Laboratory - Acting: two looks in perspective
03.02
à 22.02
Format
In person
Don't follow in the footsteps of the old ones,
look for what they were looking for.
(Japanese proverb)
The Laboratory Acting: two perspectives consists of two modules: The Life of the Human Spirit - from by C. Stanislavski e A Musculature of the Imagination - from by V. Meierhold.
Constantin Stanislavski and Vsevolod Meierhold, artists of the modern stage and the first Russian avant-garde, began the great transformations of theatrical performance at the beginning of the 20th century, creating research spaces, the Studios, where they conducted their creative practices, observed and systematized the means of expression and composition of the actor and the scene, shifting the axis of scenic practice, which began to revolve around the process and no longer (or only) about the product.
The relationship of artistic affiliation between the two Russian artists is not just a direct result of the rapprochement between master - Stanislavski - and disciple - Meierhold - but, rather, of the common recognition of the complexity of scenic language and the need to confront its technical, poetic, ethical and aesthetic means, taking the actor's action as the radiating center of the scenic experience.
They both practically tackled this issue through continuous making and remaking - which is, in turn, inseparable from the materiality of the craft itself, demonstrating that there is no Art without Craftsmanship (SENETT). However, each of them has built an approach poetics-ethics-technics-aesthetics singular, which was organized through a system performancein the case of the actor and pedagogue Constantin Stanislavski; and of a stage composition systemin the case of the director and pedagogue V. Meierhold.
The Laboratory Acting: two perspectives investigates in a practical way a unique dramaturgical material, prospected in two distinct materialities: the life of the spirit and muscles of the imagination. This reflects the perspective of the director and theater pedagogue maria thaís - based on her observation and practice of the Russian tradition and her trajectory as an artist and pedagogue - on the approximations and differences in the approaches of the two director-pedagogues.
It is less a quest to "translate" the canon of the Russian school - but rather to put the propositions of Stanislavski and Meierhold into practice. in perspective. In other words, reading the text, the leave of the tools created by the two Russian artists, in confluence with the concreteness of "where the feet tread", with the pluriepistemic ethical-poetic principles that act and express themselves in the body-life of the actors.
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The Life of the Human Spirit - from C. Stanislavski (1st module)
Period: February 3 to 8, 2025 (Monday to Saturday)
Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Venue: Condô Cultural - Rua Mundo Novo, 342 - Vila Anglo Brasileira, São Paulo - SP 05.028-030
Value: R$ 900,00
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The Musculature of Imagination - from V. Meierhold (2nd module)
Period: February 17 to 22, 2025 (Monday to Saturday)
Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Venue: Condô Cultural - Rua Mundo Novo, 342 - Vila Anglo Brasileira, São Paulo - SP 05.028-030
Value: R$ 900,00
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Discounted price for both modules: R$ 1,600.00
Scholars: 03 participants will be selected with a full scholarship
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For whom?
People interested in and/or with some degree of experience in scenic languages. The laboratory, in addition to the scheduled hours, requires study and preparation - both individual and collective - and is essentially practicalis aimed at those who are curious and involved in developing creative and pedagogical processes on stage.
* It is not possible to participate as a listenerunder no circumstances.
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Vacancies and selection
Number of vacancies: 22
Participants registered for both modules will take precedence. The selection process will prioritize the formation of a diverse group - in terms of age, background, experience, ethnicity, gender, race, origin and experience.
When registering, participants will be sent the bibliographical and dramaturgical material to be used in the laboratory.
Date of confirmation of participation: 27.11.2024
To apply, fill in the form and attach your CV, letter of interest and, if applicable, scholarship application in the fields indicated.
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Affirmative vacancies
03 full 100% scholarships
To apply, select the option on the form
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Payment
In up to three installments via PIX:
1st installment on confirmation of registration
2nd installment - by December 30th
3rd installment - by January 30th
In cash: on confirmation of registration with a discount of 5%
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References
The following videos are imagery reference material (there are no subtitles), to feed the imagination and repertoire of the curious who are interested in exploring them.
