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| | Post New Topic | | The Art of the Performer, a Theatre Workshop Series in Aid of Jamghat | Views: 52 | | Sep 21, 2009 12:52 pm | | The Art of the Performer, a Theatre Workshop Series in Aid of Jamghat | # | 
Arka Mukhopadhyay | | Dear Friends,
In association with Jamghat, I will be facilitating a series of weekend workshops titled 'The Art of the Performer', till November 7th.
Jamghat (www.jamghat.in), a non-profit organization, works for the rehabilitation of street children and has always been involved in theatre for creating awareness and raising funds. This time we have come up with the idea of giving theatre workshops and connecting with the people.
The workshops are open to actors, dancers, performance artists, musicians, those engaged in the fine arts, teachers, facilitators, counsellors, psychologists, and anyone interested in the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of being human.
The workshops do not have any fixed fees, but we suggest a contribution of 1,500 or above, which will go towards Jamghat's running costs.
Details of the next two workshops are as follows:
"Breath, Body, Text"
Date: September 26th and 27th (Saturday and Sunday)
Time: Saturday - 17: 00 to 20 : 30, Sunday - 12 : 00 to 14 : 00, 15 : 00 to 17 :00 and 17 : 30 to 18 : 30
Age : 18 years and above
Contact: Amit - 9818705715
Address: F-2 First Floor Lado Sarai New Delhi-30
The workshop will focus on connecting with the self and unlocking one's inner creative potential through an approach firmly grounded in the body, and will extend into areas such as breath focus and presence, existing in a shared space as a group, embodying the rasaas, and more. It is not restricted to performers, but can be of value to anyone wishing to explore and engage with the self and develop a heightened sense of existence.
Some of the areas we will explore are :
Breath - seeking the physical, emotional and spiritual centre through breath, incorporating ideas of Buddhist and other meditation practices.
Voice work - chants from the Upanishads and others sources, organic sounds of the body, songs and more
Emotions - the nine rasaas; exploring them through breath, inner rhythms, gesture, eye-movements and more
Movement - exercises of the eye, finger and hand gestures, finding one's physical texture, organic energy and impulse, integrating different strands such as voice, breath, emotion and presence, being truthful and existing in the moment
Ensemble work and devising - creating short compositions using ideas of the singing, moving and speaking chorus, exploring space through text and more.
"Shakespeare and the Rasaas"
Date: October 3rd and 4th (Saturday and Sunday)
Time: 12 : 00 to 14 : 00 and 15 :00 to 17 : 00 (both days)
Age : 18 years and above
Contact: Amit - 9818705715
Address: F-2 First Floor Lado Sarai New Delhi-30 (to be confirmed)
The workshop will focus on developing a heightened awareness of self and emotional fullness, by working with the grand emotions of Shakespeare's texts. By working with monologues and scenes from The Tempest and Macbeth, it will try to develop an approach to the voice that tries to build vocal expression from the speaker's entire body and self. This will be done by working on the breath, on chanting from the Upansihads, from singing and from body work, gestures and movement. Building upon this work, we will then work on expression by embodying the nine classical rasaas through our breath, voice and body. The workshop is thus not only, for actors, but also crucially for teachers, and for those wishing to enhance their speaking and expressive skills by working with Shakespeare's language.
For more details on Jamghat:
*Phone*- +91 11 29522112
*Mobile*- + 91 9811656740 (Priyanka)
*Web *:- www.jamghat.in
*Google group* - groups.google.com/group/jamghat
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