• Training: physical (plastics; the dynamic–impulse relation; rhythmic body; the actor’s acrobatics, dance improvisations based on African styles), vocal (breathing and emission techniques; physical resonators; vocals, dynamic and agogic) and singing (monodic and choral singing; chironomia; pitch and modulation; the voice–movement–space relationship.

   

• Creative Work: improvisation and dynamic use of space; composition exercises, the actor’s composition and dramaturgy; creative pathway; techniques of montage.

The work will culminate in the presentation of a final montage based on the proposed text.

Individual sessions will be conducted at different times according to the development of the work. In the evenings there will be work demonstrations, video screenings and lectures.

Comfortable workwear for strenuous work (spare T-shirts) and a volleyball (or similar) knee-pad. Each actor should prepare a fragment from Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, or a fragment based on the text or linked with its main theme. Each actor must bring an elegant costume, complete with shoes. Those who can play a musical instrument are requested to bring it.

• “Fugue on Training”, work demonstration by Raúl Iaiza, a co-production of Regula contra Regulam Teatro and Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium.
• Come un Orologio con Rabbia, performance by Regula contra Regulam Teatro
• Stand’ al mondo senza ’l mondo, performance piece created as part of the Regola dei Laudesi programme, a co-production of Regula contra Regulam Teatro and the Grotowski Institute

Raúl Alejandro Iaiza (born in Argentina in 1964) is a theatre director and educator with a background as a classical musician. He is the founder and Director of Regula contra Regulam Theatre (Milan, Italy), a theatre laboratory that works in the areas of education, production and research, with a particular focus on theatre research and music. From 2000 to 2011 he was Assistant Director to Eugenio Barba at Odin Teatret (Holstebro, Denmark) for the performances Salt by Roberta Carreri, Andersen’s Dream, Don Juan in Hell and The Chronic Life. Since 2007 he has led Regula contra Regulam, the Grotowski Institute’s educational project including educational programmes (Open Sessions) and research (Regola dei Laudesi, Fugue on Training). As a director and educator, he regularly collaborates with institutions around the world such as Diaspora/National Theatre of Scotland (Glasgow, 2008), Hooyong Performing Arts Centre (South Korea, 2008–2010), Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Seminario Jolie Libois, Festival Mercosur (Argentina, 2009–2011), Comedia Cordobesa, En surco ajeno (Argentina, 2012), Totentanz, Ensemble Pange Lingua (Switzerland, 2012), International Summer Academy (Paris, 2013).

Gabriele Vacis is a director and theatre, television, radio and film artist. He promoted and directed a number of festivals, including Torino Spiritualità. He is one the founders of Laboratorio Teatro Settimo, a director with Teatro Stabile in Turin and manager of Teatro Regionale Alessandrino. Vacis has led acting and direction courses in the Paolo Grassi Drama School in Milan. He published Il racconto del Vajont and won three Television Oscar Prizes in 1997. He directed a number of big events, including the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Turin. His film Uno scampolo di paradiso won the Jury Prize at the Annecy Festival. He is currently artistic director of I Teatri in Reggio Emilia.