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Bouffoon Laboratory in Boston Feb. 22-24
Posted February 11, 2008
Note: Dody DeSanto is the recognized leader in this field. If you
go, be nice to any poor Pats fans. Posted as received.
Buffoon Laboratory Weekend Intensive in Boston
Fri 7-10pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-5pm
February 22, 23 & 24, 2008
$250
with Master Teacher Dody DiSanto
information/registration: contact Deborah Fortson 617 515-2683 or tempest@rcn.com
Buffoons come from somewhere else. They are connected to the
verticality of mystery. They are part of the relationship between
heaven and earth, of which they reverse their values. They spit on the
heavens and invoke the earth. Buffoons are organized hierarchically,
and live in a perfect society without conflict, where each person
finds their exact place. They exhibit before us, in an anamolous
manner- close to a parade, our proper folly. They play our society,
the themes of power, science, religion, the organized follies
according to precise rules, where the most feeble may be in charge of
everyone. The buffoons denounce and at the same time propose a tragic
space.
The buffoon is a creature come to tell us everything we don't want to
know about ourselves, to mock everything we hold most dear. The
buffoon is full of rage, of spite, of mal-intent. But most of all,
full of fun. Everything is a good time.
Come birth your buffoon - have a romp through the stages of childhood
and discover your grotesque glory. The rhythm, the dance, hammer the
floor and the instruments of percussion beat the time in the rituals
that prepare the event.
About Dody DiSanto:
TRAINING: Diploma, teaching certificate, Laboratoire Etude de Movement
from Ecole Jacques Lecoq, where she received a private pedagogic
apprenticeship; Etienne Decroux: corporal mime; Ecole Nationale du
Cirque: wire, juggling, acrobatics, tap under the direction of Annie
Fratellini; George Washington University: Fine Arts, Dance; Corcoran
College of Art and Design. Nationally Certified for Massage Therapy
and Bodywork.
TEACHING: Faculty at The Academy for Classical Acting for The
Shakespeare Theatre, The Catholic University of America and at The
Center for Movement Theatre in Washington DC; Corcoran College of Art
and Design: Dynamic Studies in Space, Gesture and Structure; Theatre
of Creation Festival: assistant to Jacques Lecoq; Ringling Clown
College, and many years of residencies, workshops and coaching in
various settings from academia to the curb of life.
PERFORMANCE: Off-Broadway at LaMaMa E.T.C., Lincoln Center Serious Fun
Festival, Theatre for the New City, the Avignon Festival and for
television and film. Founder and artistic director of Membrane Theatre
Ensemble, and a member of several ensembles, including Chantier
Theatre, Present Company, Phoenix Dance Theatre and Barking Rooster
Theatre. Member Actor's Equity.
Dody also created, owned and managed internationally acclaimed music
venue, Nightclub 9:30 in Washington DC from 1980-87.
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