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Neutral Mask with Dody DiSanto May 2–3
Posted April 7, 2009
Note: Posted as received.
Under the Direction of Dody DiSanto
Dody was trained in Paris, holding an esteemed position as a teaching protege of the late Jacques Lecoq, whose teachings she carries on at the Center for Movement Theatre in Washington, DC. She is currently on the faculties of the Academy for Classical Acting for the Shakespeare Theatre at the George Washington University, teaching mask and clown; at The Yale School of Drama, teaching neutral mask; and at The Catholic University of America, teaching mask.
Neutral mask weekend workshop intensive taught by Dody DiSanto
Saturday, May 2, and Sunday May 3 10am–5pm (lunch from 1 - 2pm)
Held at Chelsea Studios 151 W. 26th Street (between 6th & 7th)
Cost: $250
Deposit due with registration: $50
Utilizing the innate wisdom of the body, the neutral mask enables us to find freedom, awareness and expression. It is a foundation and point of reference for building all character. It pushes us to our growing edge, guides us into a dialogue with our habits and arrives at the truth through essential gesture.
The neutral mask is in fact a full-face mask that you wear through a series of exercises. The mask engages a large space and beckons you to expand your presence. The lines and planes of the mask correspond to universal rhythms in nature. In “identifying” with nature, we translate into action the sensations aroused through resonating with the “essence of life”: a method encouraging the actor to discover physical movements and to feel the structure and force of spatial dynamics.
It allows us to experience how the great movements of nature correspond to the most intimate movements of human emotion. It is a refining process of separating "self" from "characterization". It provides a clear slate upon which we can inscribe character.
Working with THE NEUTRAL MASK will:
- free your body to respond without the control of the mind
- support and develop your physical abilities
- heighten your spatial awareness
- broaden your play
There are three masks:
- the one we think we are,
- the one we really are, and
- the one we hold in common.
This course is open to individuals of all levels.
For Registration and Information please visit: thisisthecenter.com.
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