Physical Storytelling Workshop: Telling a Story with the Groundswell Players
Venue: Hawes Studio Theatre (Porterfield Hall), Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Sunday, November 17, 2013
Time: 3:00 - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Groundswell Players will present a free theatre workshop at Radford University’s Hawes Studio Theatre in Porterfield Hall on Sunday, November 17th.

The Groundswell Players, a Philadelphia-based physical theatre company, will explore the role of physicality in story-telling and the ability to communicate with our bodies.

Groundswell Players explores the heights and depths of human error and the inherent comedy in trying just a little too hard. The company members of Groundswell have extensive training in a variety of physical and devised theatre techniques. They have studied at Columbia University, New York University, Headlong Performance Institute, and are among the first graduating class of Pig Iron Theatre Company’s School for Advanced Performance Training.

By making an extensive study of the body and its movements, the Neutral Mask, red nosed clown, bouffon, grotesque, melodrama, dance theatre, Greek chorus, acrobatics, puppetry, Balinese mask, and devising techniques, the members of Groundswell Players are keen observers of the human form and are uniquely poised to share their knowledge.

This workshop focuses on harnessing one’s ability to communicate without words. Participants will learn techniques for placing themselves more “in their body” and expanding their kinespheres. They will learn about the different levels of tension in a body and how to use those levels to their advantage in performance. The fixed point, an essential tool of mime will also be covered.

The workshop is designed for dancers, actors, and students of ASL (American Sign Language), but all are welcome. It culminates with a performance of Groundswell Company member Alice Yorke’s solo performance piece, “À Table,” which tests the limits of what we think we need to understand in order to truly comprehend.

The workshop starts at 3:00 pm and is three hours long including performance and is free.

For more information, visit: http://www.radford.edu/content/cvpa/home/news/2012-news/groundswell-workshop.html or email Tommy Iafrate at tiafrate@radford.edu.

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