In this course, the student will get acquainted with dramaturgy study, character composition, interpretation of texts, construction of scenes, rehearsals, costumes, scenario, make-up, soundtrack, and lighting, ending the workshop with the presentation of a show. We will dive into the universe of renowned authors, exploring the humanistic, emotional, and poetic layers contained in the texts, which make them timeless and universal. 

Acting for Fun II is aimed at people who already have a basic contact with theatre and would like to experiment the process of setting up and presenting a theatre play. 

Stage 1: Creating the ensemble
Theatrical games, body expression, voice techniques, improvisation, and dramatized readings.

Stage 2: Diving into dramaturgy
Scene and character studies, work on text and collective creation.

Stage 3: Rehearsals and performance
Setting up scenes, creating characters, making props and set, and rehearsing the play.

Final presentation.

Thematics of Acting for Fun 2 - 2024/1:
"All about love"

Scene studies with classic authors William Shakespeare, Federico Garcia Lorca; and contemporary authors Nicky Silver and Bell Hooks.

Improvising from classic scenes and contemporary theatrical and narrative texts.

The final text to be performed will be decided together with the students.

Theatre is the art of communication. A set of techniques that anyone can learn, as long as they dedicate themselves and study. Anyone who takes a course in the area uses psychophysical actions to represent characters and thus dramaturgically narrate a story and its entire set of ideas.

"Theatre is the biggest lie told with the biggest truth" - Amir Haddad

Dates

Thursdays 18:30 - 20:20h (+ 02 extra rehearsals*)
January 11, 18, 25
February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
March 7, 9*, 14, 16*, 21 (performance)
*Extra rehearsals March 9 and 16 (Saturdays 10 - 15h)

For any questions about the course, please write to lusustheatre@gmail.com

ABOUT THE PROPOSERS

Ana Luiza Ulsig is an award-winning actress, writer, and facilitator. She has recently directed the new play "MOM", which was presented at Teater Katapult and DOKK1, where she was also the creative process mentor. Ana holds an MA Distinction degree from Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in Actor & Performer Training, London, and is the creator of the show "The Journey of a Warlike Mind", for which she received the Spirit of the Bedfringe Theatre Prize in 2019. She has co-created more than 10 original theatrical plays with partners in London, Brazil and Denmark. 

Juliana Appel is an actress and storyteller trained at The Commedia School in Copenhagen, a physical theatre school that follows the methodology of Jacques Lecoq. Before coming to Denmark, she graduated in Art Education at the University of Joinville, Brazil, where she taught art and Drama for more than 10 years. Currently, she focuses her attention on how to build creativity, awareness, and presence on stage (and in life) by studying the Feldenkrais Method in Vienna/Austria. 

Both actresses are members of the group Lusus Theatre.

Lusus Theatre is an international theatre group based in Aarhus. With both Danish and international artists, the group creates and produces their own shows and shares their work through courses and workshops. More info: www.lusustheatre.com