FROM 2019, THE SI LOS MARTES FUERAN VIERNES HOUSE WILL RUN A LABORATORY/WORKSHOP PROVIDING A PLACE FOR STUDY AND PRACTICE. A PLACE FOR REFLECTION THAT MAKES ROOM FOR QUESTIONING THE ACT IMPROVISATION AND INSTANT COMPOSITION. SINCE ITS CREATION, THE HOUSE HAS BEEN ANALYSING AND OUTLINING TOOLS THAT ARE HELPFUL WHEN DEALING WITH IMPROVISATION IN A PERFORMANCE SPACE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO IMPROVISE AND WHAT DECISIONS COME INTO PLAY WHEN COMPOSING INSTANTANEOUSLY? WHAT POSSIBILITIES EMERGE WHEN COMPOSING COLLECTIVELY?
BY PRACTISING THESE TOOLS PRESENTED AS SIMPLE GROUP GAMES AND EXERCISES, BE IT IN PAIRS, INDIVIDUALLY OR IN LARGER GROUPS, WE WILL PUT INTO PRACTICE KEY CONCEPTS SUCH AS: SPATIAL AWARENESS, MUSICALITY, STAGE RHYTHM, GROUP COMPOSITION, PERIPHERAL GAZE AND STAGE STATE, SPONTANEITY IN ACTION. THE KNOWLEDGE GIVEN BY THE PRACTICE ITSELF ALLOWS US TO BECOME AWARE OF OUR DECISION MAKING WHEN DANCING AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS PERFORMING ARTISTS.
THE LABORATORIES/WORKSHOPS CULMINATE WITH THE ASSEMBLY AND PRESENTATION OF AN OPEN-DOOR IMPROVISATION PIECE COMPOSED OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE LABORATORY. THE GENERAL DESIGN OF THIS PIECE IS MADE BY THE ARTISTIC PRODUCTION TEAM OF SLMFV. THE AIM OF THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT ALL THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT INTO PRACTICE WHAT THEY HAVE STUDIED DURING THE LABORATORY IN A PERFORMANCE SETTING.
THE LABORATORIES/WORKSHOPS ARE GIVEN BY THE ARTISTIC TEAM OF SI LOS MARTES FUERAN VIERNES. THEY ARE AIMED AT STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IMPROVISATION AS A MEANS OF STAGE COMPOSITION, AND WHO WISH TO LEARN ABOUT AND/OR DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORK PROPOSED BY OUR COMPANY.