STANISLAVSKI
Гениальный мастер русского театра 1938
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj6pdhqMX3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbHe6x-JoE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCUuYKKdPxU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zjC_LOpCCc
Великие имена России. Станиславский (1981)
MEIERHOLD
Мастер и Зинаида. Мейерхольд и Райх
Музей-квартира выдающегося режиссёра Всеволода Мейерхольда, расстрелянного в 1939 году
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zERFIrr4mfE
Лекция Ирины Сироткиной "Мейерхольд - Станиславский - Дункан"
Дело N. Всеволод Мейерхольд: трагическая развязка
Упражнения по биомеханике Всеволода Мейерхольда
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maria thaís
She works in the field of performing arts, as a theater pedagogue, director and researcher. Senior lecturer at the University of São Paulo - USP.
At the Museu Paulista - USP, she developed the project The Scene as a Chimera from 2020 to 2023. She was a professor in the Department of Performing Arts and a research professor in the Postgraduate Program in Performing Arts at the School of Communication and Arts (ECA/USP) from 2003 to 2019. She also worked from 1993 to 2002 as a professor in the Performing Arts Department at the Arts Institute of the State University of Campinas - Unicamp. She is the author of several articles on theatrical pedagogy and the actor's art, as well as the books: Na Cena do Dr. Dapertutto: Poética e Pedagogia em V.E. Meierhold, Editora Perspectiva, SP, 2010; and, together with Álvaro Machado, she organized the book Balagan - Cia de Teatro (Balagan, 2015).
In May/June 2024, she coordinates the artistic residency as director and theater pedagogue at LeLabo (Lousane - Switzerland) and Centro Amazone (Sicily), with the Aprendere il mondo project, which involves Brazilian, African, Swiss and Sicilian artists. In 2022/23 he directed the show Amazonias - ver a mata que te vê - the result of the artistic-pedagogical project developed at Sesc Pinheiros under his coordination and produced by Sesc SP.
With Yghor Boy, he directed the documentary Territories of Resistance - Narratives in Dispute, Florestanias, Sertanias, Ribeirias and the video-clip Paratodos (2021).
Between September 2020 and May 2021, he coordinated the artistic residency Vagamundos - a scenic laboratory - at CPT - Centro de Pesquisa Teatral - Sesc - São Paulo, with the participation of 48 artists.
She founded Cia Balagan (1999) and directed the following shows: Pentesiléia - treinamento para a batalha final (2017-), Cabras - cabeças que voam, cabeças que rolam (2016-18) Recusa (2012/16), Prometheus - a tragédia do fogo (2011/2015), Západ - A Tragédia do Poder (2006/07), Tauromaquia (2004/06), A Besta na Lua (2003/04), Sacromaquia (2000/01). He has also directed: As Cadelas (1996/97), A Serpente (1995), Os Cegos (1994), among others.
In 2004 he staged Olhos d'Água with Cia. Ismael Ivo (Haus der Kulturen der Welt production) in Berlin/Germany, and Dorotéia - um estudo (2004), by Nelson Rodrigues, at the Intercity São Paulo/2004 Festival in Florence/Italy.
From 1999 to 2006, she worked as a director-pedagogue with the Moscow Theatre - Scholl of Dramatic Art, Moscow/Russia, directed by Anatoli Vassiliev.
Among the numerous artistic-pedagogical activities, the following stand out:
- Pedagogical curator with Adriana Cruz of the Amazon Biennial 2023;
- Professor and supervisor of Itaú Cultural's Management and Cultural Policies Course (2018-2022);
- Research artist at the Amazone Center (Palermo-Italy) in 2019;
Visiting professor at Paris 8-Sorbonne (Paris-France) in 2014 and at ARTA-Association de Recherche des Traditions de l'Acteur (Cartucherie, Paris, France) in 2014 and 2016;
- Coordinator of Sesi's Experimental Theater Center (2010/12);
- Curator of ECUM - International Meeting of Performing Arts and the International Center for Research on Training in the Performing Arts (Russian Pedagogy/2010 program with Workcenter J.Grotowski and Thomas Richards/2011);
- Pedagogical consultant at SP Escola de Teatro (2010);
- Responsible for conceiving, implementing and coordinating the Escola Livre de Teatro project, run by the Culture Department of Santo André City Hall (1990/92).
- He has given workshops and courses in several Brazilian states and in countries such as Italy, Colombia, Russia, France, Switzerland, among others.