manipulation.
Through these exercises and performance techniques
the
participant will explore his/her unique relationship to objects, their
manipulation, and the art of breathing life, emotion and soul into
the inanimate, whether it be brown paper or a carefully crafted
puppet.
The course will mainly focus on the use of simple everyday
materials with a view to exploring the infinite possibilities of the
ordinary when combined with inspiration, technique and the
imagination.
To register or for more information, please contact Leanne Cotter,
GreenRoom Coordinator P: 8216 8512 or
E: leanne.cotter@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
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