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Creating Theatre that Moves

The Actor Creator

Clown guide Alicia, dressed as a musical conductor and a man playing a saxophone perform a clown performance outside submerged to the waist in a body of water.

Every student has a unique story waiting to burst forth

Creating original theatre through an understanding of character, dramatic motor, rhythmic mount, and the dynamic of text.


The actor as creator

The actor is a creator rather than solely an interpreter of scripts. Lecoq-trained actors are given the tools to devise theatre.

This program will equip students with the tools to invent and devise innovative, visual performances. To use the actor’s body, rather than the spoken text, to generate meaning in the theatre.

Students will generate physical performance languages that are stimulated through improvisation as the first approach to playwriting. The workshop concludes with short devised collaborative scene work in the style of the Lecoq pedagogy.

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    • Apply Lecoq's actor-creator methodology to devise original theatre

    • Master dramatic motor and rhythmic mount concepts

    • Generate physical performance languages through structured improvisation

    • Create theatre with universal poetic appeal

    • Play-building techniques and improvisational scenarios

    • Exploration of dramatic territories and performance styles

    • Investigation of poetry, painting, music, and object theatre

    • Collaborative scene creation using Lecoq pedagogy

    • Stages 5 & 6, Years 9, 10, 11 & 12 and Tertiary students

    • HSC Drama Syllabus outcomes

    • Elements of production

    • Performance skills development

    • Theatre analysis and evaluation

    • Comprehensive post-workshop notes

    • Technical vocabulary lists

    • Assessment-focused learning outcomes

    • Risk assessments

    • Public liability documentation

    • Working with Children Check

    • 2.5-hour workshops starting from $675

    • Full-day immersions available (10% discount for booking 3 or more workshops)

    • Maximum 25 students per workshop (available in-person or via video conference)

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    • Or contact Alicia at info@theclowninstitute.com to request our detailed education info pack or discuss custom programs for your specific needs

 

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