Peter Brook has compared theatre to a microscope, through which the invisible aspects of a human life become visible. Two artists who have explored these aspects for years are Germana Giannini and Robert McNeer, who for this workshop combine their creative paths.
Her research into the presence of the voice-body brought Germana to studies with the 'Roy Hart Theatre' in France, with 10 teachers of ethnic song in the 'Voix des femmes' festival in Liege, with various masters in India and Tibet. The passion which has animated Germana is the search for a creative dimension which unites intimacy with grandeur. Exploring the many voces in the human voice, she has found a place of song within where the world and the individual coincide, where the authenticity of human culture becomes a source for each of us.
The hunger for learning took Robert McNeer from his native United States, where he studied Interpretation of Literature at Northwestern University, to the 'Mimenschule Ilg' in Zurich, and then to Togamura in Japan, where he studied with Tadashi Suzuki, and finally to the 'Nose to Nose' school in England, where he studied clown with Vivian Gladwell. He now teaches theatre and clown in varied settings, with professionals and amateurs, with special needs students, in psychiatric wards and with people who consider themselves normal, but who, under his guidance, discover themselves as quite extraordinary human beings.
The thread which connects these two paths is the research into authentic presence, free of codified judgements. Both artists use improvisation as a means for the individual to find inspiriration from the immediate and profound observation of the world.
The work explores the various resonant points in the body, in order to highlight the specific expressivity of each individual, and the ptential of each body-voice.
In this way, we explore the vocal 'alchemy' between the various voices, the harmony of the group through polyphonic improvisation, which follows the assimilation of various ethnic songs and melodies.
This vocal energy will accompany us while we explore-- through physical warmups and theatre games on the empty stage-- our individual clowns, giving birth, through individual and group improvisation, to a new voice, playful, innocente, and fresh.
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