Start of Fabrica Lab 2021-2022
Free Open Courses from Fabrica Athens
The Multifunctional Art Group Fabrica Athens starts the autumn season with a festive ten-day educational activities. As part of its social action and offer, the team from 01 to 10 October 2021 will conduct a variety of free, open courses aimed at a wide audience. The courses with which the group will be introduced for this year will continue weekly throughout the year, but also in seminars that will be implemented during the year.
The program of Fabrica Lab 2021-2022 aims at the multidimensional artistic and in particular theatrical education and retraining of young, professional and amateur artists (performers, actors) and theater instructors. At the same time, however, it aims at an interdisciplinary and holistic art that focuses on man, his social and personal development. For this reason it includes a wide range of practices and courses, which directly reflects the action profile of the group (Performance, Street Theater, Circus, Spectacle – Entertainment, Social Theater, Applied Theater).
The ten-day free course at Fabrica Lab 2021-2022 is a pre-festival celebration, a harbinger of the 9th HRTFest. After a long period of pause and wound for culture, in this case the small, alternative artistic – theatrical groups, spaces and institutions, the group invites the public to celebrate with it, to participate in the activities of the ten days and to support the handmade and recyclable festival of Athens, contributing at will to its aid box.
To participate in the open courses, it is necessary to book a place by phone, as the classes will be small and the order of priority will be maintained. All necessary health measures concerning Covid-19 will be observed.
Below is the program of the free ten-day open courses of Fabrica Lab 2021-2022, while for reservations and information those interested can contact the following details:
Fanis Katechos: (+30) 6973597570
Dimensional Performer (Theater of Research)
Training of Theatrical Instructors
Stilts
Tai Chi
Tzovanna Michaliadis Sarti: (+30) 6949409474
HoopDance
Yoga
Natassa Arabatzi: (+30) 6983188790
Acrobatic Dance
Site Specific Performance & Kinetic Improvisation
The program of the free ten-day open courses of Fabrica Lab 2021-2022:
Dimensional Performer ǀ Theater of Research
01, 02, 03 Oct. 17.00-19.30
Rapporteur: Fanis Katechos
Reservations ǀ Information: (+30) 6973597570
In the annual course “Theater of Research” participants will be trained as “Dimensional Performers”, ie Performers, who:
They self-manage their art
They learn how to research, to be independent creators and trainers of performing arts, but also how to be efficient with their presence in a team and in the hands of another creator
They have a multidimensional view of the performing arts and are equipped with the right tools to maneuver in a variety of interpretive ways.
They receive a comprehensive theatrical training and multiple stimuli in order to choose their own specialization in the performing arts. They know practically and theoretically the physical theater, the devised theater, the street theater / street performance, the site specific performance and the theater as a social and anthropological tool (social theater).
During the 3 quarters of the annual theatrical workshop, the trainees will be trained on world-renowned methods and techniques of physical theater, but also techniques that have been developed through the path of the Research Theater itself. More specifically, the participants will practice ground acrobatics, Jerzy Grotowski and Odin Teatret physical theater techniques, yoga and qigong practices, mime and theatrical clown techniques, as well as Susan Batson acting techniques.
More details per teaching quarter:
October ǀ November ǀ December
“Scuba diving”
In the 1st quarter the participants:
They redefine their presence in the here and now.
They discover the tools they have as performers (body, mind and emotion).
They expand the limits of their physical and mental endurance and learn to manage energy in a variety of bodily actions.
They locate their visible and invisible masks and work to bring themselves to the “zero point” or “white cloth”, where everything is recorded from the beginning.
They work intensively with the center of the body to expand consciousness in movement and release breath.
January ǀ February. March
“Change”
During the 2nd quarter,
The participants are introduced to the relationship of the body with the sound it produces (embodied sound).
Practitioners discover their natural – primitive sound and work on strengthening their respiratory system and body speakers.
Unbreakable bonds are created between the individual and the whole and they re-create relationships with the surrounding space and the objects / bodies it includes.
April ιος May ǀ June
“Production”
In the last quarter of the workshop the trainees:
They organize the practical and theoretical material that they have collected and produced by themselves.
They create their personal training, which they are invited to share with the team.
They present the documentary material they have created in a directed composition.
HoopDance
02 Oct. 15.00-16.30
04 Oct. 18.00-19.30
Rapporteur: Tzovanna Michaliadis Sarti
Reservations ǀ Information: (+30) 6949409474
For those who like dancing, acrobatics, juggling or all three, HoopDance is the perfect combination for them in one lesson! Widespread mainly in the USA, but also in some parts of Europe, Hoopdance (the dance with a wreath – hula hoop), is a special way of expression, exercise and fun.
