Physical training:

•   Body rhythms, rhythm in segmentation, accent and counterpoint, space choreography

•   Plastics and body orchestration (segmentation, dissociation, coordination, composition)

•   Balance/loss of balance, dynamics and impulses, relation exercises, runs, dance of impulses

•   Pre-acrobatics and grammar exercises (going down, getting up, rolls, somersaults, counterimpulses, jumps and falls)

•   Floor and dynamic acrobatic exercises

•   Work-in-succession: from single exercises to composition to improvisation to dynamic use of space 

Vocal training:

• Vocalization, dynamics and agogic, training songs, relationship of song with movement, relationship of words with physical training techniques

• Accents, syllables, word-movement dynamics

• Breathing and vocal emission techniques, registers and location of voice colours 

Singing:

• Extracts from various musical and cultural sources, useful for practice

• Monodical and choral songs, harmonization of three and four parts

• Intonation and dynamics of octaves, techniques of transposition and modulation

• Techniques of vocal-instrumental arrangement 

Physical actions:

• Processing of structures and dramaturgy of person-in-acting

• Montage and dramaturgy of a group, levels of attention and perception 

The reference text for the forthcoming session is “The recognition of Sakuntala” by Kalidhasa. Each participant is requestsd to bring a copy of the play in his/her native language if possible, or in English. 

LANGUAGE: English and Italian 

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 13 actors and 2 directors