AWARENESS OF THE FLESH
Residential workshop on dreaming
> directed by Luca Giacomoni, in partnership with Robine Anders
“Grace manifests itself over time”, a flamenco singer told me years ago in Seville. Indeed, something of a different nature becomes possible if, gradually and progressively, we mobilise our attention in a continuous, uninterrupted process. For five days, in the privileged setting of the Hameau de l’Etoile, we’ll be walking together – day and night – towards a form of sensitive awareness, alternating silence and speaking spaces, bodywork and writing, time for ourselves and collective reflection.
The morning will be devoted to the search for organicity: based on my theatrical practice – and with the help of Gestalt practitioner Robine Anders – I’ll be inviting the group to explore a finer physicality, invisibly linked to the forms of the living, which has its own intelligence and memories. The afternoons will be devoted to creative work: writing down the dreams of the night, we’ll engage in a more personal exploration using tools from dance and theatre. Each day will begin and end with a time of collective silence, in the room, taking care to link the day’s activities with the night’s rest.
Dates
Awareness of the flesh
From 17th to 22nd August 2025
9.30am to 6pm, at Hameau de l’Etoile
34380 Saint-Martin-de-Londres
Price / 440 euros, registration and payment
before 30 April 2025
Price / 520 euros, registration and payment
from 1 May 2025
For accommodation and meals
– not included in the cost of the course –
please contact the Hameau de l’Etoile :
www.hameaudeletoile.com
Information and registration :
contact@centrehagiasophia.com
THE ART OF BEING DIRECTED
Workshops at Libre Acteur
> directed by Luca Giacomoni
The figure of the director brings together two distinct and complementary roles: on the one hand, there is the direction of the actors, which is a space for dialogue and relationship with others, for sensitivity and confidence-building. It’s also the ability to understand blockages, to open up unexpected paths and to challenge each other. And then, on the other hand, there’s directing, a special blend of intuition, craftsmanship and dream. Both aspects are essential. But, without a doubt, the most successful work is the one where the director’s trace disappears.
The theatre I respect is not a performance space, but a place where you can finally take off your mask and stop pretending. In this sense, I’d like to offer a time and a space to explore this dimension: to experience acting as an exploration and an encounter with oneself. During the workshop, I’ll be taking the figure of Antigone – and Sophocles’ text – as my starting point, so that together we can understand how to update this antagonistic and necessary gesture today.
Dates
The art of being directed
29 September to 3 October 205
10am to 5pm, at the CENTQUATRE
5 Rue Curial, 75019 Paris
Price / from 500 euros
Priority AFDAS funding,
France Travail funding available
Information and registration:
inscriptioncla@gmail.com
www.libreacteur.com
PHYSICAL ACTIONS
Workshops on the dramaturgy of the actor
> directed by Luca Giacomoni
The actor’s work consists in producing, through their body and voice, a scenic language that is both believable and understandable. The weaving of these forms – capable of making the world of emotions and thought visible to the audience – resembles a kind of craftsmanship: humble and concrete. This requires practice, patience, and the courage to appear as one truly is, without lying. During this workshop, we will take the time to understand how to honestly perform actions whose key lies in an organic process. A physical training will be put in place to make the body more flexible, open, and available.
The stage is a place that does not tolerate approximation, and we need to be extremely precise in the development of our actions. From this perspective, we will explore together how to create a score of physical actions – from point A to point Z – with a clear and readable dramaturgical line. Then, we will focus on how words can come to complete, fulfill, and develop the primary action. In the construction of this score – which Jerzy Grotowski compared to the work of a poet creating their own language – everything happens in the tension between spontaneity and rigor, intimate impulse and structured form.
Dates
Physical actions
From December 1st to 5th, 2025
From 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, at Studio Bleu
7 Rue des Petites Écuries, 75010 Paris
Price / 440 euros per person
Students and job seekers
Price / 380 euros per person
Information and registration: contact@centrehagiasophia.com