This physical theatre workshop focuses on integrating movement and voice, guiding participants to create playful and precise compositions that blend text with physical action. Open to all levels and backgrounds - actors, performers, and dancers - it offers adaptable exercises suited to each participant. The course provides tools to experiment with generating movement from text and creating text from movement, exploring their dynamic relationship. Techniques include working with body resonators inspired by Grotowski and developing movement clarity and intention through Laban and contemporary dance practices.
The workshop uses contradictions and paradoxes to explore playfulness, investigate dynamic qualities and enhance bodily awareness. Participants are encouraged to bring their own texts and ideas to develop through practical guided exercises.
Gabriela Flarys is a London-based Brazilian actress, dancer, dramaturg, and theatre-maker. Her work investigates the comic and poetic interplay between movement and text. She holds an MFA from Trinity Laban and a Acting BA from UniverCidade. Gabriela has collaborated on projects across the UK, including Out of Thin Air, Rhythmic Osmosis, and Untitled 3+X.
Since 2017, she has toured her ★★★★★ solo show THERE SHE IS, with runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Omnibus Theatre. She received DYCP and ACE Project Grants to develop her craft and create DELUGE, which has toured nationally, earning ★★★★ reviews at Summerhall and Soho Theatre.
