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What is the spark that gives birth to a face, a character, a story, a destiny?

Mask-making: giving shape

From modeling clay to plaster negative, from papier-mâché to stucco, to color: a craft process structured in precise steps, where creativity follows the timing dictated by the materials. The workshop is aimed at those interested in discovering or deepening the process of creating a theatrical mask. Some manual dexterity and prior experience are definitely helpful, but not a prerequisite.

• Clay modelling
• Plaster negative
• Paper preparation
• Papier-maché mask
• Cutting eyes and edges
• Grouting
• Finishing and painting

From its conception in the mind to its encounter with the material in the construction process, the mask is a powerful engine for imagination. Observing the interplay of lines, volumes, and proportions awakens sensitivity to what the form conveys and develops the ability to transfer it into a convincing expression. The final form emerges through a constant dialogue between the creator and the material, which continuously changes throughout the modeling process, providing unexpected input that suggests a new twist to the vision.

Do you want to bring your mask on stage? Complete your experience by signing up also for Masquerade_2!

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What is the spark that gives birth to a face, a character, a story, a destiny?

Acting with masks: giving body

A workshop dedicated to acting with masks, starting from the body and its endless possibilities of gathering and developing impulses, transforming them into organic, moldable material.

A specific physical training that will prepare us to meet and give body to the mask. A journey of discovery and analysis of the elements that will allow us to create a character and shape it, making it expressive and believable. An opportunity to get to know the company’s work up close, beyond and outside the performances, by engaging with its research on physical theatre and mask theatre.

• Physical training (activity/passivity)
• Leading point, trace, tone and tempo-rhythm
• The 4 elements and temperaments
• Improvisation and inner monologue
• The half-mask and the body-voice
• The full mask and the non-verbal
• The relationship with the audience and the character

We will awaken and nourish the imaginative process, by activating and developing connections between tensions, body postures, physical sensations and emotions. We will cultivate sensitivity in recognising and making space for inner impulses and external stimuli, as well as the confidence to use them as material for creation, in that realm of freedom where everything is in constant change. We will make all of this available to the masks, embodying them and inducing them to reveal themselves in a ball that is both intimate and worldly, sacred and profane.