Workshop
Workshop — Dances of Animals |
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DANCES of ANIMALS
Since 1995 the actors of the «InZhest» theatre have been
working out an original system of training which was called
«Dances of Animals». This system is supposed to be an universal
method of a body and psychophysical training for actors and
dancers, a method of creation of different images and actor work under
characters and, generally speaking, this system is a method of a
profound and complete vital correction.
An ancient Chinese system of Five Alterations «U-SIN» was
used as a basis of our training. It's a system of interaction of
five fundamental elements as Tree, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.
According to this system, a certain season of the year, a certain
part of the world, a certain stage of the biological cycle,
a certain of the of the development of the society as well as
a certain color, a certain sound, a taste etc. corresponds to
one of the above mentioned elements. Besides, drawing the analogy
with kung-fu, these elements can be correlated with certain
conventional images of different animals - Tiger, Bird, Monkey,
Snake, Dragon - with their distinctive qualities, types of
energy, body type, rhythm and emotion.
The training program «Dances of Animals» has for an
object to create a clear psychophysical image an Animal-Element,
to work with energy centers in a body canon of an Animal,
to act reciprocally in pairs or in groups and to present
improvisations. Our training synthesizes various elements of
mime, Butoh dance, body improvisation, kung-fu and acrobatics.
Viacheslav Inozemcev teaches in studio at theatre «InZhest» and make the workshops by method «Dances of Animals» in Belarus and different countries – Interdisciplinary Workshop project (Schloss Brollin, Germany), «Mime Academy» (Wroclaw, Poland), Belarussian-Spain project «Teatro Rojo», European Humanitarian University (Vilnus, Lithua) etc.
DANCES of ANIMALS An ancient Chinese system of Five Alterations «U-SIN» wasused as a basis of our training. It's a system of interaction offive fundamental elements as Tree, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.According to this system, a certain season of the year, a certainpart of the world, a certain stage of the biological cycle,a certain of the of the development of the society as well asa certain color, a certain sound, a taste etc. corresponds toone of the above mentioned elements. Besides, drawing the analogywith kung-fu, these elements can be correlated with certainconventional images of different animals — Tiger, Bird, Monkey, Snake, Dragon — with their distinctive qualities, types ofenergy, body type, rhythm and emotion. The training program «Dances of Animals» has for anobject to create a clear psychophysical image an Animal-Element,to work with energy centers in a body canon of an Animal,to act reciprocally in pairs or in groups and to presentimprovisations. Our training synthesizes various elements ofmime, Butoh dance, body improvisation, kung-fu and acrobatics. Viacheslav Inozemcev teaches in studio at theatre «InZhest» and make the workshops by method «Dances of Animals» in Belarus and different countries — Interdisciplinary Workshop project (Schloss Brollin, Germany), «Mime Academy» (Wroclaw, Poland), Belarussian-Spain project «Teatro Rojo», European Humanitarian University (Vilnus, Lithua) etc. |
