sicularte & bombyx mori
present

IN THE ACT OF CREATING
workshop with Ewa Benesz
26-30 JULY 2013
Eremo medievale San Marco
Aidone (Enna, Sicilia)

The actor’s original practices: ritual dances and rhythms, chants and vibrating song techniques, movement and relaxing have been chosen from the oldest traditions. They awaken sensitivity and vitality; they clean perceptions and the mind  from automatic habits; they reduce into primary expression. And they learn to see and hear.

The act of creating brings the ‘mythical reality’ of life closer. Unveil the presence of another dimension of  I and another dimension of You. In the awoken attention and in contemplation nothing is indifferent. The boundary between the inner and outer becomes more transparent. I am in Unity.

I prepare my body. I learn to eliminate tensions and to discover the organic process; the body becomes ready to act. I prepare my voice. I study resonance and the vibration of sonorous expiration, in order to become the source of sound, to become sound.Truth is not definable. It can only create the conditions which allow to free, to unveil. Because when it happens, in the act of creating, I touch freedom and renewal.This is theatre in status nascendi. There are no spectators.

EWA BENESZ a Polish actress, a BA from the University of Lublin and a diploma in the Dramatic Arts in Warsaw. She worked in the Instytut Aktora -Teatr Laboratorium directed by Jerzy Grotowski in Poland. In 1970, together with three colleagues from the Warsaw Dramatic Arts School, she founded the Theatre Study. In the years 1975-76 she taught Theory of the Culture and History of Contemporary Theatre at the University of Lublin.The most important projects: ‘The journeys with epos of A. Mickiewicz  Mister Thaddeus, and the spectacles Duino Elegies of Rilke; the part of Solveig in  Peer Gynt of Ibsen, directed by Z. Cynkutis. From 1997 she conducts paratheatrical and theatrical experiences: ‘TO BE’, ‘TOWARDS THE ORIGIN’, ‘THE ACTOR’S PRIMARY PRACTICES’  which take place in Europe. She lives in the Sardinian mountains where she is developing practical research inspired by ancient Sanskrit Vedic texts and cosmogonist myths.

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MOVING BEYOND #13

Feldenkrais Method - Contact Improvisation - Dance Making

Workshop with Thomas Kampe

20th - 25th AUGUST 2013

DESCRIPTION

In this workshop we will use explorations and concepts drawn from The Feldenkrais

Method® and Contact Improvisation. We will explore the use of touch, constraints

and structured problems as tools for finding ease, freedom, new patterns and

greater possibilities in our Improvised movement choices. The Feldenkrais Method®

is regarded as one of the most sophisticated and refined movement education

systems developed in the 20th century. In innovative, playful and precise ways, it

taps the intelligence of the human nervous system to produce higher levels of

function and movement ability. The Feldenkrais Method® is based on principles of

physics, biomechanics and an understanding of learning and human development.

LOCATION of this Workshop will be the San Marco’s Medieval Church, in the aerea of

Aidone (Enna, Sicily). The Church is located upon a hill which faces a luxuriant green

Valley. Quitness and stillness of the surronding landscape will offer an exclusive

chance of going through a unique experience.

FOOD - ACCOMODATION and FREE TIME

The staff will take care of the meals. People can sleep in Studio or Tent at free cost.

In the afternoon, after the class finishes, people can go and visit the surrounding

areas or just relaxing in the place of the Workshop.Musicians are pleased to bring

there instruments along so that we have the chance to play together.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The Workshop is open to everyone: professionals as well as those

passionate about dance and movement. No previous experience in dance or theatre is

required.

THOMAS KAMPE (UK, GER) has worked with movement for the last 30 years.

He worked as performer, choreographer and director in Germany and

Britain, and is Senior Lecturer in movement at Bath Spa University.

He has taught somatic approaches towards movement education

mainly for performers in different settings around the world. He is a

qualified teacher of the Feldenkrais Method®, which forms a

foundation for his teaching of dance and movement. http://www.thomaskampe.com/

FEES

210 (Workshop)+ 60 (Food + Accomodation in Studio or Tent)

Late Registration (after 5th August): 30 euro more!

HOW TO GET THERE

Travel to either Catania or Palermo with these flight companies: alitalia - airmalta - airberlin (Catania - Palermo) or ryanair (Trapani). From Catania or Palermo there will be a bus (SAIS autolinee or ETNA TRASPORTI) travelling till Aidone.

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AFROFUSION & BODY WORK

Workshop with Kepha Oiro and Benedetta Reuter

Catania, Sicily | 25 - 26 - 27 July 2012  | 6.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.

The workshop will center on rythms based on east african percussions, body percussions and voice sounds. We will explore sequences from different tribes of Kenya and a reflection from East African neighbours, as well as turn participants normal habits into rythms with percussion music and finally dance and dance till the body drops.

At the same time we will tune our self-perception with the help of the Alexander Technique.

Through conscious experiencing of the anatomy we will explore the body mechanics in order to enjoy more freedom in dance. A refined sensitivity for our bodies in relationship to sound and space will allow us to develop a quality of „gentle strenght“ and „powerful softness“ in the way we move.

Kepha Oiro works as Dancer, Performer, Choreographer and Director at the Dance Forum Nairobi, Kenya (http://www.danceforumnbi.com).  He also collaborates  as traditional african and contemporary dance teacher at the Tanzhaus NRW Duesseldorf (http://tanzhaus-nrw.de/trainings?object_id=2464).

Benedetta Reuter was born in Italy and she works as Dancer, Choreographer and Alexander Technique Teacher in Koeln, Germany (www.687performance.de and www.at-koeln.de).

INFO: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Stefania Milazzo (+39) 340 6171309

(Classes in english with italian translation)

14 MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

WORLD FINALIST 2011

SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER - SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 2011 | 9.00 pm | LOMAX - VIA FORNAI 44 - CATANIA

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INCIDENT BY A BANK

Synopsis: Shot using a single camera, 90 people meticulously recreate a failed bank robbery that took place in Stockholm in June 2006.

DIK

Synopsis: A six-year-old boy brings home a piece of schoolwork that provokes his parents to question his sexual orientation.

MAK

Synopsis: Ilinka is 14 years old. She has been living in Switzerland for a year with her Moldavian mother and aunt. Ilinka just gave birth to a boy. Ilinka‘s mother has heard about a box where unwanted babies can be deposited.

I LOVE LUCI

Synopsis: A comedy of missing teeth, unrequited love and one dog’s potential to shape the fortunes of a couple destined never to be together.

THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM

Synopsis: A campfire song awakens an evil monster, and now it’s up to nerdy Danny Zigwitz to save his fellow campers from a bloody massacre. Heads will rock’n'roll!

SEXTING

Synopsis: Fed up with her relationship with a married man, a young woman decides to meet his wife for coffee.

THE FOREST

Synopsis: Murder is committed in the forest. A young man becomes caught up in the events, and this experience has an increasingly unsettling effect on him.

A DOCTORS JOB

Synopsis: Doctor Ramon Moran supplements his income by driving a taxi in order to financially support his mentally ill mother. While driving the taxi, Ramon becomes involved in a crime that tests his pride and work ethic.

DAVID & GOLIATH

Synopsis: The true story of a man, a dog and the Holocaust.

MARTYR FRIDAY

Synopsis: An inside look at the events surrounding the 2011 uprising in Cairo