Sensorial theatre – Diana Ferrantini-Teatro del Lemming ETS

The five senses of the actor
Sensorial theatre workshop

This workshop will be a first exploration of the particular methodology that Teatro del Lemming has developed since its inception in the late 80’s. The peculiarity of Lemming’s work is the use of the senses. The works of the company are based on the sensorial and dramaturgical involvement of the audience hence the performer has to be a guide for the spectator.
The performer is a GUIDE: the one who is able to lead the spectator in the beyond of performance. To be a guide, the performer has to improve her skills of LISTENING – ADAPTATION – DIALOGUE. The main instrument of this research is the body. The sense/the senses of the body. In this type of scenic work, the body is not a prosthesis of the mind, but is fullness, is something naked that permits the nakedness of the aim and the truth of the encounter with other aims and other bodies. “For us the five senses of the performer are an appeal to fullness of life and a way to reach the beyond of performance and the creative skills of the performer.”

Ages: 17+
Level: All

* Participants are asked to be white or black dressed and to come with a notebook and a pen, a blindfold, a candle with candle-holder, and a blanket/rug/sea-towel
** The workshop will be held in English

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Teatro del Lemming

Teatro del Lemming is an experimental theatre company founded in 1987 by Massimo Munaro and Martino Ferrari. They are recognised as one of the leading companies of the new Italian and European theatre. “THE SPECTATOR’S THEATRE” is the poetics originated and developed by Teatro del Lemming over the past 40 years. Within this framework they question the relation between actor and spectator. During the last sixteen years their research has focused on myth. Through the myth, the actors build bridges between them and the spectators, crossing all conventional barriers and borders and thereby create a real human relation.
https://teatrodellemming.it/