Applied Theater Tuesday
We are all actors!
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesJoin us for an introduction to our Applied Theater Tuesday series. Theater is the art of looking at ourselves and human actions and can be a means of transforming society. As Augusto Boal said, "we are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it."
Derailing real life tragedies with imagination
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesTheater provides tools for people to explore collective struggles, the use of language, power relations, oppression, and liberation. Join us for short exercises and tea!
Becoming Picasso
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United States“I don’t seek: I find!” said Picasso. We are doing the same when we become our lives protagonists. Learn how theater can help you explore the thoughts that think they are facts and that have the most influence in our behaviors.
The roles we play in life
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesEach one of us is playing different roles in different situations but we are not the roles we play in life. We are in the same time adults, children, husbands or wives, somebody’s boss or employee, drivers or pedestrians, neighbors, clients, etc. Through theater exercises become aware of being the player of roles and how to better communicate in different situations.
The actor’s workout
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesThrough theater games we will discuss the primacy of emotion and its rationalization. Feeling and thinking are important in the de-mechanization of the body and mind.
Listening to what we hear
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesIn this first class of the senses series we will focus on exercises to awaken the sense of hearing so we can learn more about inner rhythms and really listen to what we hear.
Feeling what we touch
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesOur bodies are constantly touching the air, our clothes, other parts of our own bodies or the bodies of others, but we feel very little of what we are touching. Through theater exercises learn ways to awaken your tactile sensitivity.
Seeing what we look at
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesTo really see what we look at we need to develop our capacity for observation. Learn how theater can help with visual dialogues that enhance our sense of sight.
Be like water
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesAs Bruce Lee said, "Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water." Learn different theater games to be in the flow and keep you present.
The memory of the senses
Atomica Place 1905 10th Street, Sarasota, FL, United StatesLearn how theater can help you reconnect memory, emotion and imagination to prepare yourself for a future action.