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Studio Matejka Workshop Led by Matej Matejka Assisted by Guillaumarc Froidevaux Thu-Sun 19–23 February 2014 Na Grobli Studio Contact and application: Please send your completed application form and CV to studiomatejka.workshops@gmail.com by 25 January 2014. We will get back to you by 27 January 2014. The workshop will be restricted to a limited number of participants. Fee: 200 EUR Workshop will be conducted in English.  In this work session, we will explore the territory of “contradictions” as a source of research for the performer. Contradictions are not a limitation, but rather, by focusing simultaneously on opposite ideas, they open doorways for the inner, primal sources of the body to flow. The world exists as a dynamic fusion of contradictions in which the performer is able to discover a path to his total essence. Through a laboratory model that seeks to break the borders between dance, theatre and movement techniques, we aim to unlock the potentialities for beginnings, where action is born. This is an invitation to delve into the rigorous and experimental workspace that defines Studio Matejka. The aim is not to create bodies that are plastic devices in service to the storytelling of theatre, but on the contrary, to instill a practice that keeps the physical body a well-cleaned instrument, capable of complex subtle expression. By engaging the entire body-mind, the body becomes a luminous reflection of the inner thoughts and the channel for the self. Matej Matejka Participants will be introduced to elements of:
The workshop is targeted towards practitioners with an interest and experience in theatre or dance. It is open both for professional actors and dancers. This challenge requires serious focus and precision from all engaged in the work. It is open to those who are willing to explore less common fields of physical expression.
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Studio Matejka began its activities in 2010 as a physical theatre laboratory exploring 21st-century performance techniques that specifically work across borders: Borders between performance genres, borders between training techniques, and borders between individual expression and collective resonance. Through practical investigation, the performers work to develop the strength, agility and dexterity to physically “speak” through a diverse range of ideas, images and vocabularies.
Matej Matejka is the founder and leader of Studio Matejka. He studied acting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava, Slovakia, later at JAMU University, Brno, Czech Republic. From 2001 to 2006 he was an actor with the theatre studio Farm in the Cave, Prague, and co-creator of the projects and performances Dark Love Sonnets, Journey to the Station and multi-awarded SCLAVI/The Song of an Emigrant (Fringe First, Total Theatre Award, Herald Angel, Alfred Radok’s Award, Golden Laurel Wreath).
Guillaumarc Froidevaux was born in Switzerland, and graduated from Scuola Teatro Dimitri in 2005. Before this, he performed with TPR Theatre School’s Company and Théâtre Circus Junior. He has collaborated with groups such as Twof2, Palin Teatro, Teatro Paravento and DschungelWien, and is currently a member of the duo The Sunny Side Up. Other experience includes film, dance and cross-disciplinary collaboration. He co-founded, with Zuzana Kakalíkova, the company T-d’U, which presented its first play, Silence..., in 2008. He teamed up with visual artist Kelzang Ravach to create short films in Brussels. Guillaumarc was a teacher of acrobatics in LeZarti Cirque in Switzerland, and leads acrobatics and body rhythms sessions within the Studio work. |