Suzuki Foundations to Devising and Performance.
Location
The Small Hall
About
ENERGY | INTENSITY | FOCUS | EXPRESSION
Explore the Suzuki method through a devising process of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage.
Psychophysical theatre… Suzuki, vocal work, Thursday Group variations, and co-devising practice into a performance outcome. At our studios in North Melbourne, Thursday Group facilitator, Tessa Marie Luminati invites you to explore the Suzuki Method of actor training and co-devising techniques.
Monday Nights 6-9 pm
This series is broken into two sections.
Block 1: Suzuki Foundations (weeks 1-5)
Block 2: Devising and development showing (weeks 6-15)
Block 1: Suzuki foundations.
Learn the fundamentals of the Suzuki Method of Actor Training.
Created by Japanese Director Tadashi Suzuki, this rigorous method trains the actors' breath, stillness, center of gravity, and “grammar of the feet” to build a grounded and powerful stage presence.
What to expect:
*Sweat, discipline, and ensemble training
*Building of stamina, focus, imagination, and awareness of your body in space
*A shared physical language where we can begin to devise from
*To learn the basic center of gravity exercises, the 10 walks, statues, stomping, and slow ten.
*In the last half hour of class, we put our training into practice, slowly developing and cultivating material for the development showing later in the year. (You do not need to commit to the whole 15 weeks to be a part of the 5-week foundations)
Block 2: Devising and Development showing
(If you are new to the Suzuki technique, you must complete the 5-week foundations to participate in Block 2)
Drawing from the foundational techniques we have learned, along with text analysis, vocal work, and devising practices, we work towards a developmental showing of scene six from Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage. Devising on this piece began in previous training blocks,
The process so far has reimagined Mother Courage's Scene six through the eyes of those history forgot - the unnamed peasants who died fleeing the Thirty Years’ War. In the afterlife, their spirits are restless and questioning, each still carrying the one object they took when they fled: objects. Together these objects become the cart, and these ghosts become Mother Courage - replaying the scene to uncover its truths and hypocrisies for themselves and for the audience.
The development showing will happen in the last class. The showing consists of training and the Mother Courage performance. The showing is not aimed at being a fully polished performance but as a sharing and celebration of the process. Participants are welcome to invite friends and family along.
Dates
(no training on public holidays)
Block 1:
August
17th
24th
31th
September
7th
14th
Block 2 starts
21st
28th
October
12th
19th
26th
November
2nd
9th
16th
23rd
30th Showing
There are several options for participation:
- Observation
- Sessional if you have experience with the exercises.
- Block 1 if you would like to learn the exercises.
- Block 1+2 if you would like to commit to the development showing.
- Block 2 if you have experience with the training and devising practices.
Sharpen your skills, discover energetic performance modes.
BOOKING
-Block 1......... $150
-Block 2..........$250
-Block 1+2…...$350
-Sessional.......$35
-Observation..$15
Explore the Suzuki method through a devising process of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage.
Psychophysical theatre… Suzuki, vocal work, Thursday Group variations, and co-devising practice into a performance outcome. At our studios in North Melbourne, Thursday Group facilitator, Tessa Marie Luminati invites you to explore the Suzuki Method of actor training and co-devising techniques.
Monday Nights 6-9 pm
This series is broken into two sections.
Block 1: Suzuki Foundations (weeks 1-5)
Block 2: Devising and development showing (weeks 6-15)
Block 1: Suzuki foundations.
Learn the fundamentals of the Suzuki Method of Actor Training.
Created by Japanese Director Tadashi Suzuki, this rigorous method trains the actors' breath, stillness, center of gravity, and “grammar of the feet” to build a grounded and powerful stage presence.
What to expect:
*Sweat, discipline, and ensemble training
*Building of stamina, focus, imagination, and awareness of your body in space
*A shared physical language where we can begin to devise from
*To learn the basic center of gravity exercises, the 10 walks, statues, stomping, and slow ten.
*In the last half hour of class, we put our training into practice, slowly developing and cultivating material for the development showing later in the year. (You do not need to commit to the whole 15 weeks to be a part of the 5-week foundations)
Block 2: Devising and Development showing
(If you are new to the Suzuki technique, you must complete the 5-week foundations to participate in Block 2)
Drawing from the foundational techniques we have learned, along with text analysis, vocal work, and devising practices, we work towards a developmental showing of scene six from Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage. Devising on this piece began in previous training blocks,
The process so far has reimagined Mother Courage's Scene six through the eyes of those history forgot - the unnamed peasants who died fleeing the Thirty Years’ War. In the afterlife, their spirits are restless and questioning, each still carrying the one object they took when they fled: objects. Together these objects become the cart, and these ghosts become Mother Courage - replaying the scene to uncover its truths and hypocrisies for themselves and for the audience.
The development showing will happen in the last class. The showing consists of training and the Mother Courage performance. The showing is not aimed at being a fully polished performance but as a sharing and celebration of the process. Participants are welcome to invite friends and family along.
Dates
(no training on public holidays)
Block 1:
August
17th
24th
31th
September
7th
14th
Block 2 starts
21st
28th
October
12th
19th
26th
November
2nd
9th
16th
23rd
30th Showing
There are several options for participation:
- Observation
- Sessional if you have experience with the exercises.
- Block 1 if you would like to learn the exercises.
- Block 1+2 if you would like to commit to the development showing.
- Block 2 if you have experience with the training and devising practices.
Sharpen your skills, discover energetic performance modes.
BOOKING
-Block 1......... $150
-Block 2..........$250
-Block 1+2…...$350
-Sessional.......$35
-Observation..$15
