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SUMMARY:The mask and its body - Summer lab 2026
UID:https://gutalaune.de/en/mask26/
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DESCRIPTION:Our 10 days theater and mask making workshop will take place from 10 bis
19. Juli 2026.This year it will be not on GutAlaune but in Theater
Expedition Metropolis in Berlin
More info and application
https://www.concretotheatre.eu/the-mask-and-its-body/
When we wear a mask, our body and the way we shape it, already say a lot
about the character we are playing. The relationship between this character
and life, their age, their reaction speed, their posture and their
relationship to the theatrical space, can be enough to tell a story.
Covering our face with a mask helps us to express outside the convention of
words and language. The body and the projection of the mask are powerful
tools to let the poetry of our story emerge.
The course is aimed at beginners (with no previous theatre experience) and
professionals who want to dive deeper into physical theatrical play and
mask making.Whether you are an actor, artist, circus performer, dancer,
mover of any kind or interested in becoming that, you are very welcome to
join.
During these 10 days we will give you the base for mask making as well as
mask playing.We will explore the theatrical principles of  how to play a
mask and how to move your body in service of the shape you are playing.
Each participant will have the chance to build one halfmask, sculpted in
clay and finalized in papier–mâché.The workshop will be held in
English. With German (and other languages) floating around us. A basic
understanding of the English language is required.
Movement and theaterThe physical part of the training will be about the use
of half-masks.Through theater exercises of mask technique and
improvisations, we will explore the world of silence, shapes and the voice
to better understand how to embody a sentiment and how “to play” it.The
main topics we will touch are:– The concept of dramatic space and
dramatic relationship– The masked body: Shapes and undulation in
movement– The projection of the mask and its articulation– Playing the
game of theatre: Improvisation and storytellingThe summer lab concludes
with showing our work to a small audience.
Mask makingStarting from simple structures we will learn to see the
projection of the mask in the clay before we sculpt it.In a process based
on intuition and trial and error, we will come closer and closer to the
shape of the mask, respecting the dynamics between the different features
that all together define how we perceive the mask as a face.We will talk a
lot about planes, volumes and lines, projections and expressivity, which
are concepts you’ll be introduced to during the workshop.If you have
never touched clay before and consider yourself rather not as a talented
craftsperson, don’t be afraid. Your natural human perception is much more
helpful in creating a good mask than the hands of a trained sculptor.
TeachersFrancesco Procopio is a circus artist, teacher, actor, and director
based in Berlin.His artistic education is a mix of different influences,
circus and theater are his main passions. After graduating from circus
school (CAU – Granada) and the Atelier Mask Movement of Matteo Destro
(S.Miniato-Italia) he performed in several shows, mostly self-produced,
from street to stage performances in theaters and circus. In the last years
he regularly taught movement theater, masks and circus in various
organizations and projects around Europe.
Nikos Wölfl is a sculptor, pedagogue, actor and mask maker based on Gut
Alaune.After an apprenticeship in classical wood sculpting in the Alps, he
worked as a scenographer and puppet maker in a small puppet theater. He
studied sculpturing in Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, mask making and -
playing at the Atelier Mask Movement of Matteo Destro
(S.Miniato-Italy).Since 2016 he is part of the Alaune project and building
up the community and the placeBesides his own research on theatrical masks,
he is a youth worker and gives sculpting workshops for kids and adults.
More info about us and our company Concreto Theatre
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