18. – 20. April 2025 – Berlin
Friday 17:00 – 21:00
Saturday 10:30 – 18:30
Sunday 10:30 – 18:30
A 3 days intensive workshop to learn about the use of half masks and physical story telling.
When we wear a mask, our body and the way we shape it‘s already telling a lot about the character we are playing. The relationship between this character and life, its age, the speed of reaction to an event, the way it stands and the way it relates to the theatrical space and other characters, can be enough to tell a story.
Half masks, are a wonderful practical tool that brings out the humanity of each character.
When you look at a human, from this point of view, everybody’s story looks a bit like a tragedy and a bit like a comedy. Empathy towards them is what we need to look at their stories without judgment.
*PROGRAM
Through exercises of mask acting technique and improvisations, we will explore the world of physical shapes to better understand how to embody a sentiment and how “to play” it.
The main topics we will touch are:
– The concept of dramatic space and how to create and sustain an non-real environment
– The masked body, shapes, movement and undulation
– The projection of the mask and the theatrical „share“ with the audience
– The voice of the mask
– Physical play and tragic comedy
*EXPERIENCE
This workshop is intended for beginners and professionals that would like to dive deeper in physical theatrical play.
Whether you are an actor, artist, circus performer, dancer, or mover of any kind, you are very welcome to join.
*PRICE & INFO
This workshop uses a donation sliding scale system between 85€- 195€
More info about the sliding scale system can be found here.
The workshop will be in English. A basic understanding of the language is required.
*ABOUT THE MASKS
The masks used in the workshop are created by Francesco Procopio and/or other mask makers in the frame of the Atelier Mask Movement directed by Matteo Destro.
*ABOUT ME
Francesco Procopio is a circus artist, teacher, actor, and director based in Berlin.
His artistic education is a mix of different influences, circus and theatre are his main passions. After graduating from circus school (CAU – Granada) and the Atelier Mask Movement of Matteo Destro
(San Miniato – Italia) he performed in several shows, mostly self-produced, from street to stage performances in theatres and circus. In the last years he regularly taught movement theatre, masks and circus in various organizations and projects around Europe.
He directed “Re-building Communities” in Berlin in 2021, taught theatre in the Perfoming Acrobatix Programme (2019-2023) at Katapult (Berlin) and High-wire walking at Coraggio – Die Kulturanstifter e.V.
Latest productions include “Letters from Chiran” with Tomoya Kawamura and “Comodini” with Carlotta Risitano.
*REGISTRATION AND CONTACTS
For registrations and questions, please write an email to info@concretotheatre.eu or fill in the form below.
This event is organised in cooperation with Coraggio – Die kulturanstifter e.V.
Photo credit: In the picture Tomoya Kawamura during the show “Letters from Chiran” wearing a Richard Dent IV mask. Photo by: Yozy Zhang