Masque – The discovery of the own faces

I’m 12 and I’m 87 years old. I’m a man, I’m a woman. Sometimes I’m curious, sometimes I’m shy. Sometimes a giant, sometimes quite small.
The masque makes these astonishing and innumerable transformations possible.
From the young man to the mature woman, of the sedate gentleman to the lively girl.
At the same time, we are as pure with masks as we are rare with our real faces.
The workshop invites you to an unexpected discovery of the mask game.

The structure of the workshop

The workshop is introduced by games from theatre work and exercises to sensitise yourself to the perception of body.
This training builds the understanding of the own body language to respond sensitively to yourself and the communication partner. Together we are looking for access to a clear presence in the room. Enthusiasm and curiosity are the best companions on this search. Tools for determining character are taught in single and group improvisations and gradually lead to a better understanding of the masque. The aim is to take the mask, engage in the moment and to find freedom, so figures and scenes develop alone!

The mask

The mask is a valuable instrument, to illuminate authenticity and presence. Facial expression and language are not superficial communication vectors anymore, only the body remains - not able to fool ourselves.
 „Give a man a mask, and he’ll tell you the truth.“ writes Oscar Wilde.
A fascinating magic emanates from a good player of the mask, she lives by the truth. The mask comes alive - it plays - if the performer is authentic and honest. We explore this truthfulness to reproduce the human and his fragility.

The internationality

In their work TheatreFragile searches for the encounter with the people of all ages. Freedom is the ability to move through the masque beyond the real ages. The overcoming of the own appearance opened a new sense of self-esteem.
An 80-year-old woman plays a young man. What role does the age play? A boy plays an 80 year old woman. How does this change the perception of environment by the elderly?

The workshop is the exchange and encounter.
23rd  und 24th  February, each 13:30 to 17:30 a clock

Registration at kulturteam@detmold.de

Registrationform

The British dance theatre- and acrobatic company MIMBRE is back in Detmold, after their success on the European Street-Theatre Festival 2010. From 12. – 18. November they prepare their new play “Falling Up”.

MIMBRE offers for interested actors in the field of dance, physical theatre, movement, circus etc. a workshop on 12. / 13. November 2011 from 10:00h until 17:00h in the Hangar 21.

The focus of the workshop, which is part of the project “Tanz OWL” is the creative and innovative approaches of acrobatics and acro-balance and their implementation in choreography or staging.

MIMBRE deal in their artistic work especially with the individual capabilities and limitations of movement and the handling of dancers, acrobat’s und actors.

For more information and the costs for the workshop, please contact the KulturTeam Detmold, Phone +49 5231 977921.

The german-french theatre company “Theatre Fragile” has shown the premiere of their play “We met in paradise” on the European Street-Theatre Festival 2010, which has impressed the audience deeply. Theatre Fragile plans a new piece for the festival in 2012.

From 18. – 28. Oktober 2011,Theatre Fragile is for a residence in Hangar 21/ Detmold. They want to develop their new production, which will have premiere on the European Streettheatre Festival 2012 in Detmold. The subject of the new piece with the working title “Home” is the question of  home: In consequence of the increasing mobility, people from all social strata give up their homes in short or long term, because of political, professional or private reasons. Which strategies develop the people to create a home, to create a new, temporary or permanent home? The French philosopher Bachelard writes: “To be human means to live”. But what makes a home?

About these and other questions, Theatre Fragile like to lead interviews with people from Detmold. They look for people, who travel a lot, who have recently a new home or with no fixed abode.

The interviewes take place by individual arrangement between 19^th and 28 october 2011 and last about half an hour. The questions are simple, everyone has his/her own personal answer and exactly these personal answers are interesting for the documentary work of Theatre Fragile.

If you are interested in an interview about your “Home” history or have any further questions, you can write an email to Theatre Fragile (zuhause(at)theatre-fragile.com) or by phone or email to the KulturTeam Detmold/ Sabine Kuhfuss +49 5231 977921 or s.kuhfuss(at)detmold.de . We look forward to your call!