Mime Workshop , Workshop - Toronto, Dance! Dancing in Toronto, Ontario.

2 day Mime intensive with Adam Paolozza & Ravi Jain

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Mime Intensive

w/ Ravi Jain and Adam Paolozza

"For me mime is an integral part of theatre, not a separate art form. The Mime which I love involves an identification with things in order to make them live, even when words are used."

-Jacques Lecoq

What does it mean to mime? To mime is not just to put on white face paint and tights. Mime is the most basic tool of the actor. The Mime imitaties the world around them to better understand it.

Inspired by the pedagogy of Jacques Lecoq and Etienne Decroux this workshop will focus on developing mime skills to enrich the creative imagination and physical expression of the actor.

Through games, exercises and improvisations we will focus on the following:

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISATION: an approach to building characters that begins with the actor's body. Students will begin to express strong emotional and psychological states through precise gestures and clear physical choices.

SILENT PLAY: a series of improvisations that explore the dramatic potential for play in situations before speech becomes necessary.

The workshop will culminate in a small individual creation inspired by one of the areas covered in the workshop.

This workshop is suitable for performers of all levels and disciplines who are interested in building stronger physical awareness-balance, agility, clarity and precision of gesture, clarity of physical acting choices and exploring the expressive limits of the human body.

WHEN: May 24 12-7pm and May 25 11-7pm

WHERE: Pia Bouman's School For Creative Movement

6 Noble St. Toronto, ON (In Parkdale just past Gladstone North of Queen)

FEE: $200 non-union w/ 20% Union discount

CONTACT: Adam or Ravi

adampaolozza@gmail.com or ravi.c.jain@gmail.com

*spaces limited*

Adam Paolozza studied at Écoles Jacques Lecoq, trained with the Decroux company Intrepido and Théâtre de Complicité founder Jos Houben. In Toronto he trained with Canadian mime master Adrian Pecknold. He is a founding member and co-Artistic Director of the international ensemble TheatreRUN. He works extensively with Theatre Smith-Gilmour. He has created several originally devised pieces and performed and taught in Europe, North America and Asia.

Ravi Jain was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He trained at LAMDA in London, England, graduated with honours from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is a recent graduate of the 2 year program of Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Ravi's training includes Commedia dell'arte in Italy, Noh/Kabuki Sweeden with Abel Solares, as well as with Ann Bogart and the SITI Company and various members of Theatre De Complicite.

Ravi is artistic director of Why Not Theatre and directed THE PRINCE HAMLET in Toronto last fall. Ravi has acted, directed and taught internationally and currently is working on a project for Luminato in collaboration with manifesto and youth from Regent Park and a clown show with Adam Paolozza.