Suzuki & Viewpoints workshop

Come join the 3-day Suzuki & Viewpoints workshop!

Date & Time
to 26.11. klo 14.30–17.30
pe 27.11. klo 14.30–17.30
la 28.11. klo 11.00–15

Place:
ESKUS, Suvilahti
Puhdistamo
rakennus nro 6, 2. krs
Kaasutehtaankatu 1/33
00540 Helsinki

SALI 3 (26. & 27.11.)
SALI 2 (28.11.)

Participation fee: 20 €

In this workshop, we will practice various exercises from two of the most iconic physical training methods for theatre in the world.

In Suzuki Method of Actor Training, the focus is on how to be more expressive and powerful in our presence. You will learn the basics of the method and find ways to apply them in a performative situation.

In Viewpoints, the main theme is listening to time and space with the whole body. You will learn the basics of the technique as an ensemble and explore ways to create theatrical language to tell stories on stage collaboratively.

Previous experience in these methods is recommended but not necessary. Wear movable clothing. Bring a water bottle and a pair of socks (no wool socks).

Teaching language is English.

Workshop leader: Yuko Takeda

Brief description of the methods

Viewpoints is an improvisational technique of movement originated by an American choreographer Mary Overlie and later adapted to theatre by Anne Bogart, Tina Landau, and SITI Company. The technique provides inspiring and yet practical vocabulary to investigate and explore time and space in a performative setting and allows ensemble performing to happen quickly and organically.

Suzuki Method of Actor Training is a physical training system for actors founded and developed by a Japanese theatre director Tadashi Suzuki (1939– ) and his company Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT). This rigorous method brings better concentration, breath control, and energy production to those who practice it. Its ultimate purpose is to restore the innate expressivity in the performer’s body.