Thread: theater exercises for dancers

i'm starting a new student troupe in a few weeks. while we will be working on a few choreographies, i also want to spend quite some time getting them more "performance ready" on a more fundamental basis.

we will be working on use of space, on communication, expression, emotion.

from my own dance training and experience, i have quite a lot of experience in this, and tons of books, but one can always learn more

so does anyone have any ressources to share about "theatre", impro, expression, communication exercises for students?


artemisia

sorry, couldn't resist!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rngjZ10yUyA]YouTube - Lion face(!) Lemon face(!)[/ame]

lol, what's that from?

Originally Posted by artemisia_danst

lol, what's that from?

that's from "jay and silent bob strike back"
[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_and_Silent_Bob_Strike_Back]Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
a totally ridiculous movie ..l;,

never heard of it!

we did this exact exercise at Suhaila's Level 3 workshops....acting/being aware of your emotions/how to represent them on stage training is part of our dance training. She brings a coach to work with us and I loved it...
we did exact lion/lemon face....too.

Joe Williams teaches workshops on using Delsarte. His web site is here The Delsarte Project - Welcome, and the Stebbins book is online through Google Books here Delsarte system of expression... - Google Books.

Joe Williams is excellent recommendation. We have had him in for two workshops at our studio. We met him at one of Morocco's weeklongs -- he's a regular instructor there. Kudos to her for recognizing his talent.