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STEN RUDSTRØM
2010 Berlin Fall Workshop Series
Advanced Improvisation Practice

1st Weekend 2-3 October 2010
Action Theater Fundamentals— Groundwork for the Discipline of Improvisation

Action Theater practice unleashes new forms of expression from the physical body and feelings contained within. From the imbalanced, ecstatic world of the unnamable, the work connects inner and outer awareness, expands actors/dancers/performers’ physicality and helps to inhabit physical forms with humanity. Working solo and with partners, Action Theater develops a better understanding of ensemble architecture, the use of space and composition. Specific limitations on areas of action and response are created so that students open to the unknown, break free of fear and embrace the unfamiliar.


2nd Weekend 6-7 November 2010
Opening the jaws of the language Animal

This improvisation workshop explores how the mind and body combine to create language. Using Action Theater™, a body-oriented theater improvisation process, this workshop provides tools for sourcing words and language from body experience instead of the thinking mind. Words are torn apart, grammar dissolved, as we experience the experiencing of language as it is being spoken. We relish words in the mouth and tissues and spur the imagination with freshly discovered sensations. Diving into the flesh of language, moving our tongues from the depth of our bones, this training provides a pathway to spontaneous and conscious linguistic expression, develops the capacity to stay in the present moment, fine-tunes perceptions and integrates body and mind.

• Participants are required to have physical performance experience and/or Action Theater experience
These workshops are for experienced improvisers only. Applicants must already have the skills necessary to separate and/or isolate movement, sound and language; have working control of the performing body and the awareness to manage and craft personal responses to the present moment into articulate forms of expression.

STEN RUDSTRØM has worked for over 19 years with Ruth Zaporah, developer of the improvisational performance training process Action Theater™. A widely respected teacher and performer, he works throughout the United States and Europe. His workshops are high-energy, articulate and promote the development of stronger performance skills. Visit the websites: www.stenrudstrom
www.actiontheaterberlin.com


1st Weekend €150
1st Weekend + 2nd Weekend €275


For further information please contact us on
info@actiontheaterberlin.com