Concordia Theatre, Henry F. Hall Building (1455 de Maisonneuve O) Montreal, QC
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Togetherness
Facilitated by Gabriela Petrov
For this ensemble class, students are exploring togetherness as a methodology to investigate The Firebugs, a play from 1953 by Swiss playwright Max Frisch. Using ensemble-based performance practices, we are working to create the supportive conditions for each performer to find and inhabit their place within an ensemble. This text explores how suspicion, denial, and numbness can spread in communities, like fire. A performance work emerges to reflect the ensembles discoveries from this text and its themes. By drawing on embodied practices like the Six Viewpoints, Moment Work and Body-Mind Centering, the ensemble is building a foundation of somatic awareness and experimentation. This foundation supports the development of a performance work that aims to meet the present moment through a lens of togetherness. We can experience the present moment on an individual scale but can also broaden our awareness to include the ensemble and beyond.
Wheelchair Accessible seating and bathroom available at venue. Please email heatherellen.strain@concordia.ca for more information, and to help us coordinate elevator access.