HoopDance is aimed at those who are bored of dancing alone, those who like dancing and acrobatic elements in it and those who like to learn themselves by connecting with something outside of themselves. In addition, it is aimed at professional and amateur performers – artists of performing arts and spectacle (circus, theater, dance, etc.), who seek experimentation and the acquisition of new skills.
This course is open to all levels. Group and personal work is done with each participant individually, depending on his level and needs. Within an hour and a half hoopdancers practice various principles of HoopDance and learn trick with the wreath, which in the end we include in a choreography (hoopography).
Those interested are asked to wear comfortable, sports clothes, while those who have their own wreath to have it with them.
Acrobatic Dance
05 Oct. 11.00-13.00
07 Oct. 18.00-20.00
Rapporteur: Natassa Arabatzi
Reservations ǀ Information: (+30) 6983188790
During the lessons we will research the kinetic vocabulary of modern dance and we will work on both the physical capabilities (technique, dynamics, flow, balance and acrobatics) as well as the expansion of our dance memory. We will explore the possibilities of sequencing small and larger dance / kinetic combinations, and their functionality in the space. We will play with the alternations in the composition of these combinations (sequence, quality and speed).
The aim of the course is to find the mechanics of each movement and its possible alternations, to play the limits of a three-dimensional movement in space and to develop a choreographically complex result that will emerge through simpler kinetic materials.
The course is aimed at people of all levels in contemporary dance.
Stilts
05, 06 Oct. 17.30-19.00
Rapporteur: Fanis Katechos
Reservations ǀ Information: (+30) 6973597570
A stilt training workshop for those who want to get in touch with the art of Stiltwalking and want to enrich their skills. The laboratory is open at all levels. It only requires a good mood and determination. Participants are invited to bring with them comfortable sneakers, sneakers, knee pads (if available) as well as long tracksuits or leggings.
Tai Chi
06 Oct. 20.00-21.00
Rapporteur: Konstantinos Exarchopoulos
Reservations ǀ Information: (+30) 6973597570
Yoga
08, 09, 10 Oct. 10.30-12.00
Rapporteur: Tzovanna Michaliadis Sarti
Reservations ǀ Information: (+30) 6949409474
Yoga classes are a personal encounter with the breath, body and mind.
The space and what it includes.
Meeting with the inside, the outside and the space between them.
With the game and the knowledge that emerges from the satisfaction of our source need and curiosity.
With pause and silence.
A link to I Am That.
A step towards True Nature.
The lessons are based on classic Yoga practices, such as those of Yengar Yoga, Nada Yoga and Hatha Yoga. In this context we will move progressively from physical actions (asana) and breathing exercises (pranayama) to meditation (dhyana) and we will touch parts of the anatomy of the body for a more effective and understandable practice. Each lesson will be independent. There will be a connection between the courses and a continuation to.
The aim of these courses is to be a small retreat or otherwise a short break in everyday life. To create space and time for each person for personal training and relaxation of the body and the mind, so that the practitioner returns to the whole rejuvenated. In addition, in a more general context, the courses aim to:
Connect the trainee with the present moment.
Redefine our axis, center and boundaries.
Encourage a journey of self-knowledge.
To discover – create one’s own personal daily practice (sadhana), to achieve their goals.
Those who are interested in attending the classes are asked to wear comfortable, sports clothes, while those who have their personal yoga mat can have it with them.
The course is addressed to all those who need and appetite for an active break from well-being during their day.
Site Specific Performance & Kinetic Improvisation
08, 09, 10 Oct. 17.00-21.00
Rapporteur: Natassa Arabatzi
Reservations ǀ Information: (+30) 6983188790
The basic idea of the seminar is to move, dance and communicate, letting ourselves be influenced by the space itself and what it contains. Shape, volume, light, sounds, textures, animals, people. But also ourselves. With every movement, with every small or big change, the space changes with it and the way I exist and move in it.
Participants are invited to kinetically explore the urban landscape around the Fabrica Athens complex and to change / influence it with their main material their bodies and what they bring. The endless possibilities offered by the outdoor space itself. What “I” want to “say” or consciously add (interior space) to the body. And the others.
The aim of the seminar is to create together, from scratch and within 3 (three) days, a small outdoor performance with all the above materials. The lessons will be given exercises that will warm up and solve our body kinetically, dance and in contact (physical or not) with the other people who will participate.
The seminar is addressed to people with or without any experience in dance, but with a good relationship with their body and movement. It is essential to wear sports shoes and comfortable clothes, and to have with you wipes, antiseptic and a change of clothes for later.
Training of Theatrical Instructors
21 Oct. 16.30-18.00
Rapporteur: Fanis Katechos
Reservations ǀ Information: (+30) 6973597570
