Workshop
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Creative Transformations of Anger and Violence for a Contemporary Audience
Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg
Participants
A workshop programmed as part of the Embodiment research strand of the fourth biennial research conference on Violence.
Date: Wednesday 23 March 2022
Time: 09:00-12:00
Place: Högskolan för scen och musik, A304 Malmgrenstudion
Address: Högskolan för scen och musik, Fågelsången 1, 412 56 Göteborg
Language: English
Anger is an emotion we feel when we believe there is a violation of the way things should be. It is also an emotion of action, and a potent force that reveals desires, incites conflict and brings about change, both on stage and in the world.
In this workshop, we will discuss the interplay of anger, violence and transgression and delve into different exercises that creatively transform these experiences into a performance. We will take time to reflect on the experience of anger and the stories that unfold from it—anger is an indicator emotion that alert us to existing fears, vulnerabilities, and injustices. We will explore the emotional, mental and physical boundaries that exist in a theatrical space, and the possible acts of transgression internally within the performer and externally towards the audience. We will investigate this alongside tools of self-regulation, to deepen the performer’s awareness and dexterity of the performative action. The work will be built on a foundation of rigorous physical practice that aims to hone the body as a membrane capable of complex subtle expression.
The workshop will be in English but we will do our best to help facilitate multiple languages.
The workshop will be facilitated by MC Coble.
MC Coble (they/them) is a non-binary trans artist and educator who’s worked with performance art for over 20 years. Their practice revolves around trans*/queer/ feminists politics, play, failure and intersectional activism. Coble has recently taught the course Perspectives on Performativity and Feminist Artistic Practice at Högskolan för scen och musik and was a Senior Lecturer at Valand Academy until 2019.
For any questions please contact: mc@mccoble.com
This workshop is open to all but places are limited. Link to register: https://forms.gle/959z53NAu1SKrk6M8
This workshop is kindly supported by the Polish Institute https://instytutpolski.pl/stockholm/
