– Organized by The Grotowski Institute and Site for theatre practices Lavauzelle

Paris, Studios MICADANSES, 16 rue Geoffroy l’Asnier 75004 Paris, (Studio Noces)

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FORGETTING THE BODY

By Przemysław Błaszczak / Teatr ZAR

September 28^th (Saturday) to October 2^nd (Wednesday)

Social norms, conventions, etiquette and rules create an environment that shapes our physicality and relation to the body – that is, our “body view”. The way we walk, run, dance, touch ourselves and each other is culturally determined but so deeply ingrained that we readily identify with it and say “this is the way I am”.

The aim of the workshop is to make us forget the body as we know it, and make us listen to it in the here and now, in relation to ourselves, the surrounding space, our partners and group. By focusing on solo and partner training we will discover new modes of perception, communication and improvisation that brings together, in a creative process, co-action, co-creation and co-existence.

Przemysław Błaszczak is an actor; he has been associated with the Grotowski Institute since 1995. From 1996 to 1999 he worked with Song of the Goat Theatre, where he performed in Dithyramb. In 2002–2003 he created a solo performance, Ecco Homo.

Since 2004, he has been an actor with Teatr ZAR, led by Jarosław Fret, the resident theater company of the Grotowski Institute. Przemek performs inThe Gospels of Childhood Triptych (Gospels of Childhood. Overture,Caesarean Section. Essays on Suicide and Anhelli. The Calling). He is currently involved in the creation of Teatr ZAR’s new performance, Armine, Sister.

In 2012 he performed in the premiere of Heiner Müller’s Mauser directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos.

Since 2005, Przemek has studied the Japanese martial art of aikido under Sensei Piotr Masztalerz (5th Dan). In 2011 he studied under Juba Nour Shihan (6th Dan) in Baja California, Mexico. He is currently training to become an aikido teacher. In 2005 he was in Japan, invited by Toshi Tushitori, practicing shintaido, a Japanese system that integrates voice and body through training based on traditional Japanese karate.

Hours : 10 AM – 2 PM

Fee : 170 euros (20 hours)

To apply, please send an email describing your experience at : spt@lavauzelle.org

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THE VOCABULARY OF BODY AND VOICE – THE THEATRICAL RELATION

By Théâtre de l’homme ivre (Jean-F. Favreau, Marie-G. L’Her)

October 5th  to 9th

From elements of our actor’s training (based on body articulations analysis leading to plastic work, alone or in couples, and on vocal practice starting with the exploration of individual qualities towards polyphonic work…), we will create slowly a lexicon of actions. This will offer a possibility for a work on relation based on another ground than common social communication. It will develop towards a work on listening and dynamics, so that the cohabitation and connection between these elements could allow a common form to appear.

Théâtre de l’homme ivre (drunken man theatre) is the result of the meeting between Marie-Geneviève L’Her (physical theatre actress and pedadogist, former assistant of Thomas Leabhart) and Jean-François Favreau (actor and director of musical theatre, namely with Teatr ZAR, Theater TANTO, in Vienna, and les endimanchés/Alexis Forestier). It is a development of the work of La Machine theatre company, born in Paris in 1999. The company created 3 performances, after Witold Gombrowicz, Georg Büchner and Robert Walser, and collaborates with In Medias Res ensemble on Lessons of darkness, a programme inspired by the singing dramaturgy of the Holy week.

The company draws inspiration on traditional cultures and practices, namely through travels in Mediterraneanand Slavic countries. It has been part of the promotional line of the Grotowski Institute in 2011 for the performance Marie. Since then, the company is in permanent residency in Site de pratiques théâtrales Lavauzelle.

Hours : 10 AM to 2 PM

Fee : 170 euros (20 hours)

To apply, please send an email describing your experience at : spt@lavauzelle.org

Contact : Théâtre de l’Homme ivre, 22, av Frayce, 93400 Saint-Ouen / 0033 603 93 13 99

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Notice > Przemysław Błaszczak will also lead a workshop in Marseilles 5-8^th of October, 10 AM – 4 PM (5 hours daily + 1 hour break)

At the collectif l’Impulsion, 54 rue Perrin Solliers, 13 006 Marseille, France

Informations and applications : collectif.limpulsion@gmail.com

5 churches :

more : www.lavauzelle.org/inmediasres

Publication of Aubes, les corps solidaires, from the photographer Nolwenn Brod in the frame of a residency in La Métive, 2012, with the participation of the members of Site for theatre practices Lavauzelle, Poursuite editions, 2013.

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Credits : Nolwenn Brod

www.nolwennbrod.com

http://www.poursuite-editions.org/

Journey through the Holy week

Concert in Warsaw

march 18th, 2013

20:00

In medias res ensemble will be performing the work on the Holy week repertoire in the frame of Gorzkie Żale festival in St Benon Church

The concert is free.

All necessary informations are available on the website of the festival (in Polish language) : http://www.gorzkiezale.pl/

www.lavauzelle.org/inmediasres

http://lavauzelle.org/inmediasres

New website of the ensemble In medias res (France / Poland / Italy)

You’ll find there news about the concerts, workshops, and the opening of a trainees programme in 2013.

The vocabulary of body and voice : the theatrical relation

physical and vocal theatre workshop led by Jean-François Favreau and Marie Geneviève L’Her

Feb. 18th-22nd, Marseilles, L’Impulsion

From elements of our actor’s training (movements coming from Kalaripayattu, specific work on the articulation of the different parts of the body, plastic work, alone or in couples, individual and polyphonic vocal work…), we will create slowly a lexicon of actions. This process we will be put in perspective with a time of exploratino dedicated to “life on stage”, in order to build a work on the listening and dynamics of the connection which could allow the birth of a common form.

This work is meant for 5 to 15 actors, dancers or singers, professional or not, and should last from 12 hours to 8 days.

Several variants of this work were already proposed, namely in Aubusson (Le pied an plancher), Paris (La Maison verte), Marseille (L’Impulsion), and Lavauzelle.

thi@lavauzelle.org

From 7th to 28th of January, the team of SPT Lavauzelle goes to South-India, trivandrum, to the source of Kalaripayattu, for a closed worksession.

Veera Maruthi Kalari Sangam

Travail dirigé par Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair, Studio Kalari.

LE MYSTÈRE-DES-MYSTÈRES

08-22 th DECEMBRE 2012 : 20h30 from monday to saturday – 17h on sundays

[break the tuesday 18th and wednesdays]

after E. E. CUMMINGS

Direction, original music and set design – ALEXIS FORESTIER

CIE LES ENDIMANCHÉS

Musical collaborator – Antonin RAYON

With : Élise CHAUVIN, Jean-François FAVREAU, Alexis FORESTIER, Cécile SAINT-PAUL

Light design – Matthieu FERRY

Sound design – Jean-François OLIVER, Jean-François THOMELIN

Musical-theatre performance based on edition of Cummings’ poems and rock and ritornello’s musics.

http://www.lechangeur.org/spip.php?article180

http://www.lesendimanches.fr